Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford Burnham Prebys Cancer Center, founded in 1976 as the La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation, was designated as an NCI Basic Laboratory Cancer Center in 1981. The center’s mission is to build a foundation for novel cancer therapies through paradigm-shifting discoveries by creating, translating, and disseminating exceptional basic cancer science. The center is dedicated to transforming state-of-the-art, multidisciplinary basic research into knowledge of the causes, prevention, and treatment of cancer, improving the quality of life of cancer patients, and educating and training the next generation of cancer scientists.

Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Basic

Cosimo Commisso, PhD
Interim Director

10901 North Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, CA 92037

(858) 646-3100

Admin Leader

Tja Owens, BSc
Managing Director

CRTEC Leader

Kevin Yip, PhD
Associate Director, Training and Education

PED Leader

Aniruddha Deshpande, PhD
Associate Director, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Research Programs

Research Program	Program Leaders
Aging, Cancer and Immuno-oncology	Linda Bradley, PhD
Cell and Molecular Biology of Cancer	Cosimo Commisso, PhD
Tumor Initiation and Maintenance	Peter Adams, PhD

Shared Resources

Category	Resource	Directors
Cat 1: Laboratory Science	Animal Resources	Alessandra Sacco, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science	Cancer Metabolism	Cosimo Commisso, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science	Cell Imaging and Histology	Brooke Emerling, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science	Flow Cytometry	Max D'Angelo, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science	Functional Genomics	Aniruddha Deshpande, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science	Genomics	Peter Adams, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science	Proteomics	Elena Pasquale, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science	Structural Biology	Jianhua Zhao, PhD
Cat 6: Biostatistics	Bioinformatics	Kevin Yip, PhD

Last Updated

June 5, 2024