Chi-Huey Wong selected for 2022 Chemical Pioneer Award
Wong is recognized for his outstanding contributions that have had significant impact in the chemical sciences in both academia and industry.read more
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Scripps Research's doctoral program requires highly motivated individuals who thrive on challenges. There are no specific prerequisites; however, applicants should demonstrate good undergraduate...
View ArticleSkaggs Graduate School at Scripps Research earns another top ten ranking
The Skaggs Graduate School of Chemical and Biological Sciences at Scripps Research is again ranked among the top ten graduate programs in the nation according to a recent survey by U.S. News &...
View ArticleNewly identified cell type could be the key to restoring damaged salivary glands
LA JOLLA, CA— Scientists at Scripps Research and the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research have discovered a special type of cell that resides in salivary glands and is likely crucial...
View ArticleScripps Research study suggests targeting noradrenaline to treat alcoholism
Study indicates that drugs already targeting noradrenaline for other diseases may be useful in treating alcohol use disorder.read more
View ArticleSmartwatches and fitness bands reveal individual physiological responses to...
Scripps Research scientists find digital biomarkers that could be associated with vaccine-induced immune response.read more
View ArticleNew technique shows in detail where drug molecules hit their targets in the body
Devised by Scripps Research scientists, the new method could speed the development of many new drugs.read more
View ArticleXin Jin receives Early Career Investigator Award from International Society...
The award is granted for the highest quality empirical research in the field of autism published in the past year.read more
View ArticleScripps Research study reveals how alcohol cravings get stronger after...
Findings in animal study could eventually lead to improved treatments to minimize cravings in people with alcohol use disorder.read more
View ArticleNew open-source software automates RNA analysis to speed up research and drug...
LA JOLLA, CA— Scientists at Scripps Research have unveiled a new software tool for studying RNA (ribonucleic acid) molecules, which have a host of critical roles in organisms. The open-source app,...
View ArticleThree Scripps Research faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences
LA JOLLA, CA— Three faculty at Scripps Research have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors awarded to scientists. The academy awards membership in recognition of...
View ArticleNeuroscientist Li Ye named to inaugural Abide-Vividion Chair at Scripps Research
Prestigious appointment will support his innovative imaging techniques and investigations into the relationship between metabolism and neurons.read more
View ArticleLight after death: scientists revive human eyes
By restoring the light-sensing function of human retinas hours after death, Scripps Research and collaborators reveal a new way to study age-related macular degeneration and other eye disorders. read more
View ArticleScripps Research scientists explain what makes COVID-19 antibody J08 so potent
The antibody, already in clinical trials to treat COVID-19, may be effective against future variants.read more
View ArticleSugared proteins called proteoglycans start to give up their secrets
Scripps Research scientists develop a sophisticated platform for building and modifying proteoglycans to dissect their normal roles and their roles in diseases, including cancers.read more
View ArticleChemists synthesize psychotropic compound from rainforest tree
Scripps Research scientists found the chemical binds to opioid receptors in the brain and may have utility as an antidepressant or anti-anxiety drug.read more
View ArticleNew Scripps Research Fellow Shannon Miller is advancing delivery methods for...
Miller brings a wealth of experience in genome editing to accelerate potential therapeutics for genetic diseases.read more
View ArticleScripps Research awarded $67 million by NIH to lead new pandemic preparedness...
The multidisciplinary center will focus on development of antiviral drugs to combat coronaviruses and other viruses with pandemic potential.read more
View ArticleNIH awards $4 million to initiate large clinical trial of stroke drug...
LA JOLLA, CA— The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded the first $4 million tranche of funding for a large,...
View ArticleNew method allows easy, versatile synthesis of lactone molecules
Chemists’ technique for turning cheap dicarboxylic acids into complex lactones could boost industries from pharmaceuticals to plastics.read more
View ArticleCOVID-19 patient antibodies point researchers toward broad coronavirus vaccines
Certain antibodies isolated from people who had recovered from COVID-19 and were vaccinated have the ability to neutralize variety of coronaviruses.read more
View ArticleScripps Research receives $4.1 million from NIH grant to advance studies on...
The research could also help better understand other neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Huntington’s.read more
View ArticleScripps Research and GISAID release application programming interface (API)...
Open science collaboration will support global genomic surveillance efforts to track coronavirus variants.read more
View ArticleScripps Research welcomes financial leaders Caroline Moon and Sherray McCloud
LA JOLLA, CA— Scripps Research is pleased to announce that Caroline Moon has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Sherray McCloud has been appointed Controller/Director of Accounting at...
View ArticleScripps Research chemist K. Barry Sharpless awarded Royal Society of...
