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• December 28, 2010
  Scripps Research Scientists Identify Key Interaction in Hepatitis C Virus
  Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have identified a molecular interaction between a structural hepatitis C virus protein (HCV) and a protein critical to viral replication. This new finding strongly suggests a novel method of inhibiting the production of the virus and a potential new therapeutic target for hepatitis C drug development.
  
  
• December 22, 2010
  Scripps Research Scientist Uncovers Switch Controlling Protein Production
  A scientist from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute has discovered a molecular switch that controls the synthesis of ribosomes.
  
  
• November 29, 2010
  Scripps Florida Kicks Off Third Season of Front Lines of Hope Discussion Series
  A full house is expected when the third season of the highly acclaimed Front Lines of Hope discussion series at The Scripps Research Institute in Jupiter opens this coming Thursday, December 9.
  
  
• November 15, 2010
  Scripps Research Scientist Selected for Prestigious Jacob P. Waletzky Awards
  Paul Kenny, an associate professor in the Department of Molecular Therapeutics on the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute, has been selected as the 2010 winner of the Jacob P. Waletzky Memorial Award for Innovative Research in Drug Addiction and Alcoholism.
  
  
• November 9, 2010
  Scripps Research Scientists Identify New Mechanism Regulating Daily Biological Rhythms
  Findings Offer Novel Target for Treatment of Sleep Disorders, Diabetes, and Cancer.
  
  
• October 25, 2010
  Landenberger Foundation Awards Grant to Scripps Florida Scientist to Study HIV
  A scientist on the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute has received funding from the Philadelphia-based Margaret Q. Landenberger Research Foundation.
  
  
• October 11, 2010
  Scripps Florida Scientists Awarded $3 Million NIH Grant to Accelerate Identification of Learning and Memory Genes
  Funding Could Help Uncover Novel Therapeutic Targets for Major Cognitive Disorders
  
  
• October 10, 2010
  Scripps Research Study Challenges Conventional Theory of Modern Drug Design
  Findings Could Transform Drug Development to Produce More Effective Treatments
  
  
• October 5, 2010
  Scripps Research Scientists Shed Light on How Serotonin Works
  Findings Could Affect Development of Future Depression, Schizophrenia Treatments
  
  
• September 28, 2010
  Noted Neuroscientist Appointed to Scripps Research Faculty
  The Scripps Research Institute has appointed Sathyanarayanan Puthanveettil, Ph.D., as an assistant professor in the Department of Neuroscience.
  
  
• September 23, 2010
  Scripps Research Names Innovative Chemist to Florida Faculty
  The Scripps Research Institute has appointed Matthew Disney as an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry.
  
  
• September 8, 2010
  Team Led by Scripps Research Scientist Identifies New Gene for Memory
  The Findings Could Shed New Light on Human Learning and Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders
  
  
• August 25, 2010
  Scripps Research Scientists Uncover New Mechanism of Memory Formation
  New Findings Could Lead to Better Treatments for Memory Disorders
  
  
• August 22, 2010
  New Study by Scripps Research and Virginia Commonwealth Scientists Shed Light on Painkilling System in Brain
  The Findings Have Implications for Both Drug Development and Basic Science
  
  
• August 19, 2010
  Scripps Research Appoints Douglas Kojetin to Florida Faculty
  The Scripps Research Institute has appointed Douglas J. Kojetin as an assistant professor in the Department of Molecular Therapeutics.
  
  
• August 15, 2010
  Scripps Research Scientists Uncover Possible Cocaine Addiction Trigger
  Protein Linked to Mental Retardation May Be Controlling Factor in Drug's Effect in the Brain
  
  
• August 12, 2010
  Noted Biochemist Appointed to Scripps Research Faculty
  The Scripps Research Institute has appointed Katrin Karbstein as an assistant professor in the Department of Cancer Biology.
  
  
• August 4, 2010
  Distinguished University of Michigan Chemist Joins Scripps Florida Faculty
  The Scripps Research Institute has appointed distinguished chemist Kate Carroll, formerly at the University of Michigan, as associate professor.
  
  
• July 27, 2010
  Seven New Graduate School Students Enroll at Scripps Florida
  Two Have Connections to Florida Universities
  
  
• July 26, 2010
  Scripps Research Study Shows Infectious Prions Can Arise Spontaneously in Normal Brain Tissue
  Metal Surfaces Spur Conversion of Normal Prion Protein into Disease-Causing Prions
  
  
• July 21, 2010
  Media Advisory & Photo Opportunity
  Palm Beach County Students and Teachers to Present Research from Summer Internships at Scripps Florida
  
  
• July 21, 2010
  Scripps Research Institute and Dana-Farber Scientists Uncover Novel Anti-Diabetes Mechanism
  Findings Could Lead to Next Generation of Improved Therapies
  
  
• July 14, 2010
  Scripps Research Institute Scientists in Florida Awarded $2.3 Million NIH Grant to Develop New Treatments for Drug Addiction
  Expanded Funding Could Help Erase 30-Year Therapeutic Drought.
  
  
• July 7, 2010
  Scripps Research Scientists Uncover Previously Unknown Natural Mechanism that Controls Cocaine Use
  The Findings Suggest a Potential New Method of Treating Cocaine Addiction.
  
