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The Scripps Research scientists leading the Huang Foundation-supported projects. From left: Terrence Messmer, Sarah Burbach, Matthew Holcomb, Bryan Briney, Stefano Forli, Benjamin Cravatt, Christopher Parker, Andrew Ward and Charles Bowman.
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Scripps Research garners major support for AI innovations in biomedicine with compute grant from Jen-Hsun and Lori Huang Foundation

Chi-Huey Wong.
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Scripps Research professor Chi-Huey Wong to receive ACS Alfred Bader Award

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  • Neurons’ couriers deliver cargo to set up long-term memories
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    Neurons’ couriers deliver cargo to set up long-term memories

    Neural plasticity depends on robot-like carrier molecules to deliver their goods from cell body to synapse, a new study finds.

  • Changes in metabolism may produce neurofibromatosis traits, study finds
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    Changes in metabolism may produce neurofibromatosis traits, study finds

    A gene linked to neurofibromatosis causes widespread metabolic disruption in fruit fly models of the neurological disease.

  • K. Barry Sharpless and team named winners of 2021 Royal Society of Chemistry prize for 3-D ‘click chemistry’
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    K. Barry Sharpless and team named winners of 2021 Royal Society of Chemistry prize for 3-D ‘click chemistry’

    The Scripps Research scientists are part of a large collaborative team to win the 2021 Robert Robinson Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry. 

  • Digital health researchers explore COVID-19’s prolonged effects
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    Digital health researchers explore COVID-19’s prolonged effects

    As part of Scripps Research’s landmark DETECT study, scientists are examining physiological and behavioral changes that often last months after a COVID-19 infection. 

  • Scientists reveal how internal biological clock may suppress tumor growth
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    Scientists reveal how internal biological clock may suppress tumor growth

    New discovery helps explain how disruption to daily biological rhythms, such as long-term rotational shift work, could lead to increased risk of cancer.

  • Scripps Research appoints global health advocate Lillian Lou to Board of Directors
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    Scripps Research appoints global health advocate Lillian Lou to Board of Directors

    Lou brings experience as a biopharma industry leader and a champion for accessible healthcare as she carries on the legacy of life partner John C. Martin.

  • Scientists with diverse expertise to join Scripps Research faculty
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    Scientists with diverse expertise to join Scripps Research faculty

    Protein engineering and autism genetics experts join the faculty, bringing diverse skills and tools.

  • A major addition to chemists’ toolkit for building new molecules
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    A major addition to chemists’ toolkit for building new molecules

    Shape-shifting catalyst enables powerful, broad method for adding hydroxyl groups.

  • Scripps Research collaborates with The Rockefeller Foundation on digital COVID-19 surveillance, pandemic preparedness
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    Scripps Research collaborates with The Rockefeller Foundation on digital COVID-19 surveillance, pandemic preparedness

    A grant from the New York-based foundation will fuel expansion of DETECT, Scripps Research’s sensor-based study for real-time digital detection of viral illness.    

  • Lessons from most recent flu pandemic point the way toward universal vaccines
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    Lessons from most recent flu pandemic point the way toward universal vaccines

    Strong immune responses to unchanging, conserved parts of the 2009 pandemic H1N1 flu virus suggest strategies for effective universal influenza vaccines.

  • Extensive study identifies over a dozen existing drugs as potential COVID-19 therapies
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    Extensive study identifies over a dozen existing drugs as potential COVID-19 therapies

    FDA-approved drugs or experimental drugs with ample health data could be rapidly tested in humans for treatment of COVID-19.

  • Scripps Research Translational Institute welcomes Jay Pandit as director of digital medicine
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    Scripps Research Translational Institute welcomes Jay Pandit as director of digital medicine

    Pandit will provide leadership and medical oversight for a growing portfolio of digital trials and data science research programs.

  • A new indication of success: FDA approves ozanimod for ulcerative colitis
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    A new indication of success: FDA approves ozanimod for ulcerative colitis

    The novel drug created at Scripps Research has achieved a second FDA approval, this time for ulcerative colitis, as clinical trials continue for Crohn’s disease.

  • Versatile coronavirus antibody may be starting point for broader-acting vaccines
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    Versatile coronavirus antibody may be starting point for broader-acting vaccines

    Scientists from Scripps Research investigated how the immune system’s previous exposure to cold-causing coronaviruses impact immune response to COVID-19. 

  • Scientists reveal structural details of how SARS-CoV-2 variants escape immune response
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    Scientists reveal structural details of how SARS-CoV-2 variants escape immune response

    The findings provide direction for future vaccines or therapies that may offer broader protection against variants.

  • Force-sensing PIEZO proteins are at work in plants, too
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    Force-sensing PIEZO proteins are at work in plants, too

    Proteins that enable the sense of touch in humans have an evolutionary cousin that helps plants grow their root systems.

  • Scripps Research awards doctoral degrees to class of 2021
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    Scripps Research awards doctoral degrees to class of 2021

    A total of 42 graduates are earning PhDs after completing their academic journey at the Skaggs Graduate School of Chemical and Biological Sciences.

  • New ebolavirus vaccine design seeks to drive stronger antibody defense
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    New ebolavirus vaccine design seeks to drive stronger antibody defense

    The design provides several advantages over standard vaccine approaches for Ebola and related viruses that continue to threaten global health.

  • Hans Renata named to 2021 Natural Product Reports Emerging Investigator Lectureship
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    Hans Renata named to 2021 Natural Product Reports Emerging Investigator Lectureship

    Based on the Florida campus of Scripps Research, Renata devises efficient chemical techniques for recreating valuable compounds found in nature.  

  • Why do protein-making enzymes cluster together? Not for the reason many think
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    Why do protein-making enzymes cluster together? Not for the reason many think

    Breakthrough research provides a deeper understanding of enzymes that shape many facets of health.  

  • Scripps Research chemist Donna Blackmond elected to National Academy of Sciences
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    Scripps Research chemist Donna Blackmond elected to National Academy of Sciences

    Blackmond’s discoveries have propelled drug development and shed new light on complex chemistry in the natural world.

  • Three faculty members honored with endowed chairs
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    Three faculty members honored with endowed chairs

    Donna Blackmond, Marisa Roberto and Xiang-Lei Yang have been honored with endowed chairs in recognition of their scientific leadership and impactful discoveries.

  • Making memories: Neural plasticity depends on a noncoding RNA’s journey from nucleus to synapse
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    Making memories: Neural plasticity depends on a noncoding RNA’s journey from nucleus to synapse

    To create memories, the brain constantly adapts to new information and stores memories by building connections among neurons.

  • Study reveals how some antibodies can broadly neutralize ebolaviruses
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    Study reveals how some antibodies can broadly neutralize ebolaviruses

    Results are an important step in the development of a broader-acting treatment for Ebola and related viruses.

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