Nicholas Cosford's Biography

Nicholas Cosford, Professor, Sanford Burnham Prebys MDI

Dr. Cosford received his BSc and PhD degrees in chemistry from the University of Bath and pursued postdoctoral studies at Emory University. He has 20 years’ experience leading small-molecule drug discovery projects in biotech and big pharma, and more recently in the non-profit sector at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute. Research in the Cosford lab is broadly around the chemical biology of diseases and involves the investigation of small molecule interactions with therapeutically important proteins and cellular signaling pathways. One aspect of our research is focused on probing cellular pathways that regulate tumor cell metabolism, apoptosis and autophagy. Therapeutically, we are interested in the discovery and optimization of compounds that have the potential to treat cancer, CNS diseases and infectious diseases. We are also interested in the application of microfluidic technology to chemical and biological problems.