  
• May 24, 2010
  Scripps Research Scientists Break Barrier to Creating Potential Therapeutic Molecules
  New Technique Could Help Accelerate Study and Identification of New Drugs
  
  
• May 18, 2010
  Kenan Charitable Trust Gives New $600,000 Grant to Continue Education Outreach Program at Scripps Florida
  The Scripps Research Institute has been awarded a three-year $600,000 grant from the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust to continue its widely praised Education Outreach Program at Scripps Florida in Palm Beach County.
  
  
• May 13, 2010
  Scripps Research Awarded $6 Million to Develop Potential Therapies to Fight Alcoholism and Autism-Linked Syndrome
  Professor Claes Wahlestedt at Scripps Florida to Lead Work.
  
  
• April 29, 2010
  Scripps Research Institute Scientists in Florida Awarded $1.3 Million NIH Grant to Develop New Tests for Potential Obesity and Diabetes Treatment
  Expanded Funding Could Help Validate Novel Therapeutic Target.
  
  
• April 5, 2010
  Scripps Research Names Innovative Molecular Biologist to Cancer Biology Department
  The Scripps Research Institute has named Min Guo, Ph.D., as an assistant professor in the Department of Cancer Biology on the Scripps Florida campus.
  
  
• March 29, 2010
  Scripps Research Study Shows Compulsive Eating Shares Same Addictive Biochemical Mechanism with Cocaine, Heroin Abuse
  In a newly published study, scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have shown for the first time that the same molecular mechanisms that drive people into drug addiction are behind the compulsion to overeat, pushing people into obesity.
  
  
• March 24, 2010
  2009 Was Year of Accomplishment for Scripps Florida; Continued Funding Approved for Upcoming Year
  The Scripps Florida Funding Corporation (SFFC) is pleased to announce that as Scripps Florida ends its sixth year of operation, the organization is ahead of schedule with its hiring goals and has excelled with other performance goal dates.
  
  
• March 23, 2010 
  Scripps Research Study Shows Compulsive Eating Shares Same Addictive Biochemical Mechanism with Cocaine, Heroin Abuse 
  In a newly published study, scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have shown for the first time that the same molecular mechanisms that drive people into drug addiction are behind the compulsion to overeat, pushing people into obesity. 
  
  
• March 22, 2010
  Richard and Helen DeVos Gift Kicks Off Drive to Endow Scripps Florida Graduate School
  New Initiative Seeks to Bring More Top-Rated Scholars to Scripps Florida Graduate Program
  
  
• March 19, 2010
  Moffitt Cancer Center receives NCI grant to create bioengineered "designer" lymph nodes with Scripps Florida
  Lymph nodes will give patients new immune system to fight cancer and increase vaccine potency
  
  
• March 16, 2010
  Top Scientists Explore the Origin of Life in Annual Lasker Lecture at Scripps Research Institute Florida Campus
  New Insight Offered Into Answering the Fundamental Question: How did living cells first form on earth and could they form the same way on other planets?
  
  
• March 14, 2010
  Light Activated "Warhead" Turns Modest Molecules into Super Protein Killers
  Novel Research Tool from Scripps Florida Could Significantly Expand Search for New Therapies
  
  
• February 22, 2010
  Scripps Research Names Noted Learning and Memory Scientist to Neuroscience Department
  The Scripps Research Institute has named Gavin Rumbaugh, Ph.D., as an assistant professor in the Department of Neuroscience at the institute's Florida campus.
  
  
• February 18, 2010
  Scripps Florida Intern's Photographs to be Featured at Hibel Museum of Art Exhibition
  The photographs of a young Scripps Florida intern will be the featured attraction at a solo exhibition at the Hibel Museum of Art on the campus of Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in Jupiter.
  
  
• February 11, 2010
  Landenberger Foundation Awards Three New Grants to Scripps Florida
  Scripps Florida has received three new grants from the Philadelphia-based Margaret Q. Landenberger Research Foundation, totaling more than $400,000.
  
  
• February 9, 2010
  Scripps Research Names Innovative Molecular Biologist to Metabolism & Aging Department
  The Scripps Research Institute has named William Ja, Ph.D., as an assistant professor in the Department of Metabolism & Aging on the institute's Florida campus.
  
  
• February 3, 2010
  The Gardens Mall Celebrates the First Year Anniversary of Scripps Florida Opening
  The Gardens Mall at Palm Beach Gardens, one of South Florida's premier shopping destinations, is helping Scripps Florida celebrate the one year anniversary of the official opening of the prestigious biomedical research facility with a series of special events, culminating in a day of interactive science exhibits on February 6.
  
  
• February 2, 2010
  Scripps Research Scientists Create Innovative New Way to Screen Libraries of 10 Million or More Compounds, Potentially Helping to Speed Drug Discovery
  The search for new drug compounds is probably worse than looking for a needle in a haystack because scientists are limited in the size of the haystacks they can rummage through—time and money make it virtually impossible to screen or search through super-large libraries of potential compounds.
  
  
• January 6, 2010
  A Sense of Balance
  The Scripps Research LoGrasso Lab Develops the First New Class of Potential Therapies for Neurodegenerative Disease to Pass the Blood-Brain Barrier
  
  
• December 31, 2009
  Scripps Research Scientists in Florida Show "Lifeless" Prions Capable of Evolutionary Change and Adaptation
  Research May Point to More Effective Therapeutic Targets for Deadly Prion Diseases
  
  
• December 21, 2009
  Florida Philanthropists Phillip and Patricia Frost Give $1 Million to Scripps Florida
  Gift is Their Second Million-Dollar Donation to Scripps Florida
  
  
• December 17, 2009
  Scripps Research Scientist Awarded More than $1.2 Million to Identify Potential Treatments for Breast Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease
  Award Will Be Used to Develop High-Throughput Screening Tests at Scripps Florida
  
  
• December 16, 2009
  Scripps Research Scientists Identify Novel Hepatitis C Inhibitors
  Scientists from the Scripps Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute and their colleagues at Boston University have described their discovery of several novel drug-like inhibitors of the hepatitis C virus (HCV).
  
  
• December 8, 2009
  Florida Business Executive Elizabeth M. Fago Gives $1 Million Gift to Scripps Florida
  Elizabeth M. Fago, a successful Palm Beach Gardens business executive and philanthropist has donated $1 million to Scripps Florida, it was announced today.
  
  
• December 2, 2009
  Noted HIV Researcher Joins Scripps Florida Faculty
  The Scripps Research Institute has appointed Susana T. Valente, Ph.D., as an assistant professor in the Department of Infectology.
  
  
• November 25, 2009
  Scripps Florida "Kicks Off" 2009-2010 Front Lines of Hope Discussion Series
  More than 150 guests celebrated the kick off to the second season of the highly-acclaimed Front Lines of Hope Discussion Series at Scripps Florida in Jupiter on November 18.
  
  
• November 18, 2009
  Nationally Known Memory Researcher Appointed to Metabolism and Aging Faculty at Scripps Florida
  The Scripps Research Institute has appointed Courtney Miller, Ph.D., as an assistant professor in the Department of Metabolism and Aging and the Department of Neuroscience on the Scripps Florida campus.
  
  
• October 14, 2009
  Six New Graduate Students to Study at Scripps Florida
  Six new graduate students have chosen the Scripps Florida campus as the place to pursue their doctoral degrees.
  
  
• October 12, 2009
  Scripps Research Names Ronald L. Davis as Founding Chair of New Neuroscience Department
  he Scripps Research Institute has named Ronald L. Davis, Ph.D., formerly the R.P. Doherty-Welch Professor of Science at Baylor College of Medicine, as the founding chair of the Department of Neuroscience on the Scripps Florida campus.
  
  
• October 5, 2009
  Scripps Research Scientists Awarded $3.9 Million "Transformative" Federal Grant to Develop New Compound Screening Platform
  A pair of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute, one on each coast, has been awarded a five-year $3.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a new technology to accelerate the search for new protein ligands – compounds that bind to proteins and alter their function.
  
  
• September 29, 2009
  Scripps Florida Scientist Awarded $1.4 Million in Federal Stimulus Funds to Study Drug Targets in Alzheimer's, Alcoholism
  A scientist from The Scripps Research Institute's Florida campus has been awarded a pair of research grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) totaling just over $1.4 million to pursue drug discovery work in both Alzheimer's disease and alcoholism.
  
  
• September 16, 2009
  Not As Simple as It Looks
  Scientists have known for some time that proteins called CREB regulated transcription co-activators (CRTCs) help regulate many biological processes by integrating and converting environmental stimuli into responses that modify gene expression.
  
  
• September 15, 2009
  Rendina Family Foundation Awards $150,000 Grant to Scripps Florida Scientist
  The Rendina Family Foundation has awarded a $150,000 grant to Derek Duckett, an associate scientific director with the Translational Research Institute at Scripps Florida, a division of The Scripps Research Institute.
  
  
• September 10, 2009
  Scripps Research Appoints Stem Cell Scientist to Molecular Therapeutics Faculty
  The Scripps Research Institute has appointed Donald G. Phinney, Ph.D., a nationally recognized expert in the study of adult bone marrow-derived stem cells, as a professor in the Department of Molecular Therapeutics.
  
  
• August 28, 2009
  Latest Scripps Florida Collaboration Aims to Reshape Addiction Therapy
  Scripps Florida scientist, working with the Hanley Center, a non-profit addiction recovery facility in West Palm Beach and the Florida Department of Health, is closing in on a novel blood test that could accurately predict the risk of a relapse in patients with addictions.
  
  
• July 15, 2009
  Wellington High thinkPINKkids™ Donation Presented to Scripps Florida
  The thinkPINKkids™ Club of Wellington High School has recently presented $7,000 to support Scripps Florida's breast cancer research. The club raised the funds at a 5K Walk to Win the Battle Against Breast Cancer held May 8, 2009.
  
  
• June 22, 2009
  Scripps Florida's Laura Bohn Wins 2009 Joseph Cochin Young Investigator Award
  Laura Bohn, an associate professor in the Department of Molecular Therapeutics at The Scripps Research Institute's Florida campus, has been awarded the 2009 Joseph Cochin Young Investigator Award for her outstanding early achievements in the field of drug abuse.
  
  
• June 10, 2009
  Scripps Florida Will Host a Record Number of Student Summer Interns
  For 17 Florida high school students, teachers, and university undergraduates, this summer will be an opportunity to try their hand at science in the laboratories of The Scripps Research Institute's Florida campus and to receive an extended lesson in the day-to-day intricacies of modern biomedical research. A total of 14 high school juniors and seniors and one high school teacher have been selected as summer interns at Scripps Florida. The program, now in its fourth year on the Florida campus, is sponsored by the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust, a North Carolina foundation with a special interest in education.
  
  
• May 28, 2009
  Scripps Florida Scientists Devise Accelerated Method to Determine Infectious Prion Strains
  Current tests to identify specific strains of infectious prions, which cause a range of transmissible diseases (such as mad cow) in animals and humans, can take anywhere from six months to a year to yield results—a time-lag that may put human populations at risk. Now, a group of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute's Florida campus have developed a new method that cuts this critical time lag by several months.
  
  
• April 24, 2009
  Scripps Research Appoints Two New Faculty Members to the Department of Metabolism and Aging in Florida
  The Scripps Research Institute has named two new faculty members to the Department of Metabolism and Aging on the Scripps Florida campus. The two new faculty members are Associate Professor Andrew A. Butler, Ph.D., and Assistant Professor Shuji Kishi, M.D., Ph.D.
  
  
• April 21, 2009
  Scripps Research Cancer Biology Department Awarded More than $8 Million in New Research Grants
  The Scripps Research Institute's Department of Cancer Biology has been awarded more than $8.4 million in multiple grants by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the U.S. Department of Defense. The grants will be used to study topics ranging from prostate cancer to the production of T lymphocytes, the cells that provide immune surveillance for cancer.
  
  
• March 27, 2009
  Scripps Research Appoints Laura Bohn to Department of Molecular Therapeutics
  The Scripps Research Institute has appointed Laura Bohn as associate professor in the Department of Molecular Therapeutics. Bohn, a nationally known researcher investigating the mysteries of G protein-coupled receptors, particularly their role in pain and addiction, officially joined the Scripps Florida Jupiter campus on March 2, 2009.
  
  
• March 9, 2009
  Scripps Research Team Identifies Key Molecules that Inhibit Viral Production
  A team from The Scripps Research Institute has found a way to inhibit viral production of the Hepatitis C virus (HCV). The advance has the potential to accelerate future research on the virus life cycle and to aid in the development of novel HVC drugs.
  
  
• February 26, 2009
  Opening Ceremonies Celebrate New Scripps Florida Biomedical Research Facilities
  The Scripps Research Institute's leaders will be joined by Florida Governor Charlie Crist and Palm Beach County commissioners to cut the ribbon to officially open Scripps Florida, the institute's 350,000 square-foot state-of-the-art biomedical research facility in Jupiter.
  
  
• February 12, 2009
  Thomas P. Burris, Noted Nuclear Receptor Expert, Appointed to Scripps Florida Molecular Therapeutics Faculty
  The Scripps Research Institute has appointed Thomas P. Burris, Ph.D., as a professor in the Department of Molecular Therapeutics at the institute's Scripps Florida campus. Burris's research focus is nuclear receptors, protein molecules that mediate hormone activity inside the cell, and are implicated in the progress of a number of cancers, including prostate, breast, and colon cancers. Nuclear receptors have also become novel targets for drug development in other diseases, including Type 2 diabetes, atherosclerosis, and metabolic syndrome.
  
  
• February 10, 2009
  Quantum Foundation, National City, and Florida Trend Named Premier Sponsors of Scripps Florida Opening Ceremonies
  The Quantum Foundation of Palm Beach County, National City Corporation, and Florida Trend magazine will serve as premier sponsors of Scripps Florida's three-day campus opening ceremonies on February 26-28, 2009. Scripps Florida is a division of The Scripps Research Institute.
  
  
• February 5, 2009
  The Scripps Research Institute Appoints Three New Faculty Members to Chemistry Department
  The Scripps Research Institute has appointed three new faculty members to its Department of Chemistry. All three will be located on the campus of Scripps Florida in Jupiter, Palm Beach County.
  
  
• January 26, 2009
  Scripps Florida Scientists Uncover Potential New Target for Schizophrenic Treatment
  Scientists from Scripps Florida, part of The Scripps Research Institute, and colleagues have for the first time linked a specific microRNA to behavioral problems frequently associated with psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia. The finding presents new opportunities in the development of potential treatments.
  
  
• January 15, 2009
  Scripps Florida Scientists Find Novel Use for Old Compound in Cancer Treatment
  Scientists from the Scripps Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have found a potentially beneficial use for a once-abandoned compound in the prevention and treatment of neuroblastoma, one of the most devastating cancers among young children.
  
  
• December 19, 2008
  Renowned Researcher Roy G. Smith to Head New Department of Metabolism and Aging at Scripps Florida
  The Scripps Research Institute has appointed Roy G. Smith, Ph.D., an internationally recognized expert on research designed to intervene in the process of age-dependent physical and cognitive decline, as chair of its new Department of Metabolism and Aging. Professor Smith's laboratory and team will be located on the campus of Scripps Florida, in Jupiter.
  
  
• December 10, 2008
  Scripps Florida Scientist Awarded Landenberger Foundation Grant
  Michael Conkright, a Scripps Florida scientist and assistant professor in the Department of Cancer Biology, has received a $150,000 grant from the Margaret Q. Landenberger Research Foundation.
  
  
• December 4, 2008
  Dr. Charles Weissmann to Speak at Premiere of Scripps Florida Science Discussion Series
  Dr. Charles Weissmann, one of the world's preeminent scientists in the field of infection, will be the featured speaker at the premiere of a new Scripps Florida discussion series, "At the Front Lines of Hope."
  
  
• November 3, 2008
  New Sculpture Portraying Human Antibody as Protective Angel Installed on Scripps Florida Campus
  A strikingly designed stainless steel sculpture that will be dedicated to Richard A. Lerner, M.D., president of The Scripps Research Institute, will be installed at the entrance to the main building on the new Scripps Florida campus.
  
