Stine Bøttcher Jacobsen

Stine Bøttcher Jacobsen is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Section of Forensic Genetics at the University of Copenhagen's Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences. Her research focuses on sudden cardiac death in young individuals and the application of genetic investigations to determine causes of death and assess familial risk.

Her educational background includes:

• MSc in Biomedicine from University of Southern Denmark (2016-2018)
• BSc in Biomedicine from University of Southern Denmark (2013-2016)

Dr. Jacobsen's primary research interests center around sudden cardiac death (SCD) in the young, which is often caused by inherited cardiac diseases such as cardiomyopathies and channelopathies. Her work investigates heart genes in young individuals under 50 years who died suddenly and unexpectedly with unexplained or suspected cardiac causes following autopsy. She also evaluates gene expression levels in the hearts of sudden cardiac death victims through molecular autopsies. Her research spans forensic genetics, molecular biology, and cardiology, with a particular focus on applying massively parallel sequencing techniques to forensic and medical contexts.

Her recent publications demonstrate a strong focus on the intersection of forensic science and cardiac genetics. She has published extensively on RNA and DNA analysis in post-mortem cardiac tissues, examining degradation patterns, methylation stability, and applications for forensic identification. Her work bridges the gap between clinical cardiology and forensic investigation, developing methods to determine causes of sudden cardiac death and improve forensic genetic analysis techniques.

Dr. Jacobsen is active in the academic community, having presented her research at numerous international conferences including the Association for European Cardiovascular Pathology, European Heart Rhythm Association, and various bioinformatics conferences. Her collaborative work spans multiple institutions and countries, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of her research.