In Brief

CA campus: EV charging station installation

The California campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) is taking a step toward reducing carbon emissions. Twenty-one electric vehicle charging stations will be located on the IMM upper parking level, and two (ADA accessible ) stations will located in lower IMM parking level. Drivers will be able to sign up soon to start using the stations. San Diego Gas & Electric will own, operate and maintain the charging stations.

Drivers interested in using the new charging stations should contact Pete Herold, vice president of facilities services, at pherold@scripps.edu.

More specifics on the locations and information for using the TSRI charging stations will be announced in the coming weeks.

Society of Fellows Travel Award applications due March 23

The Society of Fellows (SoF) is pleased to announce the next round of the SoF Postdoctoral Travel Award Program for California postdocs.

The goal of this initiative is to provide TSRI postdoctoral associates an opportunity to present scholarly activities at a scientific national or international conference.

Applications are due by midnight local time on Friday, March 23, 2018. For this round, a maximum of three of up to $1,000 each will be awarded for conference related costs (e.g. travel, housing, and registration). Postdocs who applied for this SoF travel award in the past are encouraged to reapply, but past SoF travel award winners are not eligible.

Please securely submit your application online at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdfLH_Dzxky4GiW7teOZ3Frj-HyYsZyrxrYKsO1ckyOPJ9Whg/viewform

Eligibility, specific application procedures, and proposal guidelines

CA Biosafety Committee meeting materials due March 28

To receive consideration at the next TSRI Institutional Biosafety Committee, registration documents must be submitted to Environmental Health and Safety by Friday, March 28, via email to rachellv@scripps.edu. The meeting will be held Wednesday, April 11, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., building 3301, P2 conference room.

TSRI to host blood drive on April 5

The TSRI California campus and ScrippsAssists will host a blood drive, serving the San Diego Blood Bank (SDBB), on Thursday, April 5, from 9 AM to 2:30 PM.

The SDBB Blood Mobile will be located in the parking lot in front of the Skaggs/Molecular Biology 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.

Kendall Nettles to present Faculty Lecture on April 11

Kendall Nettles, PhD, TSRI associate professor in the Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, will continue the Faculty Lecture Series on Wednesday, April 11, with a presentation, “Mechanisms of allosteric signaling in the nuclear receptor superfamily.”

The lecture begins at 4 p.m. in The Committee Lecture Hall in the Skaggs/Molecular Biology Building (MBB2N), followed by a reception in the Beckman Building first-floor galleria.

For further information, see the Faculty Lecture Series webpage. The series is supported by an endowment from the Cochrane-Cartan families, established by TSRI Professor Emeritus Charles G. Cochrane.

CA Onsite Clinic scheduled for April 11

The next onsite immunization clinic on the California campus will be held from 9:30 to 11 a.m., Wednesday, April 11 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.

New PreScrippsion Sound episode: The Architecture of a Science Institute

Ever wondered how the Hazen buildings on TSRI’s California campus got their distinct look? In the newest episode of the PreSCRIPPSion Sound podcast, TSRI Research Associate Drew Duglan, PhD, interviews Hazen architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien to learn more about their work. Listen as they talk about the history of building Hazen, common motifs for all science buildings and the importance of afternoon tea.

PreSCRIPPSion Sound is a podcast designed for both scientists at TSRI and a wider public audience. Its primary focus is to highlight fascinating areas of research within the institute, explore diverse scientific career paths to aid young scientists, as well as discuss wider interesting topics in science and technology.

The podcast host and producer is Drew Duglan (in collaboration with the TSRI Career and Postdoctoral Services Office), a postdoc in the Lamia Lab, who is currently investigating the role of the circadian clock in muscle metabolism and exercise physiology. Click here to listen to the podcast on SoundCloud.

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Associate Professor Kendall Nettles (Photo by James McEntee).

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