BioScience Center
San Diego State University
San Diego, California
Mitochondria from Cradle to Grave
(Oct. 6, 4:10 PM )
Presentation Summary
Dr. Gottlieb is the Director of the BioScience Center at San Diego State University; a position she has held since December 2006. Before that Dr. Gottlieb was on the faculty at The Scripps Research Institute (1995-2006).
Dr. Gottlieb obtained her MD from Johns Hopkins University and completed her clinical training in Pediatrics and Hematology/Oncology at the University of Texas Houston Health Science Center and the MD Anderson Cancer Center. She conducted her postdoctoral research at the University of California, San Diego and then at The Scripps Research Institute and the VA Medical Center in San Diego.
At the BioScience Center, Dr. Gottlieb continues her research in mitochondrial biology and programmed cell death, particularly in the context of the heart. More recently her work has focused on the process of autophagy as a protective response to cellular stress.
