Anne Bang, Ph.D.Director, Cell Biology, Conrad Prebys Center for Chemical GenomicsDr. Anne Bang joined the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute in June 2010 as Director of Cell Biology at the Conrad Prebys Center for Chemical Genomics, a state-of-the-art drug discovery center.  Her current research efforts are directed at developing patient-specific, induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-based disease models for drug discovery, with an emphasis on neurological and neuromuscular disease.  Prior to joining SBP she served as Director of Stem Cell Research at ViaCyte Inc, where she focused on developing stem cells as a source of pancreatic cells to treat diabetes. Dr. Bang received a B.S. from Stanford University, a Ph.D. in Biology from UCSD, and was a post-doctoral fellow at the Salk Institute.