The mission of our lab is to continue exemplary research in the field of cardiovascular molecular biology, and discover new genes and their roles in protecting the heart from ischemic injury.

Dr. Christopher C. Glembotski

Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Associate Dean of Graduate Affairs

Director, SDSU Heart Institute

Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Professor, Department of Biology

Cell & Molecular Doctoral Program

Molecular Biology Master’s Program

Molecular Biology Institute

(619) 594-2959 cglembotski@sciences.sdsu.edu

Dr. Glembotski received his B.S. in Biochemistry from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from UCLA. Following a post-doctoral position in Molecular Physiology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, he joined the faculty at University of Pennsylvania (Department of Pharmacology).

He moved to SDSU in 1986 to become Professor of Biology, and later became the Director of the SDSU Heart Institute, the founding Director of the SDSU Genomics Center. He is also currently the Associate Dean of Graduate Affairs. The focus of his studies has been integrating molecular biology, biochemistry, and physiology in the cardiovascular context, working on signaling pathways that protect the heart. The two main projects of the lab are:

aB-Crystallin Regulates Mitochondrial Integrity in the Heart

ATF6 and the Unfolded Protein Response