In Brief

CA Lunch and Learn: Cultivating the Habit of Self-Compassion

TSRI's Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) department invites all employees to attend the next “Lunch and Learn” presentation on January 24, from noon to 1 PM, in the Keck Amphitheater, Beckman Building.

CAPS Psychologist Tamara Ho will lead the presentation on “Cultivating the Habit of Self-Compassion.” Attendees will learn

The three elements of self-compassion
How self-compassion differs from self-esteem, self-pity and self-indulgence
How to foster your capacity for self-compassion instead of self-criticism to motivate and care for yourself

More information is available on the CAPS website. Feel free to bring your lunch to the presentation.

TSRI to Host Blood Drive on February 16

The TSRI California campus and ScrippsAssists will host a blood drive, serving the San Diego Blood Bank (SDBB), on Thursday, February 16, from 9 AM to 2:30 PM.

The SDBB Blood Mobile will be located in the parking lot in front of the MB/Skaggs Building (10596 N. Torrey Pines Road). While walk-ins are welcome, the SDBB asks that participants please make an appointment to help streamline the event’s activities. To reserve an appointment time, visit the SDBB online reservation system. All donors will be entered automatically in a drawing for prizes.

Donor eligibility guidelines and requirements are outlined on the SDBB website. For additional information on the blood drive, contact Leslie Madden, ScrippsAssists project organizer, at lmadden@scripps.edu.

TSRI Presents 28th Annual Frontiers in Chemistry Symposium on February 3

On Friday, February 3, from 1 to 5:30 PM, the Department of Chemistry will host four distinguished speakers presenting research on molecular sciences at TSRI’s 28th Annual Frontiers in Chemistry Symposium.

The symposium program includes

Tadhg P. Begley, D.H.R. Barton professor of chemistry at Texas A&M University, “New Catalytic Motifs in Flavoenzymology”

George F. Koob, director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism at the National Institutes of Health, “What the Neurobiology of Addiction Tells Us about the Neurobiology of Emotion”

Ronald T. Raines, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, “Diazo Compounds: Versatile Tools for Chemical Biology”

Melanie S. Sanford, Moses Gomberg distinguished professor of chemistry at the University of Michigan, “Development and Applications of New Fluorination Methods”

Open to the public, the symposium provides an opportunity for TSRI faculty, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students and neighboring scientists to hear from some of the world’s best researchers. Since it began in 1989, the symposium has hosted 92 speakers, including 13 Nobel Laureates.

While symposium admittance is free, attendance is limited to 300. Directions to the event, which will be held at The Auditorium at TSRI, and parking details are available at the symposium website or by contacting Mishelle McClanahan-Shinn at mshinn@scripps.edu or Michelle Wilson at chemsem@scripps.edu.

Dixon Lecture Featuring Klaus Rajewsky Scheduled for February 23

The 2017 Frank J. Dixon Memorial Lecture, featuring a presentation by immunologist Klaus Rajewsky, will be held Thursday, February 23, 4 PM, at The Auditorium at TSRI.

Rajewsky is a research group leader at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in Berlin, Germany. His studies focus on mechanisms of normal and malignant development in the immune system. Rajewsky is renowned for his work on B cells and has been honored with several awards, including the Robert Koch Prize and Ernst Jung Gold Medal for Medicine. He is a member of the National Academy of Science and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, has served on various scientific advisory and editorial boards, and has authored more than 400 research articles. Rajewsky will speak on “Cellular competition, surveillance and fitness of normal, virus-infected and malignant B cells.”

The annual lecture honors Frank Dixon, a pioneering immunologist who for many years led the research division of the Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation (predecessor organization to TSRI). He passed away in 2008 at the age of 87.

CA Biosafety Committee Meeting Materials Due January 27

To receive consideration at the next TSRI Institutional Biosafety Committee, registration documents must be submitted to Environmental Health and Safety by Friday, January 27, via email to rachellv@scripps.edu. The meeting will be held Wednesday, February 8, 2:30 to 3:30 PM, building 3301, P2 conference room.

CA Onsite Clinic Scheduled February 15

The next onsite immunization clinic on the California campus will be held Wednesday, February 15, 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 & 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.

TSRI to Present the Bernard Fields Lectures on February 7

The TSRI California community is invited to attend the 2017 Bernard Fields Lectures on Microbial Pathogenesis on Tuesday, February 7, from 3:30 to 5:30 PM, in the Committee Lecture Hall, Skaggs Institute / Molecular Biology Building.

Speaker Dorian McGavern, senior investigator at the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, will present “Real-Time Insights into Regulation and Function of Pathogen-Specific Immunity.” Speaker Herbert W. Virgin IV, Edward Mallinckrodt Professor and Chair of the Department of Pathology and Immunology and professor of molecular microbiology and medicine at the Washington University School of Medicine, will present work on the “Role of Autophagy and Autophagy Genes in Inflammation and Immunity.”

The event will be hosted by TSRI Professor Michael B. A. Oldstone. A reception will follow in the TSRI Faculty Club immediately after the lectures. For more information, contact Gay Wilkins-Blade at wilkins@scripps.edu. This lecture series is sponsored by the Bernard Fields Memorial Lecture Fund, The Ray A. and Robert L. Kroc Lecture Fund and the Pathogenesis Affinity Group.

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