Mark Roth (scientist)

Mark Roth (born 1958) is an American biochemist, and director of the Roth Lab at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.^[1] He is a professor at the University of Washington.^[2][3]

He graduated from the University of Oregon with a Bachelor of Science in 1979, and from the University of Colorado with a Doctor of Philosophy in 1984. He studies hibernation, and suspended animation.^[4][5][6][7] He appeared at the 2010 TED conference.^[8][9] He is married to Laurie; they had two daughters, one of whom died of a heart defect.^[10]

Awards

• 2007 MacArthur Fellows Program ^[11][12]

References

1. ^ http://labs.fhcrc.org/roth/
2. ^ http://myprofile.cos.com/mroth
3. ^ http://www.washington.edu/alumni/columns/dec07/content/view/62/38/
4. ^ http://dearscience.org/2008/12/03/mark-roth-spontaneous-combustion-and-hibernation/
5. ^ http://www.seattlepi.com/local/221216_hibermice22.html
6. ^ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8002-2005Apr21.html
7. ^ https://depts.washington.edu/nwst/issues/index.php?issueID=fall_2006&storyID=799
8. ^ http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-03/video-mark-roths-ted-talk-says-suspended-animation-not-just-ted-williams-anymore
9. ^ http://www.ted.com/talks/mark_roth_suspended_animation.html
10. ^ http://www.esquire.com/features/best-and-brightest-2008/bringing-back-the-dead-1208
11. ^ http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.2913825/apps/nl/content2.asp?content_id={901B69E7-3C10-41E9-AEE1-D7C6B61A2C1B}&notoc=1
12. ^ http://www.fhcrc.org/about/ne/news/2007/09/25/roth.html

External links

Roth Labs at Fred Hutchinson Speech on suspended animation at TED

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