Andrey A. Bobkov, Director, Protein Production and Analysis, leads the Prebys Center effort on recombinant protein production and biophysical characterization. He has received an MS in Biochemistry from Moscow State University (Russia) and a PhD in Biochemistry from the Bach Institute of Biochemistry of Russian Academy of Sciences. Andrey did his postdoctoral training at UCLA Chemistry and Biochemistry Department. Andrey has more than 20 years of experience and over 40 publications in the field of Biophysical Analysis. He teaches the Protein Analysis and Biophysics portion of the Structural Biology in Cell Signaling and Drug Discovery Course to Sanford Burnham Prebys graduate students.
Phenomena or Process: Protein Structure-Function Relationships
Guy Salvesen earned his PhD in biochemistry from Cambridge University in 1980. He conducted postdoctoral research at Strangeways Laboratory and MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, followed by further post-doctoral training at the University of Georgia. In 1991 he was appointed Assistant Professor at Duke University. Dr. Salvesen was recruited to Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute in 1996, where he is professor and director of the Apoptosis and Cell Death Research Program and dean of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. He also holds an adjunct position as professor in the Department of Pathology at the University of California, San Diego.
Education
1981: PhD, Cambridge University, England, Biology
1977: B. Sc., London University, London, England, Microbiology
Other Appointments
Adjunct Professor, Department of Pathology, University of California, San Diego
Honors and Recognition
2014: Organizer, Keystone Meeting on Cell Death, February
2013: IUBMB Gold Medal Recipient, October
2010: Keynote Speaker, European Cell Death Organization Conference,
2010: Keynote Speaker, Gordon Research Conference on Cell Death
2009: Lifetime Achievement Award of the International Proteolysis Society
2008: Keynote Speaker, Queenstown Molecular Biology Conference
2008: Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Cell Death
2005: Helmut Holzer Memorial Prize
1999: International Proteolysis Society, Elected Secretary
1999: Keynote Speaker, Gordon Research Conference on Matrix Metalloproteinases
1988: American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, State of the Art Lecture
1996: Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Proteolytic Enzymes and Their Inhibitors
After receiving his early training in clinical chemistry/biochemistry at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dr. Millán first joined the La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation (LJCRF) in 1977, the predecessor of Sanford Burnham Prebys, as a trainee in clinical enzymology. He completed his PhD studies in Medical Biochemistry at the University of Umeå, Sweden and after post-doctoral stints in Copenhagen and LJCRF he was appointed to the faculty at SBP in 1986. He served as Professor of Medical Genetics in the Department of Medical Biosciences at his alma mater, Umeå University, Sweden, from 1995-2000. He was appointed Sanford Investigator at the Sanford Children’s Health Research Center at Sanford Burnham Prebys in 2008.
Honors and Recognition
2018: ASBMR Lawrence G. Raisz Award for Pre-clinical Research.
2001: Gold Medal of the Royal Academy of Medicine and Surgery, Murcia, Spain
1992: Honorary title of AcadémicoCorresponsal at the Royal Academy of Medicine and Surgery, Murcia, Spain.
Other Affiliations
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Soft Bones