Bruce R. Conklin MD

Bruce R. Conklin MD, is an Investigator at the Gladstone Institutes and a Professor in the UCSF Division of Genomic Medicine. Dr. Conklin’s research focuses on human genetics that lead to cardiovascular diseases, such as cardiac arrhythmias and cardiomyopathy. His major model system is induced pluripotent (iPS) cells that are engineered to test the role of specific genetic changes on disease. Dr. Conklin began his research career by working for two years with Julius Axelrod, Ph.D., (Nobel Laureate) at the National Institutes of Health. He then completed his residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital and a postdoctoral fellowship in the laboratory of Henry Bourne, M.D. at UCSF.

In 1995 Dr. Conklin joined the Gladstone Institutes and the UCSF faculty where he has advanced to become a Senior Investigator at Gladstone, and a Professor at UCSF. Dr. Conklin is also the Gladstone Scientific Officer for Technology and Innovation. Dr. Conklin is the founder of several public stem cell and genomics projects including BayGenomics, GenMAPP, AltAnalyze and WikiPathways.

Dr. Conklin pioneered the field of using designer G protein coupled receptors (RASSLs) for tissue engineering. He was the founding director of the Gladstone Genomics Core and the Gladstone Stem Cell Core. Dr. Conklin leads the Gladstone Stem Cell Training Program, is the principal investigator on multiple research grants from NIH and serves on multiple advisory boards. He is a member of several honorary societies including the American Society for Clinical Investigation, and is a Fellow in the California Academy of Sciences.