LA JOLLA, CA —The U.K.’s Royal Society of Chemistry has awarded its 2022 Sir Derek Barton Gold Medal award to K. Barry Sharpless , W.M. Keck Professor of Chemistry at Scripps Research.read more
View ArticleScripps Research scientists identify sensor underlying mechanical itch
LA JOLLA, CA— Scientists at Scripps Research have identified a protein in sensory nerves that works as a key detector of itch—specifically the “mechanical” itch stimulus of crawling insects, wool...
View ArticleXin Jin named one of 35 Innovators Under 35 by MIT Technology Review
Recognizing outstanding innovators younger than 35, the annual list examines not just where technology is now, but where it’s going and who’s taking it there.read more
View ArticleCellular protein identified as possible drug target to combat Lassa...
Experimental approach could uncover new treatment options for the virus, which is highly prevalent in Western Africa.read more
View ArticleChi-Huey Wong awarded Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Synthesis
Wong’s discoveries and technologies have fundamentally shaped our understanding of complex carbohydrates and glycoproteins, as well as uncovered new therapeutic strategies to treat major diseases.read...
View ArticlePair of studies illuminates COVID-19 pandemic origins
Analyses based on locations and viral sequencing of early cases suggest pandemic started in Wuhan’s Huanan market, with two separate jumps from animals to humans.read more
View ArticleScripps Research scientists discover new origins of life chemical reactions
LA JOLLA, CA —Four billion years ago, the Earth looked very different than it does today, devoid of life and covered by a vast ocean. Over the course of millions of years, in that primordial soup, life...
View ArticleScripps Research, UCLA chemists achieve molecular editing feat
LA JOLLA, CA— Chemists from Scripps Research and the University of California, Los Angeles, have developed methods for the precise, flexible modification of a broad class of chemical compounds called...
View ArticleScripps Research scientists discover antibodies that induce broad immunity...
LA JOLLA, CA— As the world has witnessed firsthand, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, is difficult to control because of its ability to rapidly mutate and produce many different variants....
View ArticleScripps Research awarded NIH BRAIN Initiative grant to map undiscovered parts...
The $2.3 million award will support development of the first molecular toolkit that uncovers the brain’s “translatome” to better understand neural cognition, behavior and disease.read more
View ArticleScripps Research scientists eavesdrop on communication between fat and brain
Newly discovered sensory neurons send messages from fat tissue to the brain and could eventually be co-opted to treat obesity or metabolic disease.read more
View ArticleScripps Research discovery suggests new strategy against harmful inflammation
Scripps Research scientists found a protein in immune cells (called neutrophils) that could be a target against harmful inflammation. An imaging technique called Stochastic Optical Reconstruction...
View ArticleDetecting the earliest population changes of COVID-19 activity with wearable...
New data from Scripps Research shows how sensors can provide real-time COVID-19 tracking and forecasting.read more
View ArticleLassa virus endemic area may expand dramatically in coming decades
New analysis by scientists at Scripps Research and University of Brussels finds that climate change and other factors could soon make deadly Lassa fever a much bigger public health problem in...
View ArticleNew drug has potential to turn COVID-19 virus against itself
Scripps Research team showed that a variation of an already FDA-approved therapeutic for neurological disease can block COVID-19 infection in animals.read more
View ArticleScavenger cells in the nervous system linked to rare genetic disease
Calibr, the drug development arm of Scripps Research, and other collaborators find microglia play a critical role in SMA disease progression.read more
View ArticleScripps Research professor K. Barry Sharpless receives 2022 Nobel Prize in...
Sharpless awarded his second Nobel Prize in Chemistry–one of only two chemists to ever receive such an honor.read more
View ArticleScripps Research receives $2.5M CDC contract for SARS-CoV-2 surveillance program
Work will include fast analyses of virus transmission in the San Diego area and across the U.S.- Mexico border.read more
View ArticleDrug discovery method identifies naturally occurring metabolite that converts...
Scripps Research and Calibr scientists collaborate to uncover potential therapeutic avenues for metabolic diseases.read more
View ArticleScripps Research scientists map key protein structure of Hepatitis C virus
LA JOLLA, CA— A team led by scientists at Scripps Research and the University of Amsterdam has achieved an important goal in virology: mapping, at high resolution, critical proteins that stud the...
View ArticleScripps Research awarded NIH grant to enhance biosafety level 3 facility to...
The $3.8 million award will expand the institute’s research programs aimed at identifying therapeutics for various RNA viruses.read more
View ArticleAntibody blunts heroins lethality, paving the way for a promising new therapy
Scripps Research findings unexpectedly show that heroin, not its metabolites, is the best therapeutic target.read more
View ArticleScripps Research receives $5.2M award to establish computer-aided drug...
The five-year grant will support the development and distribution of innovative computational tools for advanced drug discovery.read more
View ArticleDiscovery by Scripps Research scientists boosts the potential of new...
Finding uncovers a key property needed for CELMoD drugs, a type of protein degrader, to work effectively.read more
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