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Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Sanford Burnham Prebys in La Jolla is an NCI basic laboratory cancer centre whose founding work on integrins and RGD adhesion peptides created the field of tumour-homing peptides; its Prebys Center for Chemical Genomics is one of the largest non-profit drug-screening facilities in academia.
Also called: Sanford Burnham PrebysLa Jolla Cancer Research Foundation
Overview
Founded in 1976 by Erkki Ruoslahti as the La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation and NCI-designated since 1981, Sanford Burnham Prebys is a basic laboratory cancer centre whose founding discoveries in integrins and RGD adhesion peptides created the field of tumour-homing peptides. The Conrad Prebys Center for Chemical Genomics is one of the largest non-profit drug discovery and high-throughput screening facilities in academia. Current programmes span cancer metabolism, the tumour microenvironment and immune evasion, paediatric cancers and computational biology. The institute works alongside Salk, Scripps and UC San Diego on the Torrey Pines mesa.
Location
La Jolla, CA, US
Type
research institute
Website
Newsweek 2026 oncology rank
Not in top 300 listing used
NCI designation
basic
OnCo score
#280 · 24 points (0 Newsweek + 8 NCI + 16 from 8 linked objects) · ranking
Research output
From OpenAlex, oncology works in the last five years (2022 to 2026, current year in progress); counted on 2026-09-16.
Matched to Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, including child institutions. 75 works · 836 citations · 73% open access · 4% clinical trials · 0% reviews.
Oncology works per year
112022
202023
132024
182025
132026
Most works
- Sanju Sinha8 works
- Rabi Murad8 works
- Cosimo Commisso8 works
- Padma Sheila Rajagopal7 works
- Saugato Rahman Dhruba7 works
- Peter D. Adams6 works
- Jennifer L. Hope6 works
- Darren Finlay6 works
- Alejandro A. Schäffer5 works
- Dennis C. Otero5 works
Most cited
- Drug discovery (Prebys Center)
- Cell adhesion and tumour microenvironment
- Cancer metabolism
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