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Robert Abraham, Ph.D.

Adjunct Professor, NCI-Designated Cancer Center
Signal Transduction Program

Dr. Abraham investigates a variety of intracellular signaling pathways related to cell-cycle control and cancer development.

Cristian Achim, M.D., Ph.D.

Adjunct Associate Professor, Del E. Webb Neuroscience, Aging and Stem Cell Research Center
Degenerative Disease Research Program

Dr. Achim's research interests included experimental models of neurodegeneration, neuroprogenitor cells, neurotrophic factors, blood brain barrier pathology and neuroimaging.

Eileen Adamson, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professor, NCI-Designated Cancer Center

Dr. Adamson’s laboratory is working on a new way to find out which genes in cancer are deregulated using a method that scans thousands of genes at a time in a novel modification of a process called "high throughput microarray analysis".

Salvatore Albani, M.D., Ph.D.

Director, Translational Research for Infectious and Inflammatory Disease Center
Professor, Infectious and Inflammatory Disease Center
Inflammatory Diseases Program

Dr. Albani studies the mechanisms of autoimmune diseases, and develops new strategies to re-direct T-cell responses.

Judith Altarejos, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Diabetes and Obesity Research Center
Metabolic Signaling and Disease Program

Dr. Altarejos studies how peripheral signals modulate energy balance through the regulation of gene expression in the hypothalamus.

Rajesh Ambasudhan, 

Research Assistant Professor

Julio Ayala, Ph.D.

Associate Director, Cardiometabolic Phenotyping Core
Assistant Professor, Diabetes and Obesity Research Center
Metabolic Signaling and Disease Program

Dr. Ayala’s research focuses on the role of the incretin hormone glucagon-like peptide-1 (Glp-1) and its receptor in the regulation of fuel metabolism.

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Wenqing Cai, M.S.

Graduate Student

Wenqing Cai is focusing on natural inducers of heart differentiation in embryonic stem cells.

Yong Cang, Ph.D.

Adjunct Assistant Professor, NCI-Designated Cancer Center
Signal Transduction Program

Dr. Cang studies the molecular mechanisms behind cellular transformation and tumorigenesis in the liver.

Robert  Cardiff, M.D., Ph.D.

Adjunct Professor, NCI-Designated Cancer Center
Tumor Development Program

Sumit Chanda, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Infectious and Inflammatory Disease Center
Inflammatory Diseases Program

Dr. Chanda's laboratory is working to elucidate the repertoire of host proteins required for host-pathogen interaction and viral propagation in influenza A and HIV.

Huei-Sheng Vincent Chen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Del E. Webb Neuroscience, Aging and Stem Cell Research Center
Development and Aging Program

Dr. Chen investigates the factors controlling development, maturation and function of various ion channels in cardiac and neurological systems to develop pharmacological and therapeutic interventions for cardiac arrhythmia, cardiomyopathy, and neurodegenerative diseases using stem cell-based approaches.

Thomas "TC" Chung, Ph.D.

Director of Outreach & Project Manager, MLPCN
, Conrad Prebys Center for Chemical Genomics

Thomas Chung is the Project Manager at the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute's screening center.

Giuseppinna Claps, M.S.

Graduate Student

Giuseppina is interested in define specific markers for normal prostate stem cells (PSCs) applying new methods.

Sheila Collins, Ph.D.

Professor, Diabetes and Obesity Research Center
Metabolic Signaling and Disease Program

Dr. Collins's laboratory is interested in the biochemical mechanisms that regulate body weight, and is currently studying the role adrenaline receptors play in the breakdown of stored fat and the development of white vs. brown adipocytes.

Nicholas Cosford, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, NCI-Designated Cancer Center
Apoptosis and Cell Death Research Program

Dr. Cosford’s laboratory uses medicinal chemistry, chemical biology, rational drug design and microfluidic approaches to develop small-molecule modulators of cell death, survival and growth signaling pathways, for use as novel therapeutic agents to treat cancer, neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders, and orphan diseases.

Sara Courtneidge, Ph.D.

Director of Academic Affairs
Professor & Director, NCI-Designated Cancer Center
Director, Tumor Microenvironment Program

Dr. Courtneidge studies Src and its substrates and their roles in invadopodia/podosome formation, cancer progression and embryonic development.

Paula Coutino, M.S.

Graduate Student

Paula’s goal is to elucidate the individual role of Brm and Brg1-containing SWI/SNF complexes during myoblast differentiation.

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Marcel Daadi, Ph.D.

Adjunct Professor, Del E. Webb Neuroscience, Aging and Stem Cell Research Center
Stem Cells and Regenerative Biology Program

Marcia Dawson, Ph.D.

Professor, NCI-Designated Cancer Center
Tumor Development Program

Dr. Dawson's laboratory uses rational drug design and computational methods to understand small-molecule-protein interactions, with the goal of designing, synthesizing and optimizing new pro-apoptotic small molecules and retinoic acid analogs.

Anthony DeMaria, M.D.

Adjunct Associate Professor, Del E. Webb Neuroscience, Aging and Stem Cell Research Center
Development and Aging Program

Maria Diaz-Meco, Ph.D.

