Vital connections, global impact

Fall 2019

Vital connections, global impact

Science Changing Global Health

Science Changing Global Health

Genomic detectives

Scripps Research scientists work in outbreak zones to transform disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

Science Changing Discoveries

Science Changing Discoveries

Biodiversity beyond the horizon

The historic natural collection at the Natural Products Discovery Center may hold the key to future therapies.

Science Changing Maternal Health

Science Changing Maternal Health

Empowering moms-to-be

Scientists are using digital devices such as smartphones and fitness trackers to gather valuable health data from pregnant women.

President’s Letter

President Peter Schultz highlights the global, interconnected nature of science at Scripps Research

The raison d'être of science is the quest to discover—the pursuit of moments when rigorous inquiry leads to profound insight. The engine of this pursuit is a characteristic common to scientists the world over—insatiable curiosity.

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Time is ticking against Lyme

Scientists at Calibr, the drug development arm of Scripps Research, have developed a strategy for preventing Lyme disease by repurposing a powerful molecule currently used for pets.

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FDA approves Scripps Research-originated drug for cardiomyopathy

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved tafamidis, a medicine invented at Scripps Research for the treatment of heart disease.

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Calibr gets OK to start patient trials for novel prostate cancer drug

FDA approves Calibr's IND application for a novel immunotherapy for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

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Liver cancer drug launches into clinical phase

A liver cancer therapy developed in the laboratory of Scripps Research professor Luc Teyton, MD, PhD, may now proceed to clinical trials, the FDA decided in May 2019.

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FDA evaluates ozanimod as a new treatment for multiple sclerosis

The FDA accepted a New Drug Application for ozanimod, a potential treatment for MS that was created at Scripps Research.

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Scripps Research spin-off Abide Therapeutics acquired by Danish pharma company

The clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company founded by Scripps Research professors Cravatt and Boger was bought out by H. Lundbeck A/S.

Awards & Honors

The Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry of the American Chemical Society honors associate professor Peng Wu, PhD.

Peng Wu, PhD, is the recipient of 2020 Horace S. Isbell Award

Given to scientists under the age of 45, the Isbell Award “acknowledges excellence in and promise of continued quality of contribution to research in carbohydrate chemistry and biochemistry.”

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The award honors the late Jeremy R. Knowles, a professor of chemistry at Harvard University and legendary figure in the fields of enzymology and chemical biology.

Benjamin Cravatt, PhD, receives prestigious Jeremy Knowles Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry

Cravatt was recognized for pioneering a powerful new approach for identifying protein classes based on their activity, greatly expanding the possibilities of small-molecule drug discovery.

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The award supports “exceptional young academic researchers at an early and crucial stage in their careers.”

Keary Engle, PhD, received 2019 Teacher-Scholar Award

The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to advancing chemical sciences, selected Keary Engle, PhD, for its 2019 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award.

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Researchers around the world now use proteomics to study proteins in almost every organelle in order to understand differences between normal and disease states.

John Yates III, PhD, receives John B. Fenn Distinguished Contribution Award

Yates is the lead inventor of the SEQUEST software and algorithm that laid a critical foundation for the field of proteomics and dramatically enhanced the accuracy and effectiveness of mass spectrometry.

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Awards & Honors

Boger received the award during the 27th Congress of the International Society of Heterocyclic Chemistry in Kyoto, Japan.

Dale Boger, PhD, receives the E.C. Taylor Senior Award

Discoveries in his lab have led to an experimental cancer vaccine that boosts the immune system’s ability to fight cancers and a structurally modified form of vancomycin that makes the antibiotic 25,000 times more potent.

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Kelly was named to the 2019 class of inductees into the Medicinal Chemistry Hall of Fame.

Jeffery Kelly, PhD, inducted into Medicinal Chemistry Hall of Fame

In May of this year, tafamidis, a drug developed in Kelly’s laboratory, was approved by the FDA for the treatment of cardiomyopathy caused by mutant or wild-type transthyretin aggregation in adults.

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The honor was awarded by Medicinal Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS), along with the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.

Kim Janda, PhD, honored with Portoghese Lectureship Award

The lectureship honors Janda, the Ely R. Callaway, Jr. Professor of Chemistry at Scripps Research, for his many contributions to medicinal chemistry research.

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Awards & Honors

The two scientists were honored by the American Association of Immunologists, one of the highest honors bestowed by the organization.

Wendy Havran, PhD, and Linda Sherman, PhD, elected Distinguished Fellows

The inaugural program honors active, long-term members who have demonstrated excellence in research accomplishment in the field of immunology, exceptional leadership to the immunology community or notable distinction as an educator.

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