In Brief

TSRI Commuters Earn Top Honors

The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has been named one of the winners of the 2016 Rideshare Corporate Challenge, held by the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) iCommute program. Eighty-four employers, categorized into six groups depending on their number of active employees, participated in the commuting challenge. Throughout the month of October, these employees used the iCommute website to log their trips as they carpooled, used public transit, biked or walked to work. TSRI came out on top in the “Macro Employer” category. To celebrate this success, TSRI will receive a commemorative plaque and will be listed in an ad featured in The San Diego Union-Tribune on Sunday, November 20.

CA Onsite Clinic Scheduled December 7

The next onsite immunization clinic on the California campus will be held Wednesday, December 7, from 9:30 to 11 AM, in the Hazen Theory Building, rooms 203/205. Appointments are not needed.

Conducted by Sharp Rees-Stealy staff, the clinic will provide hepatitis B vaccination free of charge to all TSRI employees. Environmental Health and Safety Occupational Medicine must pre-authorize all other procedures based on the employee's working conditions. These procedures include tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis (Tdap) vaccines and other titers, immunizations and procedures.

FL Biosafety Meeting Scheduled for December 6

The next meeting of the Scripps Florida Institutional Biosafety Committee will be held on Thursday, December 6, from 9:30 to 11:30 AM, in room B316. RSVP required to Galina Judge, gjudge@scripps.edu.

CA Biosafety Committee Meeting Materials Due December 2

To receive consideration at the next TSRI Institutional Biosafety Committee, registration documents must be submitted to Environmental Health and Safety by Friday, December 2, via email to rachellv@scripps.edu. The meeting will be held Wednesday, December 14, 2:30 to 3:30 PM, in the IACUC/DAR conference room, Building SP 3050.

Lunch & Learn: The Power of Resilience

Learning to successfully manage difficult times is the focus of the next Lunch & Learn presentation, “Bouncing Back: The Power of Resilience,” scheduled for Wednesday, November 30, noon to 1 PM, in the Beckman Building’s Keck Amphitheater.

Presented by Daphne Lurie, director of the TSRI Counseling and Psychological Services Office, the session will offer tools for coping with challenging circumstances. Attendees will learn:

Both internal and external factors that build resilience
Why your mindset is so important in difficult times
Ways that you can enhance your own capacity for resilience

CA ScrippsAssists Craft Fair & Raffle December 8

Calling all crafters! ScrippsAssists, the employee volunteer club of The Scripps Research Institute, invites you to participate in the annual ScrippsAssists Craft Fair & Raffle.

The fair will be held from 11 AM to 2 PM on Thursday, December 8, in the Immunology Galleria. The cost for crafters to participate is just $30 per table. Participants are asked to bring their own table and chairs. All proceeds from exhibitor fees and the Craft Fair Raffle are donated to nonprofits serving the local community.

This year there will be two grand prizes of roundtrip Southwest Airlines vouchers for two. In addition, two special prizes of Scavengers Beer Adventures for two will be awarded, courtesy of the Society of Fellows (SoF).

This event is open to employees of TSRI, Scripps Green Hospital and Scripps Clinic/Health Torrey Pines. A TSRI/Scripps Green/Scripps Health employee may sponsor a spouse/significant other or family member; however, the employee must be in attendance at the exhibitor's table during the Craft Fair.

For more information, please contact ScrippsAssists Chair Mishelle McClanahan-Shinn, mshinn@scripps.edu.

News&Views Takes a Thanksgiving Break

News&Views will take a Thanksgiving holiday break next week. Regular weekly publication will resume Monday, December 5.

Send comments to: madms[at]scripps.edu

SoF Industry Happy Hour

The CA Society of Fellows (SoF) held an Industry Happy Hour for TSRI scientists, alumni and local biomedical researchers on November 10. “We thought the happy hour environment would be a less intimidating way to start networking,” said organizer Celine Loriot, a research associate in the Felding lab. Above, Peggy Just of eBioscience chats with TSRI graduate students.

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