August 20, 2014
All around Central Florida, students are returning to school for the fall semester. At Sanford-Burnham in Lake Nona, we take a closer look at some of the lab experiences of our high-school interns who have spent part of their summer in our labs getting a taste for what it’s like to work in basic-science research.
August 19, 2014
We are thrilled to announce that Sanford-Burnham’s Board of Trustees has appointed Perry Nisen, MD, PhD, as the Institute’s chief executive officer and holder of the Donald Bren Chief Executive Chair. In this role, he will lead the Institute and oversee the execution of our new 10-year strategic vision to more quickly translate basic research discoveries into novel treatments that improve human health. Dr. Nisen joins us from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) – a British multinational pharmaceutical company – where he was senior vice president of Science and Innovation. Continue reading “Sanford-Burnham announces next CEO”
August 14, 2014
Xavier University of Louisiana student Kirk McCall might seem like your average college student: energetic, full of potential, and harboring big dreams for the future. But Kirk is also working on sophisticated one-of-a-kind science experiments during his four-summer internship program at Sanford-Burnham and has accumulated lab experience years ahead of most of his peers.
August 12, 2014
On July 24, Bella Vista Social Club & Caffe hosted a special happy hour in support of Team Sanford-Burnham and Pedal the Cause. 15 percent of all proceeds raised from the happy hour went directly to help Team Sanford-Burnham reach their 2014 fundraising goal. Continue reading “Team Sanford-Burnham happy hour success”
August 11, 2014
Your CELSIUS quiz for the week is below. Are you a rocket scientist or an arm-chair biologist? Take the quiz and see!
The answers to last week’s questions follow the quiz. Continue reading “Happy Monday! Now take CELSIUS”
August 1, 2014
Summer in Florida is the time of year when college students typically take a break from their textbooks and head off to the beaches to enjoy barbecues and sunshine. For Seminole State of Florida Honor Student and rising University of Central Florida junior Mitchell Thomas it also means participating in one-of-a-kind, hands-on lab research at Sanford-Burnham in Lake Nona.
July 25, 2014
Pedal the Cause San Diego held the third installment of their Forums lecture series at our La Jolla campus Wednesday, July 23. Pedal the Cause Forums are an exciting and understandable TED-like lecture series focused on the future of cancer research, life sciences, health and wellness, and more.
Continue reading “Sanford-Burnham hosts Pedal the Cause Forums event”
July 24, 2014
On July 18, eleven students from The Preuss School UCSD celebrated the completion of an intensive two-week summer research program with a poster symposium and luncheon at our La Jolla, Calif., campus. The Preuss School is a unique, charter middle and high school for low-income, highly motivated students who strive to become the first in their families to graduate from college. Continue reading “Sanford-Burnham commends summer 2014 high-school researchers”
July 18, 2014
Last week, Thomson Reuters published a list of the world’s most influential scientific minds—195 of them in biology and biochemistry to be exact. Thomson Reuters created the list based on scientists that write the most reports that rank among the top 1 percent cited by other scientists between the years 2002 and 2012. To no surprise from us at Sanford–Burnham, Randal Kaufman, PhD, professor and director of the Degenerative Disease Program, was on the list. Continue reading “Dr. Randal Kaufman, one of the world’s most influential scientific minds”
July 16, 2014
Friends of the Institute came together on May 31 for a special fundraiser benefiting The Rocket Fund, a unique trust established at Sanford-Burnham dedicated to finding treatments for rare and neglected childhood diseases, such as congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG).