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Vol. 5 (2005)

December 19, 2005

  • Research Suggests New Approaches to Atherosclerosis
  • Got Databases? New Informatics Core Can Help
  • On Press: What Makes a Cell Stay

December 12, 2005

  • Scientists Discover Small Molecule That Generates Neurons from Adult Stem Cells
  • Researchers Map a Complex Molecular Assembly "Landscape" For the First Time
  • The Seven Habits of Highly Creative People

December 5, 2005

  • "Unprecedented" Functional Amyloid Found to Play Beneficial Role In Human Cells
  • Donated Computer Time Supports AIDS Research Effort
  • On Press: Chemical Chaperones Help Increase Deficient Enzyme Activity in Gaucher Disease

November 21, 2005

  • Reports from the Scripps/Oxford Conference
  • New Department Emphasizes Integrative Approaches in Biomedical Research
  • Web Pages Reach Out to Donors

November 14, 2005

  • From the Ground Up
  • Symposium to Celebrate Eng Tan
  • Snapshot: Stan Block

November 7, 2005

  • Campus Hosts Science and Immigration Forum
  • Scripps Research and University of Florida Strengthen Collaborations
  • Posters Showcase Work

October 31, 2005

  • The Front Part of a Cell
  • Scripps Research to Receive Payment for Antibody Technology
  • Snapshot: Gary Santo-Pietro

October 24, 2005

  • A Protein that Affects the Shape of Neurons
  • Lunch & Learn Tackles Topics of Grieving and Loss
  • Snapshot: Robert Murphy

October 17, 2005

  • The Face of Tumefaciens
  • Snapshot: Angela Murrell

October 10, 2005

  • Chemical Extracted from Soy Beans Inhibits Disease Process Known as Amyloidogenesis
  • Fire Prevention 101
  • Snapshot: Katja van Herle

October 3, 2005

  • John J. Moores Donates $4 Million to Scripps Research to Combat Parasitic Diseases Afflicting Millions
  • "Memory" of Nicotine Lingers in the Brain, Say Scripps Research Scientists
  • Click Chemistry Meets Materials Science

September 26, 2005

  • Scripps Research Breaks Ground for Construction of Scripps Florida Campus
  • Lawrence J. and Florence A. De George of Jupiter Give $5 Million for Research at Scripps Florida
  • W. Keith Kellogg II (1907 – 2005)

September 19, 2005

  • Chemistry of a Conference
  • Faculty Promotions Announced
  • Scripps Research and Oxford to Host International Biotech Conference
  • Kudos: Schultz Wins Arthur C. Cope Award; Rodionov Selected for Organic Chemistry Fellowship

September 12, 2005

  • Mammalian Transcriptome Mapped, and It Makes Antisense
  • Mysterious Molecules Begin to Yield Their Secrets
  • Detecting Breast Cancer Proteins Through Chemical and Analytical Proteomics
  • Kudos: Yates Wins Distinguished Achievement Award in Proteomics

August 29, 2005

  • Scientists Describe Smoker's Enzyme
  • A Summer of Science
  • Snapshot: Planning and Construction's James Jaeger
  • Kudos: Tichenor Wins ACS Fellowship

August 15, 2005

  • In the Eye of the Be-Folder
  • NeoRx Joins Scripps Research in First Scientific Collaboration at Scripps Florida
  • $4.2 Million Grant to Speed Development of DNA Sequencing Technologies
  • Ten Tips from Financial Awareness Week

August 1, 2005

  • How Do You Spell Recognition? C-O-R-E-C-E-P-T-O-R
  • Solubility Doesn’t Matter—Organic Reactions in Aqueous Suspensions
  • No Tall Tale: Fishing Joins Sports@Scripps

July 18, 2005

  • Joint Center for Structural Genomics Awarded More than $50 Million in Massive Effort to Solve Protein Structures
  • The Down Side of Nicotine and Environmental Stimuli
  • Snapshot: Richard Milner

July 4, 2005

  • Scripps Research Team Makes First Cell Culture System for Hepatitis C Virus
  • Scientists Discover New Key to Pulmonary Edema in Respiratory Distress Syndrome
  • Already in the Thick of Things: An Interview with Polly Murphy
  • On Press: Scientists Solve Structure of a Critical Innate Immune System Protein

June 20, 2005

  • NIH Awards $10.4 Million to Scripps Research in La Jolla and Palm Beach County
  • Scientists Describe the Molecular Basis of Raw Garlic's Pungency
  • Former Fidelity Investments Executive J. Gary Burkhead Joins Board
  • Scientists Identify Target of Immune Suppression Molecule CD22—Itself

June 6, 2005

  • To Stop Evolution: Scientists Demonstrate New Way of Fighting Antibiotic Resistance
  • Scientists Convert Mad-Cow-Like Prion Disease into Something Similar to Alzheimer's
  • Making Conversation for Scientists

May 23, 2005

  • Scripps Research Honors Graduating Students
  • The Graduating Students
  • Questions in Scientific Publishing: An Interview with Floyd Bloom
  • Scripps Florida Launches "Science Saturday"

May 16, 2005

  • Speed and Detection
  • Scientists Describe Protein Used by Bacteria and Cancer Cells to Resist Drugs
  • Intern to Intern

May 9, 2005

  • Sweet Recognition
  • Factor Foundation Supports Scripps Research
  • Snapshot: Michael Arends
  • On Press: Scientists Identify Infertility Molecule

May 2, 2005

  • Kenan Charitable Trust Gives $200,000 for Scripps Florida Education Outreach Programs
  • Public Access 2005
  • Visits Brighten Seniors' Day

April 25, 2005

  • Aneuploidy Matters
  • Wanted: Talent
  • Taking the Talk
  • Kudos: Click Chemistry Draws Attention; Vasco Liberal Wins Lance Armstrong Foundation Award

April 18, 2005

  • Why Do Amyloid Diseases Strike Different Tissues?
  • Acclaimed Immunologist Howard T. Petrie Named Professor
  • Scopes in the Schools

April 4, 2005

  • Drive to Discover: An Interview with Peter Vogt
  • Louis L. Gonda and Mark S. Skaggs Join Board of Trustees

March 28, 2005

  • The Latest Results for a New Theory About Fragile X Syndrome
  • Touching Molecules With Your Bare Handsy
  • Snapshot: Staff Scientist Trey Sato

March 21, 2005

  • CD1 in Prime Time
  • New Service Recruits Blood Donors to Support Science
  • DNA with Three Base Pairs—A Step Towards Expanding the Genetic Code

March 14, 2005

  • Cooperation is Key—A New Way of Looking at MicroRNA and How it Controls Gene Expression
  • Ribbon-Cutting Celebrates Palm Beach County Facility
  • Wilma and George Elmore to Give $1 Million to Scripps Research

March 7, 2005

  • Good Molecules Gone Bad: When Interferons Interfere with the Wrong Thing
  • Scripps Research Joins M.D.-Ph.D. Program
  • New Alumni Database Helps Students and Postdocs Reach Out
  • On Press: Molecular Thermometers on Skin Cells Detect Heat and Campher

February 28, 2005

  • Scientists Describe Antibody that Neutralizes Most HIV Strains
  • New Scripps Florida Seminars Encourage Collaboration
  • Scripps Florida Offers Summer Internships to Students and Teachers in Palm Beach County
  • On Press: Attacking Anthrax on Two Fronts

February 14, 2005

  • A Skin Cell Revisited
  • Renowned Biochemist Joins Scripps Florida Faculty
  • Daffodil Days Fundraiser in Full Bloom
  • On Press: One Ring to Rule Them All

February 7, 2005

  • Molecular Component of Innate Immunity Discovered
  • Another Milestone: Publication Provides First Scientific Report of Scripps Florida Labs
  • Snapshot: Deborah Mosca

January 31, 2005

  • A Third Man Identified
  • New Instrument Offers Fast, High Quality Results
  • Snapshot: Research Assistant John Shimashita

January 24, 2005

  • Jet Lag—Not All in Your Head
  • Generous Gifts Make Possible Merit Awards for Graduate Students
  • Scripps Research Receives Four Stars from Charity Navigator

January 17, 2005

  • A Fresh Look at Cystic Fibrosis
  • Renowned Scientist Edward Roberts Joins Scripps Research
  • Luck Is No Accident
  • On Press: Proteome of SARS Patients Revealed

January 10, 2005

  • Propagating Immunology
  • Fermenter Speeds Research
  • On Press: Metabolite Profiling Rings in New Year

 

Vol. 4 (2004)

December 20, 2004

  • Small Molecule Shuts Off Gene Expression and Keeps Cancer in Check
  • "A Spectacular Year"
  • Nine Safety Tips for the Holidays
  • On Press: A Molecular Cause for Leukemia

December 13, 2004

  • "Fossil Record" of the Human Immune System Reveals Antibodies that Block Cancer Metastasis
  • New Supercomputer Supports Scripps Research Scientists
  • Scripps Research Employees Help Families in Need
  • On Press: Research Consortium Develops New Tool for Biology

