Philanthropy

Conferences, Lectures, and Events

Lab Notes: An Inside Look
at Scripps Research

Join us for exciting and educational lectures presented by Scripps Research faculty. All of the lectures take place on Scripps Research’s picturesque campus and are followed by complimentary receptions. The programs are offered free of charge.

This year’s schedule includes:

Thursday, October 16, 2008, 12-1 p.m.
Dr. Sandra Schmid will discuss how disease occurs, how studying what happens in a cell leads to understanding and developing therapies for cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimer’s, and will highlight and describe important advances in biomedical science and technology that are changing medicine in the 21 st century.

Thursday, November 13, 2008, 12-1 p.m.
Dr. Nicholas Schork will discuss how studying genomics will help predict and determine an individual’s risk for getting diseases, such as cancer, neuropsychiatric diseases, and cardiovascular disease, illustrating how genetics and genomics is leading the way to personalized medicine.

Thursday, January 15, 2009, 12-1 p.m.
Dr. Kevin Morris will discuss what RNAi is and how research in HIV has changed our understanding of the way cancer grows and develops, using the story of RNAi to show the unpredictable path of science. He will also discuss how basic research in one area often leads to important discoveries and understanding that can be applied to other diseases.

Thursday, February 12, 2009, 12-1 p.m.
Dr. Andrew Ward will discuss how scientists determine what a protein looks like and how this leads to new insights into protein function and helps in drug design, leading to understanding drug resistance in chemotherapy for cancer and infectious diseases.

Thursday, April 16, 2009, 12-1 p.m.
Dr. Donny Strosberg will discuss how Scripps Florida is using the latest drug discovery technology to research breakthroughs, showing how his lab is creating a therapy for hepatitis C virus (HCV). Dubbed “The Silent Epidemic,” HCV infects more people than HIV, is the leading cause of liver transplants, and has very few drug options for treatment.

Thursday, May 14, 2009, 12-1 p.m.
Dr. Katja Van Herle will discuss the risk factors and connections behind our nation’s fastest growing health problems, obesity, Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease and how we can change course. She’ll discuss the lifestyle and diet essentials to reduce your risk of serious health problems.

For more information on the Lab Notes: An Inside Look at Scripps Research series, contact Madeline Fenner in Scripps Research’s Office of Philanthropy at (858) 784-2915 or mfenner@scripps.edu.

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