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Manuel Perucho earned his PhD in biological sciences at the University of Madrid, Spain in 1976. He did postdoctoral work at the Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Genetik, Berlin and at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, where he was subsequently appointed to staff in 1981. Following appointments at SUNY Stony Brook as Assistant and Associate Professor in 1982 and 1987, respectively, Dr. Perucho joined the California Institute for Biological Research in La Jolla, serving as Research Program Director from 1993 to 1995. Dr. Perucho was recruited to Sanford Burnham Prebys in 1995.

Other Appointments

Adjunct Professor, Pathology Department, University of California, San Diego

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Minoru Fukuda earned his PhD in biochemistry from the University of Tokyo in 1973 and did his postdoctoral training at the Yale University School of Medicine. Following a period with joint appointments at University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, he was recruited to Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute in 1982 as Director of the Glycobiology Program. Dr. Fukuda directs the program project grant, which consolidates the research efforts of the members of the Glycobiology Program. Dr. Fukuda is a recipient of a Merit Award from the National Cancer Institute and the 1997 recipient of the Karl Meyer Award from the Society of Glycobiology. He served as an Executive Editor for Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, as an Associate Editor for Cancer Research and Editorial Member for Journal of Biological Chemistry. He also has edited 11 books including three books from Oxford University Press and three volumes of Methods in Enzymology and holds an Adjunct Professor appointment at the University of California, San Diego.

Education

1973: PhD, University of Tokyo, Biochemistry
1970: MS, University of Tokyo, Biochemistry
1968: BS, University of Tokyo, Biochemistry

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Pamela Itkin-Ansari earned her PhD in Biomedical Sciences from the University of California San Diego, in 1999. She received postdoctoral training focused on juvenile diabetes at that same organization. In 2003, Dr. Itkin-Ansari was appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and maintains UCSD as her primary affiliation. Dr. Itkin-Ansari was appointed to Sanford Burnham Prebys as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in 2005 and her laboratory is at the Institute. 

Other Appointments

UC San Diego
Sanford School of Medicine, South Dakota 

Funding Awards and Collaborative Grants

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)
California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM)
The Hartwell Foundation
The Hirshberg Foundation 

Honors and Recognition

2012: Invited Speaker, (International) Islet Society, Stockholm, Sweden
2012-current: Editorial Board -Islets
2012-current: Diabetes, Islets, PlosOne, Molecular Therapy- manuscript review
2012-current: Wellcome Trust-grant review
2012: Invited Speaker, Hirshberg Symposium – Pancreatic Cancer
2011: Invited Speaker, American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy, Seattle, Washington
2011: Editorial Board – World Journal of Diabetes
2011: Invited Speaker, UCLA
2011-current: Diabetelogia – manuscript review
2011-current: Editorial Board – World Journal of Diabetes
2010: Invited Speaker, 3rd International Conference on Advanced Technologies & Treatments for Diabetes, Switzerland
2010: Editorial Board -Stem Cell Reviews and Reports [SCRR]
2010: Invited Speaker, American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy, Washington, D.C
2010-current: Hartwell Foundation Biomedical Research Awardee
2010: Invited Speaker, Pancreatic Cancer Research Group, UCLA
2010-current: Faculty Advisor, SDSU CIRM Bridges Program
2009: Invited Speaker, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
2009: Invited Speaker, UK Consulate Stem Cell Meeting
2009: Finalist-NIH President’s New Innovator Award
2009-current: Advances in Experimental Biology and Medicine – manuscript review
2008: Health Hero Award, JDRF and Combined Health Agencies of San Diego
2008-current: Pancreas – manuscript reviewer
2008-current: JDRF – grant reviewer
2007-current: Stem Cells – manuscript reviewer 

Other Affiliations

2012-current: Islet Society
2010-current: ASGCT
2008-current: Board of Directors, JDRF San Diego chapter
2008-2013: JDRF board of directors, San Diego
2007-current: American Association for Cancer Research
2007-current: American Diabetes Association
2007-current: American Pediatric Society/Society for Pediatric Research
2006-current: AAAS

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