Established 1976 Website sbpdiscovery.org Founded 1976 | Location La Jolla and Orlando Phone +1 858-646-3100 Budget 149 million USD (2015) | |
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Conrad prebys discover life
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) is an non-profit medical research institute with locations in La Jolla, California and Orlando, Florida. There are more than 850 scientists at SBP blending cutting-edge fundamental research with robust drug discovery to address unmet clinical needs in the areas of cancer, neuroscience, immunity, and metabolic disorders.
Contents
- Conrad prebys discover life
- Brooke emerling ph d talks about joining sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute
- History
- Research
- Stem cell research
- Select scientific achievements
- Florida Campus
- Collaboration and partnerships
- Training and education
- Endowment
- References
Research at SBP is supported by funding from National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation among others, and partnerships with pharmaceutical companies such as Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development. In 2008, SBP was awarded a $97.9 million grant by NIH to establish a high-throughput screening center.
Brooke emerling ph d talks about joining sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute
History
William H. Fishman, M.D., Ph.D., and his wife, Lillian Waterman Fishman, founded the La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation in 1976 after retiring from Tufts University School of Medicine. The Foundation focused on oncodevelopment, the study of developmental biology in conjunction with oncology as a means to better understand cancer.
In 1996, the Foundation was renamed The Burnham Institute in honor of San Diego businessman Malin Burnham after he joined with an anonymous donor to contribute $10 million. The Institute was renamed the Burnham Institute for Medical Research in 2006. In 2007, T. Denny Sanford gave the Institute $20 million through Sanford Health, a hospital which received significant donations from T. Denny Sanford previously, allowing it to create the Sanford Children's Health Research Center, which has sites in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and La Jolla, CA, the latter within the campus of SBP. In 2010, the Institute adopted the name Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute following a $50 million pledge of support from Sanford. An anonymous gift of $275 million was made in 2014. In 2015, the Institute changed its name again to Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute following a $100 million gift from philanthropist Conrad Prebys.
Research
SBP was founded with its primary focus on cancer research. The institute employs more than 1,000 people, of which over 850 are scientists. The scientists who work at SBP include biologists, chemists, biophysicists, engineers, and computer scientists. SBP ranks consistently among the world's top 25 organizations for its research impact, according to Thomson Scientific data. It also ranks among the top four research institutes in the United States in National Institutes of Health grant funding.
The institute now conducts a broad array of medical research activities and is home to five research centers:
Stem cell research
SBP is one of four institutes that have joined together to carry out stem cell research in a partnership renamed for T. Denny Sanford after he donated $30 million to the effort in 2008. The Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine in December 2009 broke ground on a $126 million research facility following more than a year of financing delays wrought by California's budget problems.
Select scientific achievements
Florida Campus
SBP expanded operations in 2008 to Lake Nona in Orlando, Florida. The Lake Nona campus is home to the Center for Metabolic Origins of Disease. It is located in Lake Nona Medical City.
The Institute's partners and collaborators include the City of Orlando, Orange County, the State of Florida, the University of Central Florida College of Medicine, the Tavistock Group, Lake Nona, the University of Florida, the Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission, Florida's Blood Centers, Florida Hospital, Orlando Regional Healthcare, Orlando VA Medical Center, Nemours, Epcot Center, and the Orlando Magic.
The architectural design is by Perkins+Will, with mechanical engineering by Affiliated Engineers, and building commissioning by SEQUIL Systems, Inc.
Collaboration and partnerships
SBP scientists routinely collaborate across disciplines and campuses. For example, SBP’s high-throughput screening center, the Conrad Prebys Center for Chemical Genomics, has robotics at both the La Jolla and Lake Nona campuses.
In addition, SBP has strong working relationships with a number of other organizations, including the University of California, San Diego, The Scripps Research Institute, the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, and Duke University's Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition and Metabolism Center.
SBP also collaborates with pharmaceutical companies to move research breakthroughs from the lab out to the public. Recent agreements include partners such as Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research, Pfizer, Daiichi-Sankyo, and Takeda.
Training and education
SBP offers postdoctoral training for scientists who have completed their Ph.D. There are typically around 250 postdocs training at SBP at any time.
Established in 2006, SBP's Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences offers a Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Sciences. The Graduate School trains students for careers in basic and translational research through a curriculum of focused, multi-disciplinary instruction. In 2015, SBP achieved accreditation with the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
Endowment
The endowment was recorded at as low as $15.2 million, a 13 percent drop from nearly $17.5 million in February 2008, due largely to losses on investments. Its endowment stood at $22.5 million as of Dec. 31, 2009.