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Jacques Cohen (born December 26, 1951) is a Dutch embryologist living in New York, in the U.S. He is currently Director at Reprogenetics LLC,〔Reprogenetics () ''Meet Our Team''.〕〔IVF.NET ("Jacques Cohen - Embryo Selection" ) ''IVF.NET'' , 31 May 2009.〕 Laboratory Director at ART Institute of Washington at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center〔ART Institute of Washington - About Us () ''Jacques Cohen''.〕 (a joint fertility program with NIH), and Scientific Director of R & D at IVF-online. He also serves as a project coordinator at Althea. While working with Robert G. Edwards, he reported the freezing and successfully thawing of a human blastocyst for in vitro fertilization as the Senior Embryologist at Bourn Hall Clinic, Cambridge. At the same clinic, he developed methods to treat male factor infertility using in vitro fertilization (IVF). He also co-cultured human embryos with helper cells to promote growth. Cohen is known for the application of micromanipulation techniques to operate on eggs, sperm and embryos. Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) and Assisted Hatching are now routinely used worldwide to aid in helping couples achieve pregnancy. He is the Senior Editor at Reproductive Biomedicine Online.〔Reproductive Biomedicine Online (''Journal Info - Editorial Board'' )〕 He has also held faculty positions at Emory University, Cornell University Medical College, and the University of Connecticut. ==Early Career and education== Cohen was born in The Hague in The Netherlands. He received his B.Sc. in Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, from the State University of Leiden. He went on to receive an M.Sc. in Reproductive Physiology from Leiden University. In 1981, he was awarded his PhD in Medicine from Erasmus University for his thesis, Interaction between human spermatozoa and hamster oocytes. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jacques Cohen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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