Mark Katakowski

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Mark Katakowski
EducationB.S. (Physics), Ph.D. (Medical Physics)
Alma mater Oakland University
Scientific career
Fields Stem-cell therapy
InstitutionsForever Labs

Mark Katakowski is an American entrepreneur and scientist specializing in stem-cell therapy. [a] He is the president and chief science officer at Forever Labs. [1]

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Background

Katakowski was born and raised in the state of Michigan, the youngest child of two educators.[ citation needed ] He received a B.S. in Physics and a Ph.D. in Medical Physics from Oakland University. He later served as a research staff scientist at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, MI, where he did research on stem cells. He has over 45 peer reviewed scientific journal articles under his name. [2]

Entrepreneurship

In an effort to hone his coding skills, in 2010, Katakowski created the social aggregator Hubski, utilizing arc, the underlying framework from Hacker News.

In 2015, Katakowski co-founded Forever Labs, a longevity company specializing in the harvesting and storage of adult stem cells. [3] [4] Forever Labs was part of the summer 2017 Y Combinator batch. [5] He currently serves as president and chief scientific officer.

Katakowski's 2017 work hypothesizes that rejuvenating the bone marrow by autologous heterochronic transplantation of cells could extend healthy lifespan. [6]

Other work

Mark is also a painter and writer. His blog Under Odysseus [7] was featured in Sarah Boxer's 2008 book, Ultimate Blogs. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 "About Us". Forever Labs.
  2. ↑ "Forever Labs, Inc". Gust. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "Forever Labs preserves young stem cells to prevent your older self from aging". TechCrunch. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  4. ↑ "This Stem-Cell Freezing Startup May Make 'Forever Young' a Reality". Observer. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  5. ↑ Buhr, Sarah. "Forever Labs preserves young stem cells to prevent your older self from aging". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2017-10-14.
  6. ↑ Talks at Google (2017-09-29), Mark Katakowski: Increasing Human Life Expectancy through Stem Cell Rejuvenation" | Talks at Google , retrieved 2017-10-14{{citation}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  7. ↑ "under odysseus" . Retrieved 2017-10-14.
  8. ↑ Ultimate blogs : masterworks from the wild Web . Boxer, Sarah. New York: Vintage Books. 2008. ISBN   9780307278067. OCLC   173480385.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

Notes

  1. ↑ Specifically "bone mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) therapies for neurological disease," [1]
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