  
• October 28, 2008
  Scripps Florida Scientists Awarded $1.5 Million to Fight Major Water and Food Parasites
  The National Institutes of Health recently awarded a major grant to a consortium of research institutions, including Scripps Florida, to develop novel drug targets for amebiasis and giardiasis, two major water- and food-borne illnesses caused by microscopic parasites.
  
  
• October 10, 2008
  Scripps Florida Receives ITFlorida Innovation and Entrepreneurialism Award
  Scripps Florida was selected as the recipient of the ITFlorida Innovation and Entrepreneurialism Award on October 6, at the 2008 Awards Gala in Orlando at Disney's Lake Buena Vista Resort.
  
  
• September 19, 2008
  Alex Bruner Joins Scripps Florida Philanthropy as Associate Vice President
  The Scripps Research Institute has announced the appointment of Alex Bruner as associate vice president for philanthropy for Scripps Florida.
  
  
• September 2, 2008
  Scripps Research Institute and Scripps Florida Receive Record Federal Grant of More than $80 Million to Screen Molecules for Possible New Drug Development
  The Scripps Research Institute has been awarded more than $80 million by the National Institutes of Health to greatly expand the work of The Scripps Research Molecular Screening Center, further strengthening the collaborative efforts of teams of scientists at the La Jolla, California and Jupiter, Florida campuses. The six-year grant is the largest ever awarded to Scripps Research.
  
  
• August 27, 2008
  Latest Scripps Florida Spin Off Builds on Advanced Non-Coding RNAs Technology
  Claes Wahlestedt, the Scripps Florida professor who heads the biomedical research institute's efforts to develop drug candidates for diseases of the central nervous system, has a development of his own these days, a brand new company based on an advanced technology licensed from his work at The Scripps Research Institute's Jupiter facilities.
  
  
• July 2, 2008
  Bi-Coastal Collaboration at Scripps Research Uncovers Novel Activators of Key Cell Receptors
  Working in close collaboration, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, and in Jupiter, Florida, have identified several new molecules that activate cell receptors responsible for the regulation of a number of key physiological processes. The molecules have the potential to advance drug development.
  
  
• June 29, 2008
  Scripps Florida Scientists Find New Clue to Alzheimer's Disease Progression
  Scientists from Scripps Florida, a division of The Scripps Research Institute, have shown for the first time that a specialized form of RNA is directly linked to increased levels of amyloid plaque in the brains of Alzheimer's patients.
  
  
• May 21, 2008
  Scripps Florida Scientist Receives Major Infectious Disease Investigator Award
  Scripps Florida Assistant Professor Timothy Tellinghuisen has received the prestigious Burroughs Wellcome Fund Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease Award for 2008.
  
  
• May 12, 2008
  Graduate Students Accept Scripps Florida Offer in Record Numbers
  A record number of new graduate students have selected Scripps Florida, a division of The Scripps Research Institute, as their school of choice to pursue their doctoral degrees.
  
  
• May 6, 2008
  Scripps Florida Receives Grant to Improve and Expand Science Teaching in Palm Beach County Schools
  Scripps Florida, a division of The Scripps Research Institute, has been awarded a $110,000 grant to provide Palm Beach County middle and high school teachers with a summer program of instruction in basic science and advanced laboratory-based techniques and give them special portable teaching units for future classroom use.
  
  
• May 5, 2008
  New Test Helps Identify Cancer Drug Candidates
  Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute's Scripps Florida facilities have developed a novel method to help determine the probable effectiveness of drug candidates for the treatment of estrogen-dependent disorders such as breast cancer and osteoporosis.
  
  
• April 22, 2008
  No Boring Summer Vacation Here! Three Palm Beach County Teachers Selected for Scripps Florida Research Internships
  Three high school science teachers from Palm Beach County schools will start their six week summer internships on June 16 in the research laboratories of Scripps Florida in Jupiter.
  
  
• March 20, 2008
  Scripps Florida Scientists Develop a Process to Disrupt Hepatitis C Virion Production
  A group of investigators led by The Scripps Research Institute's Professor Barbara Mason has won a $4 million grant from the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the effects of chronic marijuana use, including influence on brain function and the consequences of withdrawal.
  
  
• March 12, 2008
  Scripps Florida Awarded $7.6 Million Grant to Develop Novel Treatment for Parkinson's Disease
  The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded a $7.6 million multi-year grant to Scripps Florida, a division of The Scripps Research Institute, to develop the next generation of medication to treat Parkinson's disease.
  
  
• January 23, 2008
  Scripps Research Scientists Discover New Gene Linked to Fragile X Syndrome
  Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have discovered a new gene involved in fragile X syndrome, a condition that often shares many symptoms of autism. The discovery may lead to new tests or treatments for several neurological disorders.
  
  
• January 16, 2008
  Florida Philanthropists Phillip and Patricia Frost Give $1 Million to Scripps Florida
  Miami physician, businessman and philanthropist Phillip Frost and his wife, Patricia Frost, an ardent supporter of education and the arts, have donated $1 million to Scripps Florida, the biomedical research campus under construction in Jupiter, it was announced today.
  
