Strategic Asthma Basic REsearch Center

Mission Statement

The Strategic Asthma Basic REsearch Center (SABRE Center) at UCSF is an investigative unit dedicated to basic discovery in asthma research.

The SABRE Center is nucleated by a small group of basic scientists who are supported by advanced technology cores. The cores and a monthly seminar series promote integration of the SABRE Center into the greater UCSF research community in order to enhance collaboration and to increase awareness for needs in fundamental discovery in asthma research.

Founded in 1999, the SABRE Center is made possible by the generous support of the Sandler Foundation.

Summary of Accomplishments over the Past Year

This marks our first year with a full complement of SABRE Center Investigators in place on the Parnassus campus at UCSF. Much was accomplished organizationally in establishing an efficient scientific unit and our relatively small cadre of scientists and collaborators continues to make important contributions to the basic understanding of allergy and asthma.

Despite the difficult financial environment, one of our scientists was awarded a 2009 Dana Foundation Human Immunology Scholar grant, one received an American Thoracic Society research grant, and one has just received a competitively scored RO1 from the NIH. We also obtained a $2 million dollar award from the Hillblom Foundation to establish a center with colleagues at Stanford for science and training at the interface of inflammation, immunity and metabolism.

Interactions with our clinical colleagues continue to strengthen, and, despite the gloomy financial downturn, the SABRE Center looks forward to a highly productive coming year in progress towards our mission to conquer asthma.