December 6, 2004

  • Innate Immunity Up Close
  • Scientists Develop New Technology for a Mercury Contamination Screening "Kit"
  • Snapshot: Lori Kreitzman

November 22, 2004

  • Detecting the Genes That Contribute to Transplant Rejection
  • Palm Beach Resident Marjorie Fink Gives $1 Million to Scripps Research
  • Mother Raises More Than $300,000 for Lab Investigating PKU

November 15, 2004

  • Here's looking at you, CD1
  • West Palm Beach Philanthropist Alexander W. Dreyfoos Announces $1 Million Gift to Scripps Research
  • Snapshot: Cheryl Dean
  • On Press: Scientists Pinpoint Flaw, Offer New Promise for Stroke Treatment

November 8, 2004

  • Where Math Meets Biology: An Accidental Career
  • Scripps Research Reaches Out to Local Teachers
  • Snapshot: Princeton Allen

November 1, 2004

  • Scientists Use Drug to Stabilize Blood Vessels and Block Metastatic Cancer Cells
  • Reflections on a Scholarly Meeting
  • Snapshot: Elliot Wolf

October 25, 2004

  • From Molecules to Medicine: Understanding Gap Junction Channels
  • Soccer for Scientists
  • Snapshot: Bob Turner

October 18, 2004

  • A Simple Strategy for Blocking HIV Transmission Proves Effective in Pre-Clinical Trials
  • Mass Spectrometry Down to the "Yoctomole"
  • Celebrating Service

October 11, 2004

  • Study Suggests Component of Volcanic Gas May Have Played a Significant Role in the Origins of Life on Earth
  • Noted Swedish Scientist to Join Scripps Florida Faculty
  • Antibody Production Facility Stands Behind Its Work

October 4, 2004

  • NIH Awards $14.5 Million, Five-Year Grant to Scripps Research
  • Renowned Chemist Joins Scripps Florida
  • Snapshot: Jay Rindler

September 27, 2004

  • A New Wrinkle in Methamphetamine Abuse: Immune Tolerance
  • Where Are They Now? Alumnus Steve Bark Focuses on Science and Service
  • Snapshot: Steve Head

September 20, 2004

  • Stem Cell Therapy Holds Promise for People with Untreatable Blindness
  • Scripps Research Board Elects Three New Members
  • Administrative Assistants Welcome Training Initiative
  • On Press: Sinister Amino Acids or Innocent Victims of Evolution?

September 13, 2004

  • Mechanical Biology: Research on the Leading Edge
  • Scripps Research Launches New Web Site
  • A Time-Honored Chemical Reaction Generates an Unexpected Product
  • On Press: Screen Yields Small Molecules that Target SARS Virus

August 30, 2004

  • New "Clock Gene" Uncovered
  • Scientists Describe How Chemical Turns Progenitor Stem Cells into Bone Cell
  • Shark Protein Structure Solved

August 16, 2004

  • Scripps Florida Introduces Innovative Programs and Recruits World-Class Scientists
  • An Early Start for Students
  • The Summer in Photos
  • Kudos: Koob wins NIAAA's Keller Award

August 2, 2004

  • Will Ray of Palm Beach County Promoted to Vice President of External Affairs
  • Skaggs Oxford Program Names First Scholars
  • Inflammation and the Brain
  • Kudos: K.C. Nicolaou, Chi-Huey Wong, Julius Rebek, Jr., K. Barry Sharpless, and Phil Baran place among Angewandte Chemie's top 100 authors
  • Special: TSRI Picnic Photo Contest

July 19, 2004

  • A Mystery Solved: Clues Lead to Missing Piece in Cell Cycle
  • Structure Shows How One Human Protein Reduces Potency of Chemotherapy
  • On Press: The Impact of Backbone Hydrogen Bonds
  • Snapshot: Intern Ann Marie Wellhouse
  • Kudos: Brunel Wins amfAR Fellowship

July 6, 2004

  • In Memoriam: Bernard M. Babior, 1935-2004
  • Treating Cocaine Addiction with Viruses
  • Scientists Identify Protein Believed to Control Formation of Memory
  • The Key to Cell Motility
  • Kudos: Cravatt Wins ACS Eli Lilly Award, Ding Awarded Grant from Michael J. Fox Foundation, O'Malley Wins Hertz and NDSEG Fellowships

