In Brief
Schmid Wins Pinnacle Award
Sandra L. Schmid, professor and chair of the Department
of Cell Biology at the Scripps Research Institute (TSRI),
has won a Pinnacle Award from UCSD
Athena, an organization dedicated to supporting women
executives in high-tech and life sciences. The Pinnacle Awards
recognize women and men who foster personal and professional
change through inclusion, risk taking, education, recognition,
and diversity of thought.
Schmid (B.Sc., University of British Columbia; Ph.D., Stanford
University) runs a laboratory that
conducts research on endocytosis, an uptake mechanism that
allows cells to ingest various substances including nutrients,
growth factors, viruses, and toxins. She also heads TSRI's
Department of Cell Biology, which consists of 42 faculty
members, about 125 postdoctoral fellows, and over 20 students.
The recipient of numerous awards and honors and a member of
the American Society of Cell Biology Council, Schmid has served
on the editorial boards of "Trends in Cell Biology," "The
Journal of Cell Biology," "The FASEB Journal," and is founding
co-editor of "Traffic: The International Journal of Intracellular
Trafficking."
Lerner to Speak as Part of Faculty Lecture Series
TSRI President Richard Lerner will give a talk entitled "The
Magic Bullet May Be Loaded with Ozone" as part of the Faculty
Lecture Series on Wednesday, May 8. The lecture will be held
at 5 PM in the Timken Amphitheater, Scripps Clinic, 10666
North Torrey Pines Road.
Skaggs Lecture to Address "Selection of Clinical Candidates"
TSRI investigator Tamas Bartfai will give the final lecture
in the 2002 Skaggs lecture series, "Selection of Clinical
Candidates: Multiple Pressures," on Thursday, May 9. The presentation
will focus on the key milestones of preclinical drug development—timing,
expenditures, backup strategies, outside validations, and
orphan drugs—as these factors play out in big Pharma
decision-making. The lecture will be held from 5 to 6:30 PM
in the Neurosciences Institute Auditorium, 10640 John Jay
Hopkins Drive. For more information, see News&Views articles
"The Other Side of Drug
Discovery, Part 1" and "The
Other Side of Drug Discovery, Part 2" (with video clip).
TSRI to Host First Annual Open House/Job Fair
TSRI will host the First Annual Open House/Job Fair on
Friday, May 10, from 10 AM to 2 PM, in the Beckman Center
for Chemical Sciences. The event will include lab tours and
a resume and interviewing seminar. Human Resources staff will
be on hand to answer questions. Refreshments will be provided.
Directions, a campus
map, and parking information can be downloaded from the
Human Resources Job
Fair website.
TB Screenings, Hepatitis B Immunizations, and Serum Draws
On Monday, May 13, Wednesday, May 15, and Friday, May 17,
personnel from Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group will be on-site
to conduct TB screenings, Hepatitis B immunizations, and serum
draws. The clinics will be conducted at the Administrative
Offices (3301 North Torrey Pines Court) on the P1 level from
11 AM to 2 PM. No appointments are necessary. TB screening
requires a 48 to 72 hour follow-up. Individuals receiving
the TB screen on Monday will need to return on Wednesday;
individuals screened on Wednesday, will need to return on
Friday. Initiation of the TB screening process will not be
available on Friday, but Hepatitis B immunization and serum
draws will be. To learn more about these programs, see the
Environmental Health & Safety
Occupational Medicine web page which includes a map and
patient information sheets.
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Art and Craft Fair
TSRI employees bought and sold handcrafted
items at the recent Spring Craft Fair. Photo
by Kevin Fung.
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