Ben Borokhovsky
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, USA
Biography
Ben Borokhovsky is a current MD candidate student at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University. He completed his undergraduate education at Widener University and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a degree in Biochemistry. He did research throughout his entire undergraduate education and has consistently been asked to speak at Widener’s Research Symposium and has even given a keynote presentation on his senior thesis, for which he won a first place award. During his time at Widener University, Ben’s research involved looking at gene regulation of specific SR proteins and the roles they play in lipid metabolism using an alternative splicing model in D. melanogaster to better understand molecular and genetic links to obesity in humans.