June 21, 2004

  • How to Talk to Science Journalists
  • Genetics Facility Supports Scripps Research Scientists
  • Snapshot: Security Officer Karl Thorpe
  • Kudos: Weissmann Wins Warren Alpert Foundation Prize, Stowers Chosen as 2004 Pew Biomedical Scholar

June 7, 2004

  • Scripps Research Hosts First Recruitment Day
  • Turning a PAGE on Protein Dynamics
  • Snapshot: Animal Facilities Coordinator Farid Karimi
  • Kudos: Cheltsov Wins DOD Prostate Cancer Fellowship

May 24, 2004

  • Scripps Research Holds Twelfth Commencement
  • Rings of Support in the Class of 04
  • In Memoriam: Arnold O. Beckman (1900 - 2004)
  • Kudos: Cochrane Wins American Lung Association Award; Aliahmad Selected for Canadian Graduate Fellowship

May 17, 2004

  • Learning the Value of Science
  • Scientists Create 22-Amino Acid Bacterium
  • A Common Cold for the Cure?
  • Snapshot: Coordinator Janie Partridge
  • Kudos: San Diego City Schools Honor Scripps Research, Chen Receives Graduate Fellowship

May 10, 2004

  • Scripps Research Selects Two Florida High School Teachers for Summer Internships in California
  • Ribozyme Reversal of Fortunes
  • Snapshot: David Milsom
  • Kudos: Lerner Receives Honorary Degree from Florida Atlantic University; Behrens, Hedlund, and Kenny Win Young Investigator Awards

May 3, 2004

  • Office Depot Pledges $1 Million to Scripps Florida for Research on Children's Neurological Diseases
  • A Selection of Editing
  • Snapshot: Fulbright Fellow Trond Vidar Hansen
  • Kudos: Stephan Miller Wins Young Investigator Award

April 26, 2004

  • Picking Up the Pieces
  • Activity-Based Proteomics Meets Click Chemistry
  • Snapshot: Research Assistant Anna Zal

April 19, 2004

  • A New Hypothesis About Autoimmunity—Is It Possible to be Too Clean?
  • Four Leading Scientists to Join Scripps Florida Faculty
  • Ervin Owens Named Scripps Florida Human Resources Manager
  • On Press: A Quorum Detected * Siemens Tees Off to Support Scripps Florida
  • Kudos: Babior Wins Trevor Slater Award, O'Malley and Dale Receive Graduate Fellowships

April 5, 2004

  • Scientists Find Deafness Gene's Function
  • Distance Learning Comes to Campus
  • Open Forum, Open Discussion
  • Persistent Memories of Cocaine
  • Kudos: Bruce Beutler Wins Koch Prize

March 29, 2004

  • A New Hypothesis About Alzheimer's Disease
  • Harry Orf Named Scripps Florida Vice President of Scientific Operations
  • Snapshot: Will Ray, Director of External Affairs for Scripps Florida
  • Putting the Winter in Wintergreen
  • Old Molecules Yield New Secrets
  • Kudos: Five Kellogg School Students Win NSF Fellowships

March 22, 2004

  • New Approach Limits Damage After Heart Attack and Improves Survival
  • How to Become a Successful Postdoc
  • Rethinking Tau

March 15, 2004

  • International and Florida Firms to Design and Oversee Construction of Scripps Florida Campus
  • Heart Cells' Suicides
  • Snapshot: Vice President for Research Services Emily Holmes
  • Specializing Early: T Cells as Rugrats of the Immune System

March 8, 2004

  • Scientists Describe Dangerous Cocktail of Alcohol, Brain Peptides, and Neurotransmitters
  • Bank of America Gift Funds Summer Internships for Florida Teachers at Scripps La Jolla
  • X-Sci/2004: Science Outside the Classroom

March 1, 2004

  • Dreyfoos and Viterbi Join Board of Trustees
  • Scripps Research Breaks Ground in Florida
  • Good Morning, Seattle! A Report from Science Friday
  • Scientists Discover Chemical that Turns Mouse Stem Cells into Heart Muscles
  • Structure Shows One Way Body Controls Gene Expression
  • Antigen Synthesis—A Step Forward Towards an AIDS Vaccine

February 23, 2004

  • Scientists Create Single, Clonable Strand of DNA That Folds into an Octahedron
  • Genetic Mutation That Protects Against HIV Confers No Resistance to Plague
  • Where Are They Now? Alumnus Satchin Panda
  • Abagyan Honored by Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute

February 9, 2004

  • Scientists Describe Structure of Receptor on Surface of 1918 Flu Virus
  • Integrin's Regulation of Rac—Implications for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Snapshot: Graduate Students Ian and Camille Thorpe

February 2, 2004

  • Scientists Discover Normal Prions May Contribute Directly to Disease
  • Renowned Sculptor Andy Goldsworthy Installs 'Oak Cairn'
  • The Resistance: Chemical Innovations and New Approaches
  • Nicolaou Wins Highest Greek Prize for Science
  • Scripps Florida Receives First Contribution

January 26, 2004

  • The Resistance: Fighting HIV Resistance at Home and in the Laboratory
  • Scripps Research Scientific Board Meets in Florida
  • Snapshot: Senior Immigration Advisor Kim Jackson

January 19, 2004

  • The Resistance: AIDS Research from Petri Dishes to Population Dynamics
  • Scientists Describe a New Way of Making Therapeutic Proteins
  • Snapshot: Industrial Hygiene Manager Denise Daggett

January 12, 2004

  • Eminent Scientist Charles Weissmann to Join Institute's Florida Operations
  • Regenerative Chemical Turns Muscle Cells into Stem Cells
  • PAI-1 at the Heart of Things

Vol. 3 (2003)

December 22 , 2003

  • Letter from the President
  • $3 Million Donation Establishes Pearson Center for Alcoholism and Addiction Research
  • Building on the Past
  • Linking the Immune System with Lipid Metabolism
  • Lesson for Lassa
  • Scientists Learn How Anthrax Creates Its Infectious Spores

December 15 , 2003

  • Marathon of the Mind
  • Naming Honors Money/Arenz Foundation
  • Seminar Provides Tips on Coping with Holiday Stress

December 8 , 2003

  • NIH Funds Scripps Research-Novartis Collaboration to Target New Treatments for Depression and Nicotine Addiction
  • Putting Together the Pieces for Hemophilia A
  • Snapshot: Morgan Hoffman of Planning and Construction

November 24, 2003

  • Fat Molecules Make Bigger Brains
  • Love and Flower Power
  • CIMBio Course Fills Desperate Need
  • Scientists Describe the Biochemistry of Vaccine Adjuvant
  • Zhang Honored by Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

November 17, 2003

  • $9.2 Million Grant Funds Design of Anthrax Antitoxin Nanosponges
  • Filmmaker Warren Beatty and Mervyn's Mervin Morris Join TSRI Board
  • Gottlieb Receives Tenure
  • Anonymous Gift of $425,000 Endows Student Fellowship
  • Snapshot: Multimedia Technician Dave Freeman

November 10, 2003

  • TSRI Scientists Link Ozone to Atherosclerosis
  • It's a Go: Florida Governor Signs Bill Funding TSRI Expansion
  • Researchers Discover a Genetic Cause for Primary Iron Overload
  • On Press: Observing a Single SolventÑSolute Association

November 3 , 2003

  • $11.4 Million CDC Grant Goes to TSRI to Study Immune Response to Anthrax Toxins
  • Shapiros Endow Fellowship in Summer Internship Program
  • TSRI Copes with Fallout from Fires
  • Kudos: Boger, Babior Elected AAAS Fellows; Chisari, Vogt Elected to Institute of Medicine

October 27, 2003

  • Targeting Breast Cancer Metastasis
  • Seminar Offers Tips on How to Get Your Partner to Help Around the House
  • Snapshot: Informatics Core Manager Clark Grininger
  • Kudos: Ernest Beutler Awarded E. Donnall Thomas Prize, Ollmann Saphire Wins Sidhu Award

October 20, 2003

  • Sculpture to Memorialize One of TSRI's Founding Scientists
  • Lecture Series Reaches Out to Donors and Prospective Donors
  • Snapshot: Ryan Wheeler of Counseling and Postdoctoral Services

October 13, 2003

  • TSRI to Open Major Science Center in Palm Beach County, Florida
  • Tissue Factor in Coagulation and Inflammation
  • In Celebration of Long-Term Employees
  • Siuzdak Publishes New Mass Spec Book

October 6, 2003

  • A New Classic Arrives Young
  • TSRI Scientists Receive Grants for Clinical Projects
  • The Tail End of Integrin Activation

September 29, 2003

  • Serotonin Receptors and Drug Abuse
  • Initiatives Promote Learning and Career Development for Postdocs
  • On Press: AP-2 Not So Essential After All
  • Snapshot: Research Associate Rhonda Torres

September 22, 2003

  • Zhang Receives Tenure
  • Dammeyer and Insley Join Board of Trustees
  • Joined at the Bench
  • Snapshot: Senior Administrative Assistant Tawana Young

September 15, 2003

  • TSRI and Oxford University Establish Joint Doctoral Program
  • Blood Flow Beneath a Microscope
  • This Way to Science: TSRI Student-Faculty Retreat
  • On Press: An Al(I)pha(tic) Helix?
  • Cravatt Wins ACS Eli Lilly Award

September 8, 2003

  • Study Links Dozens of Proteins to Rare Degenerative Muscular and Nerve Diseases
  • TSRI Launches Restructured Graduate Program
  • Oldstone Receives Pioneer in NeuroVirology Award
  • Snapshot: Bette Cessna

August 25, 2003

  • TSRI Scientists Create New Strain of Yeast with 21-Amino Acid Genetic Code
  • Beyond Summer School: Local High School Students, Undergrads, and Teachers Experience Life in the Lab
  • The Summer in Photos

August 11, 2003

  • TSRI Scientists Report Global Survey of Thousands of Malaria Genes
  • Truth, Beauty, and the SIGGRAPH Meeting in San Diego
  • New Campus Group Promotes Positive Change

July 28, 2003

  • Scientists Clone Protein that Fights Bacteria and Viruses
  • My Other Car is a Bike
  • Fair Game: TSRI Employees Bring Home Top Prizes
  • Kudos: Paper by Wolkenberg and Boger Makes ACS Editor's Choice List, Four Graduate Students Win Fellowships

July 14, 2003

  • Blasker Grant a "Vote of Confidence" for TSRI Internship Program
  • When Paths Collide—Redundancy, Angiogenesis, Cancer, and Combinatorial Therapy
  • Cellular Physiology in the Middle

June 30, 2003

  • Towards an AIDS Vaccine: TSRI Scientists Describe Unusual Antibody That Targets HIV
  • The Body Clock Revisited
  • A Beneficial Link Between a Nicotine Metabolite and Alzheimer's Disease
  • Scientists Reveal First Details of Activation-Induced Cell Death in Macrophages
  • Snapshot: Security Supervisor Bill Latham
  • Kudos: Roecker, Snyder Win Graduate Fellowships

June 16, 2003

  • Chemical Turns Stem Cells into Neurons
  • Objets d'Art
  • Snapshot: Peggy Myer
  • Kudos: Lerner Receives Honorary Degree; Jessani Wins California Breast Cancer Fellowship; Zhao, Wodrich, Marcondes, DerMardirossian Win SOF Travel Awards

June 2, 2003

  • Researchers Develop New Type of Vaccine Against Nicotine Addiction
  • Scientists Describe Cholera Protein Structure
  • Snapshot: Research Associate Ryan Burnett
  • Waterman-Storer Named Keith Porter Fellow
  • Huang Wins Prostate Cancer Research Award
  • On Press: Finding Selective Reversible Inhibitors In Vivo

May 19 , 2003

  • TSRI Holds 11th Commencement
  • Snapshot: Class of '03
  • TSRI Investigators Top Angewandte Chemie list
  • Ollmann Saphire Wins Burroughs Wellcome Career Award

May 12 , 2003

  • PERV Receptors Found in Humans
  • The Evolution of a Course
  • Collaborations Are Everything
  • San Diego City Schools Honors TSRI
  • Keck Wins Breast Cancer Research Fellowship

May 5 , 2003

  • TSRI Scientists Show Rare Genetic Mutations Increase Susceptibility to Sepsis
  • Fertility, Kinases, and Cancer
  • Human Resources Posts New Employee Manual Online

April 28 , 2003

  • Proteins as Natural Products
  • A Report to Remember
  • The Month in Pictures

April 21 , 2003

  • Programmable Antibodies—A Hybrid Cancer Therapy Described by TSRI Scientists
  • Scientist, Industrialist, and Scripps Philanthropist Cecil H. Green Dies at 102
  • Snapshot: Scientific Associate Toni Tishon
  • Bartfai, Fish Win NARSD Awards

April 14 , 2003

  • Viruses of Cats and Humans
  • Snapshot: Senior Research Associate Judith Dent
  • Move Softly and Carry a Big Sword

April 7 , 2003

  • Fletcher Jones Foundation Endows Second Graduate Fellowship
  • The Flow of Memory
  • Celebrating Successes with Weight Watchers at Work

March 31, 2003

  • In Memoriam: Janis H. Jackson, M.D., 1953-2003
  • Scientists Identify a Protein Channel that Mediates the Body's Ability to Feel Frigid Temperatures
  • Snapshot: Research Assistant Michael Tencati

