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Sandelman Award Winners Recognized for Scientific Excellence

The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) Career and Postdoctoral Services Office in Florida has announced recipients of the 2014 Robert M. Sandelman Awards for Scientific Excellence, supporting travel expenses to scientific conferences.

Massimiliano Aceti, research associate in the Rumbaugh lab, won a $1,500 award to attend an international conference, the 25th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Neurochemistry in Cairns, Australia.

Receiving $1,000 awards to attend a domestically hosted conference are:

  • Jun Yong Choi, senior research associate in the Roush lab, for the 249th American Chemical Society National Meeting in Denver, Colorado.
  • William Pryor, research associate in the Subramaniam lab, for the 10th Annual Huntington’s Disease Therapeutic Conference in Palm Springs, California.
  • Darci Trader, research associate in the Kodadek lab, for the Gordon Research Conference for High Throughput Chemistry and Chemical Biology in New London, New Hampshire.

Recognizing outstanding scientific achievement and accomplishment, the awards are funded through the Boca Raton-based Sandelman Foundation, established by sales promotion pioneer Robert Sandelman, who established the first sales promotion agency in the United States and created the American Express Gold Card.


NWiS Female Faculty Lecture to Feature Linda Sherman

TSRI Professor Linda Sherman is the featured speaker at the Scripps California Network for Women in Science (NWiS) Female Faculty Lecture, to be held Friday, December 5, 3:30 PM, in the Committee Lecture Hall, the Skaggs Institute/Molecular Biology Building.

Sherman’s lab studies autoimmunity and tumor immunity, in particular examining how expression of proteins in normal tissues or tumor cells alters recognition and responsiveness by T lymphocytes to antigens of these proteins. A PhD graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sherman is currently the president of the American Association of Immunologists, a 101-year-old international organization of scientists dedicated to advancing the knowledge of immunology and its related disciplines.

The semiannual NWiS Female Faculty Lecture is open to faculty and staff. Postdoctoral fellows and graduate students are also invited to a dinner with Sherman following the lecture; RSVP to ascsmith@scripps.edu.


Career Workshop: From Job Ad to Interview

Tips on preparing to land an industry or other non-academic job is the focus of a workshop open to Scripps California postdoctoral fellows and graduate students on Wednesday, December 3, from 2 to 3:30 PM in the graduate office seminar room, Hazen Theory building.

Sponsored by the Career and Postdoctoral Services office, the workshop will help participants:

  • Highlight accomplishments.
  • Structure an effective resume.
  • Write compelling cover letters.
  • Develop an online professional profile.

Online registration is required. For additional information on resources offered by the Career & Postdoctoral Services, visit the department’s website.


Lunch & Learn: Relationships—Fact and Fiction

Daphne Lurie, director of the TSRI Counseling and Psychological Services center, will shed light on an often mystifying area of human interaction in the next Lunch & Learn presentation “Relationship Mythbusters: Separating Fact from Fiction in Your Romantic Relationships,” scheduled for Wednesday, December 3, noon to 1 PM, in the Beckman building’s Keck Amphitheater on the California campus.

Lurie’s presentation will cover:

  • Persistent myths about romance and relationships.
  • Why these myths are untrue.
  • Helpful tips to reconsider romantic relationships.

For additional information on the Lunch & Learn series and other resources provided by TSRI Counseling and Psychological Services, visit the center’s website.


CA Biosafety Committee Meeting Materials Due November 26

The TSRI Institutional Biosafety Committee is scheduled to meet on Wednesday, December 10. To receive committee consideration, registration documents must be submitted to Environmental Health and Safety via email to rachellv@scripps.edu by Wednesday, November 26.


CA Onsite Immunization Clinic Changes Location

Beginning Wednesday, December 3, the onsite immunization clinic on the Scripps California campus will be held in a new location: the Hazen Theory building, rooms 203/205. The clinics are held from 9:30 to 11:30 AM.

Conducted by Sharp Rees-Stealy staff, the clinic provides hepatitis B vaccination and titer free of charge to all TSRI employees. Environmental Health & Safety Occupational Medicine must pre-authorize other clinic procedures, including tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis (Tdap) vaccines. Hepatitis C titer is provided for lab personnel working with the virus. TB testing is offered to employees who, in the scope of their TSRI positions, provide human health care, such as registered nurses, or who work with human subjects.

For further information on the onsite clinics or the TSRI Occupational Medicine program, contact Rachel Longville, rachellv@scripps.edu or x4-8457.





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Research Associate Massimiliano Aceti (above) won top prize in the recently announced Sandelman Awards. Other winners included Jun Yong Choi, William Pryor and Darci Trader.