Winter 2019 - Scripps Research Magazine
Education: Our Infinite Promise to Science

Winter 2019

Education: Our Infinite Promise to Science

Science Changing Education

Science Changing Education

Unending Impact

Scripps Research prepares the next generation of scientists to change the world.

Science Changing Careers

Science Changing Careers

Stepping Into The Future

Alumni of the Skaggs Graduate School at Scripps Research apply their education and training to a range of careers.

Science Changing Lives

Science Changing Lives

Perspectives

What has your education or contribution to education at Scripps Research meant to you?

Science Changing Education

Science Changing Education

Show me the data

Science relies on good data to validate research quality. The Scripps Research scientific education programs produce top quality results.

Science Changing Life

Science Changing Life

Infinite Human Progress

How do you give a makeover to a nearly 100-year-old institution, founded by a philanthropic icon and respected worldwide?

President’s Letter

Dean Philip Dawson, PhD, shines a light on the multitude of complementary educational programs at Scripps Research

When knowledge is shared, new roads to discovery open and we gain added capabilities to harness science for the benefit of humankind. Science not only builds on the past, it also lays a foundation for the future.

From the Dean
Phil Dawson. Credit: Scripps Research

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KA34: reversing osteoarthritis

New Scripps Research drug progressing through clinical trial, seeking to reverse underlying causes of osteoarthritis.

Awards & Honors

2019 Tetrahedron Young Investigator Award

Scientific publisher Elsevier has awarded the 2019 Tetrahedron Young Investigator Award to Ryan Shenvi, PhD, an associate professor at Scripps Research.

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Awards & Honors

International Mass Spectrometry Foundation: Thomson Medal

John Yates III, PhD, has been awarded the Thomson Medal from the International Mass Spectrometry Foundation for his “invention of mass spectrometry and informatics methods to analyze protein expression, protein interactions and modifications.”

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Awards & Honors

2018 Bristol-Myers Squibb Unrestricted Grant

Chemist Keary Engle, PhD, an assistant professor, has been awarded the 2018 Bristol-Myers Squibb Unrestricted Grant in Synthetic Organic Chemistry.

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Awards & Honors

Translational Institute secures renewed NIH funding

The Scripps Research Translational Institute has received over $34 million in renewed funding from the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences to advance medical research and clinical care through genomic and digital technologies.

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Awards & Honors

Quest for safer pain medications garners $3.6 million, five-year grant

The National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded a five-year, $3.68 million grant to two Scripps Research scientists, Laura Bohn, PhD, and Thomas Bannister, PhD, to advance their work developing safer pain medications.

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Awards & Honors

2018 Weaver H. Gaines Entrepreneur of the Year

Florida’s statewide biotechnology industry organization, BioFlorida, named Matthew Disney, PhD, the 2018 Weaver H. Gaines Entrepreneur of the Year.

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Awards & Honors

Ben Cravatt receives Outstanding Investigator Award from National Cancer Institute

Scripps Research chemical biologist Benjamin Cravatt, PhD, has received a National Cancer Institute (NCI) Outstanding Investigator Award to support the development of advanced technologies for discovering and advancing new cancer targets and drugs.

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Awards & Honors

Michael Erb receives NIH Director’s Early Independence Award

The Early Independence Award is given to junior scientists who quickly launch independent research careers, bypassing the traditional postdoctoral training period.

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Awards & Honors

2019 Priestley Medal goes to K. Barry Sharpless

The American Chemical Society has awarded the 2019 Priestley Medal to Nobel laureate K. Barry Sharpless, PhD, W.M. Keck Professor of Chemistry at Scripps Research.

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Awards & Honors

With grant, Thomas Kodadek to lead new research into faster, cheaper drug candidate screening

An innovative proposal to dramatically reduce the cost of drug discovery has won Scripps Research chemist Thomas Kodadek, PhD, one of ten Transformative Research awards from the Director of the National Institutes of Health, Francis Collins, MD, PhD.

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Awards & Honors

2018 Outstanding Mentor Award

Wendy Havran, PhD, a professor at Scripps Research and associate dean of the Skaggs Graduate School of Chemical and Biological Sciences, was recently named the 2018 Outstanding Mentor by the Society of Fellows, a postdoctoral organization at Scripps Research.

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In the Spotlight

Kenan fellowships ignite career quest for cures


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Podcasts

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Alyssa Shepard: harnessing social media in science

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Arthur Olson: augmented reality and 3D printing

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Courtney Miller: how to forget addictions

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Tod Williams and Billie Tsien: the architecture of a science institute

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