March 24, 2003

  • Of Translation and Basic Research: An Interview with Hugh Rosen
  • Misfolding, Folding, and Insights from a WW Domain
  • Field Trip: Science at TSRI
  • Luo Wins Inglenook Scholar-in-Training Award

March 17, 2003

  • Lerner and Schultz win Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize
  • Steps Toward Treating Genetic Deafness
  • Campus Hosts Prospective Students
  • A Technology That Fits the Genome Like a Glove
  • Dickerson Wins National Individual Research Service Award

March 10, 2003

  • New Study Should Speed Discovery of Gene Function
  • Recombination and the Antibody Repertoire
  • Team Develops Method for Glycosylating Proteins
  • Snapshot: Senior Research Associate Jane Eddleston
  • Kudos: Wriggers Awarded Sloan Fellowship; Zuniga Wins Two Prizes

March 3, 2003

  • Neutrophils Coast to Coast
  • Scientists Find Molecular Complexes Can Store Binary Information
  • Where are They Now? Alumna Joyce Tsang

February 24, 2003

  • Outstanding Talks, Weather, and Free Pens in Denver
  • Faculty Promotions: Friedlander, Han, Havran Receive Tenure
  • Board Welcomes Sullivan as Chair, Elkus and Herrling as New Trustees
  • On Press: Researchers Make First Sugar Arrays

February 10, 2003

  • A Potential New Approach to Preventing Stroke Damage
  • A Ph.D. on Ph.D.'s
  • Molecules on the Mind
  • RNA Interference Blocks Hepatitis C Virus Replication
  • More Chemical Evidence for an Antibody Killing Mechanism
  • Kudos: Rohde, Karanicolas Win Graduate Fellowships

February 3, 2003

  • Picturing Autoimmunity
  • Scientists Discover a New Approach for Treating "Misfolding Diseases"
  • Snapshot: Brian Bothner
  • Five TSRI Chemists among Top 100 Most-cited

January 27, 2003

  • The FAKs of Metastasis
  • TSRI Scientists Succeed in Growing Human Antibodies in Algae
  • Snapshot: Dan Schrokosch
  • List Wins Carl Duisberg Memorial Award

January 20, 2003

  • Attachment Receptors and Hot Spots for HIV Infection
  • Expanding the Genetic Code: Scientists Synthesize 21-Amino Acid Bacterium
  • On Press: A Non-PCR DNA Detection Method
  • Tan Wins Rheumatism Research Award
  • Snapshot: Owen Anderson

January 13, 2003

  • Five Research Groups Join CIMBio
  • On Press: Blasting Antibodies with Lasers Provides Direct Way of Measuring Their Flexibilities
  • On Press: "Binary" Enzyme Demonstrates Darwinian Evolution at its Simplest
  • $24-Million Grant Funds Creation of Encyclopedia of the Innate Immune Systems
  • Work of Four TSRI Scientists Contribute to Science Top-Ten Breakthroughs of Year

 

Vol. 2 (2002)

December 16, 2002

  • Building Neuropharmacology
  • Holiday Greetings from TSRI's President
  • 'Tis the Season for Good Boundaries
  • On Press: Rac Activation and Cell Motility

December 9, 2002

  • Tissue Factor in the Fight Against Tumors
  • On Press: Yang and Schimmel Publish Study on Crystal Structure of Potent Angiogenesis Inhibitor
  • How Do You Solve Relief—Structure of Pain-Modulating Enzyme Described by TSRI Scientists
  • Snapshot: Karen Haggenmiller

November 25, 2002

  • The Ins and Outs of Endocytosis
  • Two TSRI Faculty Win Prestigious Cell Biology Awards
  • Snapshot: De Shon Hall

November 18, 2002

  • Antibodies Produce Ozone During Bacterial Killing and Inflammation
  • Sepsis Vaccine Proves Protective in Preliminary Studies
  • Snapshot: Danielle Bodrero Hoggan

November 11, 2002

  • T Cell Selection and Maintenance
  • Group Designs DNA Vaccine that Inhibits Growth of Cancerous Tumors
  • Scientists Develop Potential New Treatment for Gaucher Disease

November 4, 2002

  • Scientists Report cryo-EM Structure of Whole Integrin Molecule
  • Study Shows Nicotine By-Product Reacts with Proteins
  • SSOF Chooses Logo for "Beauty in Simplicity"

October 28, 2002

  • Give Me Immunity or Give Me Death
  • Actively Engaged: Employee Volunteer Group Honors Its Outstanding Members
  • Snapshot: Al Vega

October 21, 2002

  • Reactions to the Nobel Prize
  • NMR at TSRI
  • A Celebration of Long-Time Employees
  • TSRI launches new web site for Kellogg School graduate programs.

