Jacob Barlow
Life Sciences Research | Foresite Capital & Foresite Labs
Worcester, Massachusetts
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$1,000,000.00Max Investment:
$25,000,000.00Target Investment:
$10,000,000.00
Education
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- NU
- NU
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Work Experience
2024
Senior Associate
2024
2021
Senior Associate, Life Sciences Research
2023
Associate, Life Sciences Research
2021 - 2023
2017 - 2021
Graduate Student
2017 - 2021
Bioengineering PhD program: Developed quantitative sequencing methodologies and data analysis techniques to enhance microbiome based discoveries and clinical translation. Worked on preclinical and clinical applications connected to the oral, small-intestinal, and large-intestinal microbiome with specific work on small-intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), Celiac Disease, and the gut-brain axis.
2021 - 2021
Fellow
2021 - 2021
Accepted to 2021 Summer Fellows Program. Active member of the tools/diagnostics team. Supported sourcing and diligence and engaged with portfolio companies. Completed individual projects on emerging diagnostic areas.
2016 - 2017
Engineering Co-op
2016 - 2017
Oral drug delivery R&D from formulation design to in-vivo studies. Generated novel capsule and pill formulations of peptide drugs. Evaluated formulation designs in pig models.
Research Assistant
2013 - 2017
Worked with microfluidic droplet technology to form solid shell polymersomes for encapsulation of bacterial cells
Research Assistant
2012 - 2013
Coded estimation methods for transport properties of combustion reactions in python for the software RMG in Professor Richard West's Lab.
2015 - 2015
Bioinformatics Co-op
2015 - 2015
Designed high throughput RNA sequencing methodology from sample prep to sequence analysis. Automated sequence identification and analysis from mixed samples through python scripts.
2014 - 2015
Research Assistant
2014 - 2015
Worked with phage display to discover cancer target specific peptides to be used with PET imaging. Grew and injected tumor cells into mice for bio-distribution studies. Progressed software used alongside an endoscopy to improve detection rates.
2013 - 2013
Laboratory Technician
2013 - 2013
Performed enzymatic digestion studies to determine effect of sonication on chemical kinetics. Utilized LC-MS to quantitate protein digestions.
2012 - 2012
Programmer
2012 - 2012
Converted raw mass spectrometry output files into summary reports to send back to companies. Also created an inventory and reagent database including barcode searches. Used Excel VBA.