University of Massachusetts Medical School
Allan Jacobson, Ph.D. is a co-founder of PTC and chair of the company’s Scientific Advisory Board. He has served as a member of PTC’s board of directors since 1998 and has been the Chairman of the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School since 1994. His longstanding research program on post-transcriptional regulation was recently recognized with a MERIT Award from the National Institutes of Health. In 1982, Dr. Jacobson co-founded Applied bioTechnology, Inc., a biotechnology company, and served as its chairman until its sale in 1991. From 1987 to 1990, Dr. Jacobson served as special limited partner at Euclid Partners, a venture capital firm. Dr. Jacobson received his Ph.D. from Brandeis University in 1971.