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Scripps Research scientists train the immune system to make antibodies against numerous HIV strains
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Scripps Research scientists train the immune system to make antibodies against numerous HIV strains

Joan Pulupa. Credit: Timothy White
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Joan Pulupa joins Scripps Research faculty to study the organization of DNA in brain cells and its links to neurodegeneration

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  • Scripps Research’s Skaggs Graduate School awards doctoral degrees to 34th graduating class
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    Scripps Research’s Skaggs Graduate School awards doctoral degrees to 34th graduating class

  • Scripps Research ranks third in 2026 Cure Innovation Index
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    Scripps Research ranks third in 2026 Cure Innovation Index

  • Scripps Research’s Skaggs Graduate School ranked #1 in Biological Sciences by U.S. News & World Report
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    Scripps Research’s Skaggs Graduate School ranked #1 in Biological Sciences by U.S. News & World Report

    The doctoral program also placed #7 in Chemistry in the publication’s latest issue ranking top science graduate schools.

  • Scripps Research welcomes healthcare innovator Joe Kiani to the Board of Directors
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    Scripps Research welcomes healthcare innovator Joe Kiani to the Board of Directors

    Kiani brings decades of experience in patient safety and public service.

  • Scripps Research scientists honored on Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers list
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    Scripps Research scientists honored on Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers list

    The recognized researchers encompass various areas including chemistry, microbiology, immunology, biochemistry and more.

  • Douglas W. Phillips and Steven M. Paul join Scripps Research Board of Directors
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    Douglas W. Phillips and Steven M. Paul join Scripps Research Board of Directors

    Finance and biomedical leaders bring decades of experience in investment strategy and drug development.

  • Scripps Research’s Skaggs Graduate School awards doctoral degrees to 33rd graduating class
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    Scripps Research’s Skaggs Graduate School awards doctoral degrees to 33rd graduating class

    The ceremony represented the largest graduating class since the doctoral program’s inception in 1989.

  • Newest building on Scripps Research campus earns LEED gold rating
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    Newest building on Scripps Research campus earns LEED gold rating

    Chi-Huey Wong Laboratories for Biomedical Research recognized for sustainable construction.

  • Collaboration awards enable scientists to design new medicines, more precisely edit DNA and fight drug-resistant bacteria
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    Collaboration awards enable scientists to design new medicines, more precisely edit DNA and fight drug-resistant bacteria

    Scripps Research announces its 2024 recipients of Collaborative Innovation Fund grants.

  • Professor Benjamin Cravatt and physician-scientist Lou Lange join Scripps Research Board of Directors
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    Professor Benjamin Cravatt and physician-scientist Lou Lange join Scripps Research Board of Directors

    Scripps Research has added Benjamin Cravatt, PhD, professor of Chemistry and the Norton B. Gilula Chair in Biology and Chemistry at Scripps Research, and Lou Lange, MD, PhD, physician-scientist and general partner with Asset Management Ventures, to its Board of Directors.

  • Scripps Research scientists make annual Highly Cited Researchers list
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    Scripps Research scientists make annual Highly Cited Researchers list

    Featured scientists represent a wide range of fields including chemistry, microbiology, immunology, neuroscience and more

  • Scripps Research scientist Ilia Droujinine receives over $3 million to reveal the body’s interorgan networks
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    Scripps Research scientist Ilia Droujinine receives over $3 million to reveal the body’s interorgan networks

    The awards from the NIDDK and the LLHF will let Droujinine uncover how interorgan communication goes awry in metabolic disease and aging, paving the way for new treatments.

  • Gut molecule slows fat burning during fasting
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    Gut molecule slows fat burning during fasting

    Scripps Research scientists discovered a molecule produced by roundworm intestines that signals the brain to slow fat loss when food is not available. 

  • Nine new faculty join Scripps Research
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    Nine new faculty join Scripps Research

    The newly appointed faculty are making transformative discoveries in areas ranging across drug discovery, neuroscience, chemistry, immunity and more.

  • Keary Engle Named Dean of Scripps Research’s Skaggs Graduate School of Chemical and Biological Sciences
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    Keary Engle Named Dean of Scripps Research’s Skaggs Graduate School of Chemical and Biological Sciences

    Scripps Research has appointed Professor Keary Engle to the role of Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, effective July 1, 2024, and will lead the institute's Skaggs Graduate School of Chemical and Biological Sciences and other education and training programs.

  • Esteemed life sciences attorney Barbara Kosacz joins Scripps Research Board of Directors
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    Esteemed life sciences attorney Barbara Kosacz joins Scripps Research Board of Directors

    Scripps Research’s vision to translate basic scientific discovery into effective treatments that benefit human health strikes a chord with Barbara Kosacz, JD—making her addition to the institution’s Board of Directors fitting.

  • Scripps Research’s Skaggs Graduate School awards doctoral degrees to 32nd graduating class
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    Scripps Research’s Skaggs Graduate School awards doctoral degrees to 32nd graduating class

    Skaggs family also honored at commencement ceremony as first recipients of Scripps Research Presidential Medal

  • Using wrist-worn activity trackers to help patients reduce long COVID symptoms
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    Using wrist-worn activity trackers to help patients reduce long COVID symptoms

    New Scripps Research trial aims to validate the use of wearables in guiding participants to effectively monitor mental, physical and emotional exertion—a strategy called pacing.

  • Calibr-Skaggs announces expansion of option and license agreement with AbbVie to develop novel cell therapies for solid tumors and autoimmune diseases
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    Calibr-Skaggs announces expansion of option and license agreement with AbbVie to develop novel cell therapies for solid tumors and autoimmune diseases

    Calibr-Skaggs to partner with AbbVie to support discovery of next-generation sCAR-Ts using genetic medicine-based approaches.

  • Three decades of giving: Announcing the Calibr-Skaggs Institute for Innovative Medicines
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    Three decades of giving: Announcing the Calibr-Skaggs Institute for Innovative Medicines

    The ALSAM Foundation, founded by the Skaggs family, provides lasting gift to Scripps Research’s drug discovery and development arm.

  • Calibr announces license agreement with Gilead to develop a long-acting HIV antiviral agent for treatment in combination with lenacapavir
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    Calibr announces license agreement with Gilead to develop a long-acting HIV antiviral agent for treatment in combination with lenacapavir

    Long-acting combination HIV regimens have the potential to transform the future of coordinated HIV clinical care.  A Phase 1 trial has been initiated to evaluate GS-1614 - a novel prodrug of a nucleoside reverse transcriptase translocation inhibitor (NRTTI).

  • 100 years of Science Changing Life: Scripps Research celebrates a century of transforming human health
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    100 years of Science Changing Life: Scripps Research celebrates a century of transforming human health

    For the last century, institute leaders and renowned scientists have made Scripps Research what it is today: the world’s leading independent and nonprofit biomedical research institute at the forefront of innovation.

  • Life science entrepreneur Gene Lay joins Scripps Research Board of Directors
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    Life science entrepreneur Gene Lay joins Scripps Research Board of Directors

    Lay, founder of the global biotech company BioLegend, brings invaluable experience as an industry leader and innovator. 

  • Numerous Scripps Research scientists named Highly Cited Researchers
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    Numerous Scripps Research scientists named Highly Cited Researchers

    Clarivate’s annual, global list represents researchers who have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their field of research.

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