  
• December 4, 2007
  Scripps Research Scientists Develop New Tests that Identify Lethal Prion Strains Quickly and Accurately
  Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute in Jupiter, Florida, have developed two new tests for prions, infectious proteins that cause a number of diseases including "mad cow disease," and a human counterpart, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. These advances open the door to better understanding and diagnosis of these troubling conditions.
  
  
• August 31, 2007
  Scripps Research Study Identifies Intermediate-Stage Prion Protein Aggregates as Primary Cause of Neurodegenerative Diseases
  Working in close collaboration with an international group of researchers, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have shown for the first time that small clumps of abnormal prion proteins called oligomers cause the widespread death of neurons. In contrast, much larger prion aggregates known as fibrils proved to be far less toxic.
  
  
• July 19, 2007
  Renowned Chemist Roy Periana Appointed Professor at Scripps Florida
  The Scripps Research Institute announced today the appointment of internationally recognized chemist Roy A. Periana, Ph.D., as professor of chemistry at the Institute's Scripps Florida facilities.
  
  
• March 9, 2007
  Scripps Florida Campus Dedicated to Promoting Biomedical Science, Education, and Better Human Health
  The Scripps Research Institute today officially dedicated its Scripps Florida campus in Jupiter to "increasing human knowledge, advancing biomedical science, educating the researchers of the future, and improving the health of humanity."
  
  
• May 22, 2006
  John J. Moores Elected Chair of Scripps Research Institute Board of Trustees
  The Scripps Research Institute Board of Trustees today elected San Diego business leader and philanthropist John J. Moores as its new chair. Mr. Moores has been a Scripps Research trustee since 1997.
  
  
• February 16, 2006
  IBM and Scripps Research Institute to Collaborate on Pandemic Research
  IBM and The Scripps Research Institute today announced a collaborative initiative to conduct advanced research on pandemic viruses leveraging the industry-leading talent and technology from both organizations. The objective of "Project Check-mate" is to develop means to anticipate, manage and contain infectious diseases.
  
  
• February 15, 2006
  New Research from Magnet lab, Scripps Florida Gives Scientists Powerful Tool for Drug Discovery
  Researchers at Florida State University's National High Magnetic Field Laboratory and Scripps Florida have developed and evaluated a robust new system for analyzing how drugs bind to proteins. This groundbreaking work could speed the delivery of potential new drugs and improve existing ones.
  
  
• February 13, 2006
  The Scripps Research Institute Begins Presidential Succession Process
  The Scripps Research Institute Board of Trustees adopted a succession plan to guide its selection of a new president and chief executive officer when current President Richard A. Lerner, M.D., leaves the position in three years to assume the chairmanship of the Institute's Board of Trustees.
  
  
• February 12, 2006
  Study Reveals Mechanism for Maintaining Circadian Rhythms in Mammals
  Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute and RIKEN, a Japanese research institute, have validated a key step in the mechanism of the circadian clock in mammals. Many critical human activities including sleeping, eating, and even hormonal activity are determined by circadian rhythms, fundamental functions that adapt to the cycle of light and dark and are controlled at the genetic level. Along with some accessory factors, clock genes work in concert to generate circadian rhythms over a 24-hour period.
  
  
• January 20, 2006
  Scripps Florida Opens Its Cutting-edge Screening Technology to Florida Scientists
  Officials at Scripps Florida today announced the launch of the biomedical research institute's "Access to Technologies" program, which invites scientists from Florida universities and other academic research institutions to use state-of-the-art screening technologies at Scripps Florida's facilities in Jupiter for qualifying projects.
  
  
• December 21, 2005
  Kenan Charitable Trust Gives Additional $50,000 to Scripps Florida Education Outreach Programs, Bringing Its Total Contribution to $250,000 in 2005
  The William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust has added $50,000 to its support for education outreach programs at Scripps Florida, the Palm Beach County operation of The Scripps Research Institute, it was announced today by Dr. Richard M. Krasno, executive director of the Trust and president of the William R. Kenan, Jr. Fund, based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  
  
• November 15 , 2005
  Scripps Research Institute Establishes Biochemistry Department to Emphasize Integrative Approaches in Biomedical Research
  The Scripps Research Institute announced today forming the Department of Biochemistry to span its California and Florida campuses. The focus of the new department reflects the need to understand physiological processes from the molecular level to the whole organism. By taking integrative approaches to substantial problems in modern biology, the department's research will impact the understanding of a wide variety of diseases such as diabetes, cancer, and autism.
  
  
• November 13, 2005
  The Scripps Research Institute and Oxford University Open International Biotechnology Conference Today
  The Scripps Research Institute and Oxford University today opened the inaugural Scripps/Oxford International Biotechnology Conference at the Breakers in Palm Beach, Florida.
  
  
• September 23, 2005
  Lawrence J. and Florence A. De George of Jupiter Give $5 Million for Biomedical Research at Scripps Florida
  Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence J. De George of Jupiter, Florida, have donated $5 million to The Scripps Research Institute to support biomedical science at the Institute's new campus in Palm Beach County, it was announced jointly today by Florida Governor Jeb Bush and Scripps Research President Richard A. Lerner, M.D., during groundbreaking ceremonies for the new state-of-the-art facilities.
  
  
• September 23, 2005
  The Scripps Research Institute Breaks Ground for Construction of Scripps Florida Campus in Palm Beach County
  The Scripps Research Institute breaks ground today in Palm Beach County for construction of its 100-acre Scripps Florida campus, dedicated to advanced biomedical research and the application of the latest technologies in drug discovery.
  