Professor, NCI-Designated Cancer Center
Tumor Microenvironment Program

Dr. Diaz-Meco’s research focuses on the role of the atypical protein kinase C (aPKC) pathway in cancer and inflammation.

Yi Ding, B.S.

Graduate Student

Yi Ding is interested in understanding structure and function of membrane protein, especially bacterial membrane protein.

Duc Dong, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Sanford Children’s Health Research Center
Genetic Disease Program

Dr. Dong’s group is working to decipher progenitor biology to gain insight into development and disease, and to enable genetic and pharmacologic manipulation of differentiation and regeneration.

Gregg Duester, Ph.D.

Professor, Del E. Webb Neuroscience, Aging and Stem Cell Research Center
Development and Aging Program

Dr. Duester studies the function of the vitamin A metabolite retinoic acid during embryonic development, as a step toward understanding the causes and potential treatments of human birth defects.

Angeles  Duran , Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor, NCI-Designated Cancer Center

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Stephen Gardell, Ph.D.

Director, Translational Research Resources & Co-Director, Translational Research for DOC
Associate Professor, Diabetes and Obesity Research Center
Cardiovascular Pathobiology Program

Dr. Gardell directs an array of translational research technology platforms that facilitate the adancement of basic scientific discoveries from Sanford-Burnham laboratories toward potential clinical utility.

Sara Gelino, B.S.

Graduate Student

Sara Gelino is interested in the role of autophagy in the longevity pathway of dietary restriction.

Gregory Gibson, Ph.D.

Adjunct Professor, Del E. Webb Neuroscience, Aging and Stem Cell Research Center
Development and Aging Program

Lorenzo Giordani, M.S.

Graduate Student

Lorenzo is interested in mechanism by which epigenetic events are integrated at the chromatin level to determine the sub-sets of genes that are expressed upon the commitment of embryonic or adult stem cells toward specific cell lineages.

Adam Godzik, Ph.D.

Professor, Infectious and Inflammatory Disease Center
Director, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Program

Dr. Godzik's research uses computational and database methods to understand the relationships between protein sequence, structure and function

Vladislav Golubkov, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor, Infectious and Inflammatory Disease Center
Tumor Microenvironment Program

The emphasis of Dr. Golubkov's research is on the metalloprotease (MMP)-dependent oncogenesis and invasion of malignant cells.

Ryon Graf, B.S.

Graduate Student

Ryon is interested in the dual roles of Caspase 8 in cell migration and apoptosis.

Paul Grossfield, M.D.

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Del E. Webb Neuroscience, Aging and Stem Cell Research Center
Development and Aging Program

Zezong Gu, Ph.D.

Adjunct Associate Professor, Del E. Webb Neuroscience, Aging and Stem Cell Research Center
Degenerative Disease Research Program

Luca  Guidotti, Ph.D., D.V.M.

Adjunct Associate Professor, Infectious and Inflammatory Disease Center
Inflammatory Diseases Program

Mirco Guigli, M.S.

Graduate Student

Mirco is mainly interested in cell-image-based high content screens (HCS).

Tod Gulick, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Diabetes and Obesity Research Center
Cardiovascular Pathobiology Program

Dr. Gulick investigates alternative splicing of transcription factors and expression and functions of the encoded splicing isoforms in muscle.

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Janna Hachmann, M.S.

Graduate Student

Janna Hachmann is interested in the oncogene known as MALT1, which plays a crucial role in certain forms of lymphoma.

Gabriel Haddad, M.D.

Adjunct Associate Professor, Del E. Webb Neuroscience, Aging and Stem Cell Research Center
Development and Aging Program

Xianlin  Han, Ph.D.

Professor, Diabetes and Obesity Research Center
Cardiovascular Pathobiology Program

Dr. Han's laboratory focuses on identifying the biochemical mechanism(s) underlying the altered lipid metabolism, trafficking, and homeostasis under patho(physio)logical conditions including metabolic syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease by using a lipidomics approach.

Dorit Hanein, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Infectious and Inflammatory Disease Center
Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Program

Dr. Hanein's group employs electron microscopy, electron tomography and three-dimensional image analysis to determine the structures of macromolecular machines, ultimately in their native context and environment.

Malene Hansen, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Del E. Webb Neuroscience, Aging and Stem Cell Research Center
Development and Aging Program

Dr. Hansen focuses on the modulation of aging and age-related diseases by evolutionarily conserved signaling pathways and newly identified longevity genes.

Christian Hassig, Ph.D.

Director for Drug Discovery (La Jolla)
, Conrad Prebys Center for Chemical Genomics

Chris provides operational and scientific oversight of the activities of the Conrad Prebys Center for Chemical Genomics.

Craig Hauser, Ph.D.

Vice President for Scientific Resources;
Cancer Center Associate Director, Shared Resources
Adjunct Associate Professor, NCI-Designated Cancer Center
Tumor Development Program

Susanne Heynen-Genel, Ph.D.

Director, High Content Screening Systems
, Conrad Prebys Center for Chemical Genomics

Susan directs development and execution of image-based high-content assays for high-throughput screening (primary screens of large chemical and RNAi libraries) and small scale screening (secondary assays, focused libraries, assays for validation of basic research findings)

James Hickman, Ph.D.

Adjunct Professor, Diabetes and Obesity Research Center
Cardiovascular Pathobiology Program