In Brief
Nicolaou Honored Three Times Over
K.C. Nicolaou, founding chairman of The Scripps Research
Institute (TSRI) Department of Chemistry and L.S. Skaggs Professor
of Chemical Biology at The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology
at TSRI, was recently honored by three separate international
bodies.
The Council of the British Royal Society of Chemistry has
invited Nicolaou to the United Kingdom to give a lecture tour
of research centers in the upcoming academic year. A graduate
of The University of London, Nicolaou will return to the country
of his alma mater as a Royal Society of Chemistry Centenary
Lecturer.
Nicolaou has also won the 2001 Ernst Schering Prize, sponsored
by the German nonprofit research foundation from which its
name derives. He will be awarded the prize later this year
at the University of Madrid in Spain, and will deliver a lecture
there and at the University of Berlin in conjunction with
the award.
Also later this year, Nicolaou will travel to Nagoya University
in Japan, where he will conduct a one-day course seminar and
accept The Nagoya Medal of Organic Chemistry. He is the 2001
gold medalist.
All three organizations recognized Dr. Nicolaou’s outstanding
contributions to chemical synthesis and chemical biology in
their award letters, particularly his work in the total synthesis
of complex natural products.
Dawson Named Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow
Cell Biology and Chemistry Assistant Professor Philip
Dawson has been selected to receive the highly competitive
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship and its unrestricted two-year
grant. Dawson's work utilizes the total synthesis of proteins
to study hydrogen bonding, enzymatic catalysis and complex
protein-protein interactions.
Asturias Wins Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Award
Cell Biology Assistant Professor Francisco Asturias has
been selected to receive a Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Scholar
Award for a five-year period beginning in July 2001. Asturias
uses electron microscopy single-particle and two-dimensional
crystallography techniques to study the structures of macromolecular
complexes involved in regulation of DNA transcription and
fatty acid synthesis.
Watson to Present “DNA Thoughts”
Nobel laureate James D. Watson, president of Cold Spring
Harbor Laboratory, will present "DNA Thoughts" on Friday,
March 23, as part of the Society of Fellows Distinguished
Lecturer Series. This event, which is open to the public,
will be held in the Timken Amphitheater of the Green Hospital
Building at 4 PM. Earlier that day, Watson will participate
in a graduate student discussion in the Roon Foundation Conference
Room, Beckman Center 5S, at 2 PM, and a research associate
discussion in the Roon Foundation Conference Room, 2:55 PM.
For more information, contact Avi Spier.
Attention 2000 Healthcare Spending Account Participants
If you participated in the Healthcare Spending Account
(HCSA) during the 2000 plan year, please remember that March
31 is the deadline for submitting reimbursement claims to
ReliaStar.
HCSA Reimbursement forms are available in the Human Resources
Department. You can stop by to pick up forms between 8 AM
and 5 PM; request them by calling Benefits Administration
at x4-8487 or by sending an email to benefits@scripps.edu;
or download them from the Benefits Administration web page,
http://www.scripps.edu/hr/benefits/forms/forms.htm#health.
Brush Up on Netscape
Have you ever used the proxy icon to add a location to your
personal toolbar or bookmark folder? Learn how to do this
in the next Netscape class scheduled for Tuesday, March 27,
from 8:30 to 11 AM. Other topics will include setting your
home page, organizing your toolbars, and finding previously
visited sites using the history feature. To enroll, go to
http://www.scripps.edu/rc/training/signup,
or e-mail training@scripps.edu.
TB Screenings, Hepatitis B Immunizations, and Serum Draws
On Monday March 19, Wednesday March 21, and Friday March 23,
personnel from Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group will be on-site
to conduct TB screenings, Hepatitis B immunizations, and serum
draws. The clinics will be conducted at the Administrative
Offices (3301 North Torrey Pines Court) on the P1 level from
11 AM to 2 PM. No appointments are necessary.
TB screening requires a 48 to 72 hour follow-up. Individuals
receiving the TB screen on Monday will need to return on Wednesday;
individuals screened on Wednesday, will need to return on
Friday. Initiation of the TB screening process will not be
available on Friday, but Hepatitis B immunization and serum
draws will be.
To learn more about these programs, see the Human Resources
Occupational Medicine web page http://www.scripps.edu/hr/benefits/occmed,
which includes a map and patient information sheets.
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