Fall 2020
Scripps Research rises to meet the challenge of the historic COVID-19 pandemic.
Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses, some of which infect humans. The coronavirus at the root of COVID-19 is the newest known member of this family. And like other coronaviruses that infect people, the new coronavirus causes respiratory disease, among other symptoms.
Scripps Research scientists find creative ways to work, stay connected during pandemic.
Scripps Research team creates central repository for COVID research.
As this edition of Scripps Research Magazine goes to print, the world remains in the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic, a historic public health crisis unlike anything we’ve seen in our lifetimes. The virus has upended the lives of people around the globe, causing widespread economic hardship, sickness and loss of life.
Michalina Janiszewska, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Molecular Medicine, has received an award from the Florida Center for Brain Tumor Research (FCBTR), which supports proposals that could to lead to the discovery and development of improved brain tumor treatment modalities.
Patapoutian shares the neuroscience award with co-winner David Julius, PhD, of University of California, San Francisco. Patapoutian has catapulted scientific understanding of sensory transduction—the methods by which the body responds to sensory input from the eyes, tongue, nose and skin.
Michael Erb, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, has been granted the highly competitive Breakthrough Science Initiative Award from the Ono Pharma Foundation. The three-year grant will support Erb’s creative approaches to pinpointing vulnerabilities in cancers…
The National Science Foundation awarded Hans Renata, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, the renowned CAREER award. The award supports early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models and lead major advances at their organization. Renata’s lab works…
Cindy Ehlers, PhD, professor in the Department of Neuroscience, received the Henri Begleiter Excellence in Research Award from the Research Society on Alcoholism. Ehlers focuses on understanding genetic risk and protective factors for alcoholism in Native, African and Hispanic Americans.
Virologist Michael Farzan, PhD, professor and co-chair of the Department of Immunology and Microbiology, has been awarded a significant U19 research grant by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, in tandem with the National Institute of Mental Health.
Donna Blackmond, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Chemistry on the California campus, has been elected to the prestigious German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. The Leopoldina was founded in 1652, making it the oldest continuously existing academy of natural sciences…
Assistant Professor Keary Engle, PhD, in the Department of Chemistry, has received many awards related to his development of efficient and sustainable methods of creating new compounds for medicines, research and agriculture. Among these honors are the Novartis 2019 Early Career Award, the Amgen…
Chemistry professor Matthew Disney, PhD, has been awarded a prestigious Research Program Award by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) to aid Disney's development of potential breakthrough treatments for neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and ALS.
Chemical biologist Benjamin Cravatt, PhD, has been recognized by the American Association for Cancer Research for his pioneering work to enable the analysis of protein activities—work that has revealed key signaling pathways in cancer.
Graduate student John Martin Gabriel Sabandal has been awarded an F31 Predoctoral Fellowship from the National Institute of Mental Health. Based in the laboratory of Ron Davis, PhD, professor in the Department of Neuroscience, Sabandal is investigating the neurobiological…
The pharmaceutical company Janssen has awarded its 2020 Prize for Creativity in Organic Synthesis to Phil Baran, PhD, professor in the Department of Chemistry. The prestigious prize is awarded every other year to a chemist under the age of 50. Jury members acknowledged Baran for “the innovative…
Scripps Research in June awarded doctoral degrees to 44 graduate students who completed the rigorous academic and research requirements of the institute’s Skaggs Graduate School of Chemical and Biological Sciences. The degree recipients comprise the 28th graduating…
Chemist Michael Bollong, PhD, and computational chemist Stefano Forli, PhD, have been named as recipients of the 2020 Young Investigator Award from the Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Foundation. The program prepares and supports new investigators as they launch into their careers.
In June, the institute announced the launch of the STEM Diversity and Inclusion Initiative to accelerate the institute’s efforts to increase representation within the institute and expand its community outreach programs.
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