Summer 2021
How Scripps Research Professor Chi-Huey Wong's innovations in sugar chemistry laid the groundwork for the burgeoning field of glycobiology.
You are only as old as you think you are. At least, that’s how the saying goes. But what does it mean to age, anyway? Increasingly, science has some surprising answers—and some promising solutions.
Scientists-in-training at our Skaggs Graduate School of Chemical and Biological Sciences share their own inspirational turning points, telling how their curiosities transformed into a desire to solve our world’s greatest biomedical puzzles.
After we have been exposed to an infection, our immune system remembers the threat, in particular by producing antibodies. These are proteins that circulate in the blood and throughout the body; they quickly recognize and disable the invader upon contact, thereby preventing or minimizing illness.
As the coronavirus pandemic took hold during early spring 2020 and stay-at-home orders went into effect, millions of Americans struggled with intense feelings of stress and isolation. For many, alcohol provided a respite.
It has long been assumed that getting older means getting sicker. And certainly, the risk for many diseases increases as we age. Yet, there is a growing consensus among the scientific community that the onset and progression of many age-related conditions isn’t inevitable and that many people may be able to stay healthy much later in life.
A phase 1 clinical trial testing a novel vaccine approach to prevent HIV has produced promising results, marking a major step toward the ultimate goal of protecting people around the world against the deadly and fast-mutating virus.
A phase 1 clinical trial testing a novel vaccine approach to prevent HIV has produced promising results, marking a major step toward the ultimate goal of protecting people around the world against the deadly and fast-mutating virus.
Three Scripps Research scientists are among 53 early career researchers nationwide to receive a New Innovator Award through the National Institutes of Health. The award is part of the NIH’s “High-Risk, High-Reward” program,
Courtney Miller, PhD, a professor in the departments of Molecular Medicine and Neuroscience at Scripps Research, has been awarded the Louise Hanson Marshall Special Recognition Award from the Society for Neuroscience for her efforts promoting women in science.
Grotjahn has been named one of seven early career scientists to win the prestigious 2021 Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award, which provides each recipient with up to $800,000 over four years to advance novel approaches to fighting cancer.
Scripps Research professor Donna Blackmond, PhD, who has expanded the world’s understanding of the chemistry of life, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of her “distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.”
The ACS National Awards Program is dedicated to advancing all branches of chemistry, supporting initiatives in basic research and industry, and promoting the careers of the nation’s most innovative chemists.
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has honored Scripps Research President and CEO Peter Schultz, PhD, with the 2021 NAS Award in Chemical Sciences for pioneering new approaches in chemical and synthetic biology that address challenges in health, energy and materials science.
An annual list of the most highly cited scientific papers in the world has put a spotlight on more than a dozen Scripps Research scientists who have expanded the frontiers of knowledge in chemistry, immunology, microbiology and cross-disciplinary fields.
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