  
• September 1, 2005
  Mammalian Transcriptome Mapped, and It Makes Antisense
  The FANTOM Consortium for Genome Exploration Research Group, a large international collection of scientists that includes researchers at The Scripps Research Institute's Florida campus, is reporting the results of a massive multi-year project to map the mammalian "transcriptome" in this week's issue of the journal Science.
  
  
• August 4, 2005
  NeoRx Joins The Scripps Research Institute in First Scientific Collaboration at Scripps Florida
  NeoRx Corporation (NASDAQ: NERX), a cancer therapeutics development company, and The Scripps Research Institute, a non-profit biomedical research organization, today announced the first collaboration at Scripps Florida, focusing on discovering novel, small-molecule, multi-targeted, protein kinase inhibitors as therapeutic agents, including cancer treatments. 
  
  
• June 16, 2005
  National Institutes of Health Awards $10.4 Million to Scripps Research Institute and Scripps Florida
  First grant for research at both campuses is part of NIH effort to speed the progress of discoveries from lab bench to patient bedside
  A group of researchers at the La Jolla, California, and Palm Beach County, Florida, campuses of The Scripps Research Institute has been awarded a $10.4 million dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish The Scripps Research Institute Molecular Screening Center. This is a pilot program to discover small molecule tools for translating basic biomedical discoveries more quickly into medically relevant applications.  
  
  
• June 13, 2005
  Former Fidelity Investments Executive J. Gary Burkhead of Florida Elected to Scripps Research Institute Board  
  Retired Fidelity Investments executive J. Gary Burkhead of Palm Beach, Florida, has been elected to the Board of Trustees of The Scripps Research Institute, a world leader in biomedical science with laboratories in La Jolla, California, and Palm Beach County, Florida.
• May 5, 2005
  Scripps Research Scientist Receives $98,000 Grant from Factor Foundation to Study Hemophilia A
  Factor Also to Sponsor Vintage Mustang Car Show June 11 To Benefit Scripps Florida
  Assistant Professor Andrew Gale, Ph.D., an investigator in the Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine at The Scripps Research Institute, has received a grant of $98,769 from the Factor Foundation of America to study hemophilia A, a bleeding disease that strikes some 17,000 Americans.  
  
  
• May 2, 2005
  Scripps Florida Selects 3 Palm Beach County Science Teachers and 4 High School Students for Summer Internships
  Scripps Florida announced today that it has selected three secondary school science teachers and four high school students for paid summer internships at its temporary facilities in Jupiter. 
  
• April 28, 2005
  Kenan Charitable Trust Gives $200,000 for Scripps Florida Education Outreach Programs
  The William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust is providing $200,000 to The Scripps Research Institute to support education outreach programs at Scripps Florida, the biomedical research institute's division in Palm Beach County, it was announced today by Dr. Richard M. Krasno, executive director of the Trust and president of the William R. Kenan, Jr. Fund based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  
  
• April 11, 2005
  Acclaimed Immunologist Howard T. Petrie Named Professor at Scripps Florida
  The Scripps Research Institute has announced the appointment of acclaimed Florida immunologist Howard T. Petrie, Ph.D., as professor in the Division of Immunology, Department of Biomedical Sciences at the Institute’s new operations in Palm Beach County, Florida.
  
  
• March 31, 2005
  Louis L. Gonda and Mark S. Skaggs Join Scripps Research Institute Board of Trustees
  Business executives and philanthropists Louis L. Gonda of Beverly Hills, California, and Mark S. Skaggs of Boise, Idaho, have been elected to the Board of Trustees of The Scripps Research Institute of California and Florida, one of the world’s largest independent, nonprofit biomedical research organizations.
  
  
• February 22, 2005
  Scripps Seminars to Feature Florida Researchers as Part of Collaboration-Building
  Scripps Florida, a division of The Scripps Research Institute, will soon begin hosting a series of high-level biomedical science seminars—The Scripps Florida Collaborative Seminars—featuring a prominent Florida-based speaker from the academic, biotechnology or pharmaceutical communities at each session.
  
  
• February 16, 2005
  Scripps Florida to Offer Summer Internships to Students and Teachers in Palm Beach County
  The Scripps Research Institute announced today that it has begun accepting applications from secondary school science teachers and high school students for paid summer internships at its Scripps Florida facility in Jupiter. 
  
  
• February 10, 2005
  Renowned Biochemist Joins Scripps Florida Faculty
  The Scripps Research Institute announced today the appointment of internationally renowned biochemist Arthur “Donny” Strosberg, Dr. Sci., as professor of infectology at the institute’s new facilities in Palm Beach County, Florida.
  
  
• January 31, 2005
  Clarification and Elaboration of Palm Beach Post Story of January 29, 2005 "Scripps Chief Sour on Village"
  
  
• January 31, 2005
  Clarification and Elaboration to St. Petersburg Times Story of January 28, 2005 "Scripps to Handle Spinoffs Out West"
  
  
• November 8, 2004
  West Palm Beach Philanthropist Alexander W. Dreyfoos Announces $1 Million Gift to The Scripps Research Institute
  Alexander W. Dreyfoos of West Palm Beach, Florida, announced today he and his wife, Renate, are contributing $1 million to The Scripps Research Institute, currently expanding its biomedical science operations in Palm Beach County.
  
