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Three Sanford Burnham Prebys Faculty Members Ranked Among the World’s Most Influential Scientists

Three faculty members at Sanford Burnham Prebys are among the most influential scientists worldwide in the 2024 rankings by the Institute for Scientific Information at Clarivate.
6-Dec-2024 2:45 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Controlling Cancer Cells’ Gluttony for Glutamine

Researchers at the NCI-Designated Cancer Center at Sanford Burnham Prebys describe two enzymes newly identified for their roles in regulating macropinocytosis, a process cancer cells use to snatch extra nutrients from the jelly-like substance...
5-Dec-2024 4:40 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Decoding and Debugging Biological Programs for a Healthier Future

Alessandro Vasciaveo, PhD, joined Sanford Burnham Prebys as an assistant professor in computational biology and artificial intelligence in fall 2024. He uses his training and experience as a scientist and engineer to advance knowledge of human...
20-Nov-2024 12:10 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Anne Bang Joins $12.7M Research Project on the Genetic Basis of Autism and Schizophrenia

Scientists have linked neuropsychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia and autism, to changes in many genes involved in early brain development. However, more research is needed to understand how these gene variants influence the biological...
11-Oct-2024 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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How to Build Our Body’s Protein Recycling Factories

Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys have developed a clearer picture of how crucial machinery in the human cell’s recycling process for obsolete and misshapen proteins—known as proteasomes—are formed.
26-Sep-2024 4:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Macrophage mix helps determine rate and fate of fatty liver disease

Formerly known as nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) is an inflammatory disease characterized by liver scarring or fibrosis that progressively impairs liver function. It is a major risk factor...
22-Aug-2024 3:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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The secret to sleepy cells’ control of inflammatory secretions

Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys and the La Jolla Institute for Immunology have revealed a new secret regarding senescence, a cellular state similar to sleep that is more likely to affect aged cells.
22-Aug-2024 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Controlling thickness in fruit fly hearts reveals new pathway for heart disease

Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys and Salk Institute for Biological Studies have uncovered a new role for a protein known for its role in the brain helping control feelings of hunger or satiety, as well as in the liver to aid the body in...
2-Aug-2024 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites


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Xueqin Sun seeks to illuminate the underlying causes of cancer

As a new assistant professor at Sanford Burnham Prebys faculty, Sun seeks to better understand the genetic and epigenetic underpinnings of cancers, using genome editing technologies, animal and patient-derived models, and other tools to develop more...
13-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EDT

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Sanjeev Ranade wants to get to the heart of congenital disease

Sanjeev S. Ranade, Ph.D., who joined the faculty of Sanford Burnham Prebys this month as an assistant professor in the Development, Aging and Regeneration program, studies how proteins called transcription factors (TFs) specifically control the...
22-Jan-2024 6:00 AM EST

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When T cells and macrophages talk, Kelly Kersten listens

Kelly Kersten, Ph.D., who joined Sanford Burnham Prebys this month as an assistant professor in the Cancer Metabolism and Microenvironment program, studies the interactions between immune cells and their microenvironment to better understand how...
17-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST

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Shengjie Feng channels the powers of cryogenic electron microscopy

Shengjie Feng, Ph.D. is an expert in cryo-electron microscopy, a Nobel Prize-winning imaging technology capable of creating stop-action movies of proteins and other biomolecules jostling and connecting with each other while mitochondria and other...
16-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST

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