Fall 2019
Scripps Research scientists work in outbreak zones to transform disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
The historic natural collection at the Natural Products Discovery Center may hold the key to future therapies.
Scientists are using digital devices such as smartphones and fitness trackers to gather valuable health data from pregnant women.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The lectureship honors Janda, the Ely R. Callaway, Jr. Professor of Chemistry at Scripps Research, for his many contributions to medicinal chemistry research.
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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