  
• October 5, 2004
  Noted Swedish Scientist to Join Scripps Florida Faculty
  The Scripps Research Institute has announced the appointment of Claes Wahlestedt, M.D., Ph.D., an internationally recognized researcher in the field of pharmacological treatments for nervous disorders, to the faculty of its new Palm Beach County, Florida, operations. He will be professor of biomedical sciences and director of pharmagenomics.
  
  
• September 30, 2004
  Renowned University of Michigan Chemist Joins Scripps Florida Faculty
  The Scripps Research Institute announced today the appointment of noted chemist William R. Roush, Ph.D., as a senior faculty member at the institute’s new facility in Palm Beach County, Florida. Dr. Roush will serve as professor of chemistry, executive director of medicinal chemistry, and associate dean of the Scripps Florida graduate programs.
  
  
• September 14, 2004
  Scripps Research Institute Board of Trustees Elects Three New Members
  The Scripps Research Institute Board of Trustees has elected three new members, two recommended by the Scripps Florida Funding Corporation, which oversees state funding for the Institute's new operations in Palm Beach County, and the third a prominent Florida business leader.
  
  
• August 3, 2004
  Scripps Research Institute Announces Scientific Programs with Appointment of 17 World-Class Scientists to New Scripps Florida
  The Scripps Research Institute announced the formation of several innovative research programs at its Scripps Florida facility in Palm Beach County. The new programs indicate the depth and scope of the scientific research that will be undertaken at Scripps Florida. They include developing cutting-edge technologies to enable scientists to examine the basic biology of human health and applying those technologies to find new and better treatments for a variety of devastating human diseases.
  
  
• July 22, 2004
  Will Ray of Palm Beach County Promoted to Vice President of External Affairs of The Scripps Research Institute
  Will Ray, until recently director of external affairs for Scripps Florida in Palm Beach County, has been promoted to the position of vice president of external affairs for the entire Scripps Research Institute.
  
  
• July 16, 2004
  The Scripps Research Institute Names Weitz-DPR Team to Manage Construction of Scripps Florida
  The Scripps Research Institute has selected the joint partnership of the Weitz Company of West Palm Beach, Florida, and DPR Construction, Inc., of San Diego, California, to manage construction of the 364,000-square foot, $137 million Scripps Florida facilities expected to be built in Palm Beach County.
  
  
• May 4, 2004
  The Scripps Research Institute Selects Two Florida High School Teachers for Summer Internship Program in La Jolla California
  The Scripps Research Institute today named two science teachers from the Palm Beach County School District to participate in the Institute's 2004 Bank of America Summer Internship Program for Teachers in La Jolla, California.
  
  
• April 30, 2004
  Office Depot Pledges $1M Corporate Gift to The Scripps Research Institute for Its Childhood Neurological Disease Research Program in Palm Beach County
  The Scripps Research Institute and Office Depot, Inc., (NYSE:ODP) today announced a joint philanthropic alliance, whereby Office Depot pledged a $1 million corporate gift to Scripps Research for its Childhood Neurological Disease Research Program at its new Florida facility.
  
  
• April 15, 2004
  The Scripps Research Institute Names Ervin Owens of Lake Worth Human Resources Manager for Scripps Florida
  The Scripps Research Institute announced today the appointment of Ervin Owens of Lake Worth as Human Resources Manager at the newly established Scripps Florida in Palm Beach County.
  
  
• April 13, 2004
  The Scripps Research Institute Appoints Four Leading Scientists to New Scripps Florida Faculty
  The Scripps Research Institute announced today the appointments of four noted scientists to the faculty of the new Scripps Florida biomedical research operation in Palm Beach County.
  
  
• March 25, 2004
  Harry W. Orf Of Massachusetts General Hospital And Harvard Medical School Named Vice President Of Scientific Operations At Scripps Florida
  Scripps Research Institute President Richard A. Lerner and Florida Governor Jeb Bush today announced the appointment of Harry W. Orf, Ph.D., as Vice President of Scientific Operations for Scripps Florida, the institute's new facilities in Palm Beach County.
  
  
• March 11, 2004
  The Scripps Research Institute Selects International and Florida Firms to Design and Oversee Construction of Scripps Florida Campus
  The Scripps Research Institute today selected Zeidler Partnership/Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, including 10 Florida-based partners, for final negotiations to design the new Scripps Florida campus in Palm Beach County.
  
  
• March 1, 2004
  Gift from Bank of America will Fund Summer Internships for Palm Beach County Science Teachers at Scripps Research Institute in California
  Bank of America, Palm Beach County has donated $15,000 to support two secondary school science teachers from Palm Beach County, Florida, at an eight-week summer internship program at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California.
  
  
• February 26, 2004
  Dreyfoos and Viterbi Join Scripps Research Institute Board of Trustees
  Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr., chairman and owner of The Dreyfoos Group in Palm Beach, Florida, and Andrew J. Viterbi, Ph.D., president of The Viterbi Group, LLC, of San Diego, California, have been elected to the Board of Trustees of The Scripps Research Institute.
  
  
• January 6, 2004
  Eminent Scientist Charles Weissmann to Join Scripps Research Institute's New Florida Operations
  The Scripps Research Institute announced today that internationally renowned scientist Charles Weissmann will join Scripps Florida, the institute's new biomedical research operation in Palm Beach County.

• October 9, 2003
  The Scripps Research Institute to Open Major Science Center in Palm Beach County, Florida
  The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) announced plans to establish a major science center in Palm Beach County, Florida, focusing on biomedical research, technology development, and drug design.

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