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Lindsey Jones

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Lindsey Jones is a fifth-year Biomedical Sciences PhD student studying brain tumor genetics.
  • Student Life
Tuesday, November 13, 2018 - 08:10

Join an RCO

By Lindsey Jones

UCSF Graduate Students are superheroes. They conceive of, develop, and perform ground-breaking science. But that alone is not enough.

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  • Announcements
Saturday, September 29, 2018 - 07:29

Leverage Your Expertise to Ignite Change

By Lindsey Jones

As scientists and healthcare professionals, we are experts. Despite our training status, our unique experiences and education give us the fuel to make raise awareness, make compelling arguments, and propose policy change.

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Saturday, April 21, 2018 - 11:33

Improving Mentorship Top Priority for UCSF Graduate Students

By Lindsey Jones

Last week, the Associated Students of the Graduate Division (ASGD), the student government representing graduate students at UCSF, shared three major conclusions from its 2017 Mentorship

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  • Science
Monday, December 11, 2017 - 13:36

Saving Your Skin

By Lindsey Jones

In 2015, a seven-year old boy in Germany lost 60% of his skin due to a genetic disorder. Miraculously, after all conventional treatments had failed and he was nearing death, engineered skin cells were able to promote regrowth of his skin.

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  • Science
Tuesday, October 31, 2017 - 11:43

Retooling Cancer Model

By Lindsey Jones
Cancer is an ever-present scourge in modern society. More than 1.6 million Americans were diagnosed with cancer in 2016, and it is estimated to cost American citizens more than $156 billion annually by 2020. Understanding how a tumor changes through time and recurs after surgery or treatment, as well as what types of drugs best kill the tumor, are essential for improving human cancer therapies. Frequently, mouse models of cancer are used to study the disease and evaluate possible therapeutics, but a recent study from the Broad Institute Cancer Program demonstrates that mouse models do not represent human tumor evolution as well as thought, and these models may yield false-positive drug responses.
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