October 9, 2002

  • Kurt Wüthrich Wins 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Second Nobel Prize in a Row for TSRI
  • A Primer on the NMR of Biological Macromolecules

October 7, 2002

  • Scientists Identify Thousands of Proteins Associated with Malaria
  • Scientists Develop Method to Map Spread of Malarial Drug Resistance
  • The Anatomy of a Parasite
  • Patapoutian wins Damon Runyon Scholar Award
  • "Fast breaking" paper from the Janda lab

September 30, 2002

  • At the Intersection of Biology and Physics
  • Ruby Gala Shines
  • Snapshot: Patt Cain

September 23, 2002

  • Nicolaou wins Tetrahedron Prize
  • TSRI Development Office Launches Fundraising Initiative to Purchase Immunology Building
  • Senior Faculty News: Promotions and Appointments
  • Weighing the Risks and Benefits of Xenotransplantation

September 16, 2002

  • TSRI Ranked Second Among High-Impact Institutions in Chemistry
  • Safety Consultant Karen Trapane
  • Meeting of the Minds: TSRI Graduate Retreat

September 9, 2002

  • From Femtosecond Physics to Yeast Genetics
  • Baran and Nicolaou Win Nobel Signature Award
  • Eschenmoser Wins Roger Adams Award
  • Snapshot: TSRI Kellogg School's Entering Class

August 26 , 2002

  • A Field of Dreams for Vision Research
  • Unexpected Results
  • Snapshot: Keith McKeown

August 12 , 2002

  • The Case for Activity-Based Proteomics
  • News&Views Summer Photo Contest, And the Winners Are...
  • Snapshot: Grants Administrator Tim LeFort

July 29, 2002

  • The Practical Dream of Cancer Therapies and Vaccines
  • TSRI Picnic, "Survivor" Style
  • Snapshot: Leonard Jones
  • Kudos: Eschenmoser Wins Oparin Medal; Rebek Wins Chemical Pioneer Award; Wilson Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Thirteen Graduate Students Win Fellowships

July 15, 2002

  • The Genetic ID of Lupus
  • Teacher Becomes Pupil for the Summer
  • Snapshot: Orlando Coons
  • Making the most of lymphopenia: study suggests powerful new way to treat cancer
  • Kudos: Burton Leads AIDS Vaccine Initiative; Grynszpan and Quaranta Receive Seed Funding for Breast Cancer Research; University of Athens Awards Theofilopoulos Honorary Degree

July 1, 2002

  • Lerner receives honorary degree from Northwestern
  • Anti-Cancer Nanoparticles: TSRI Scientists Design Gene-Tipped Tumor Regressor "Smartbombs"
  • Energy Crunch: Not Over Yet
  • Addiction at a Distance: Brain Reward Decreases and Danger of Relapse Increases with Heavy Cocaine Use

June 17 , 2002

  • Mysteries of a Therapy Unveiled
  • San Diego Foundation Awards Blasker Grant to TSRI Summer Research Internship Program
  • Snapshot: Stacy Evans
  • Lerner receives University of California Presidential Medal
  • Santoro Wins Burroughs Wellcome Career Award
  • Eric Johnson wins Brodie Award in Drug Metabolism

June 3 , 2002

  • About a Virus
  • Businessman Frank Lowy Joins TSRI Board
  • Enzyme Found to Control Gene Expression in a Novel Way—By Breathing New Life into Old RNA
  • Chisari Elected to American Academy of Microbiology
  • Technology Review Names Cravatt "One of World's Top Young Innovators."

May 20 , 2002

  • TSRI Holds Tenth Commencement
  • Keith and Jean Kellogg: An Uncommon Couple with the Common Touch
  • The Graduating Students

May 13 , 2002

  • Vivian Lodes
  • TSRI Team Solves Structure of Important Tumor Growth ProteinÑA Target for Cancer Therapy
  • Where Are They Now? Alumnus Jay Chiang

May 6 , 2002

  • Mysterious gd T Cells Promoting Wound Repair
  • "The Race is So On": Next Generation of Scientists Find their Stride at TSRI
  • Snapshot: Vivian Lodes

April 29, 2002

  • The Other Side of Drug Discovery, Part 2
  • Behind a Free Lunch
  • Snapshot: Pamela Schreckengost

April 22, 2002

  • The Other Side of Drug Discovery, Part 1
  • TSRI Names Graduate College in Honor of Janet and W. Keith Kellogg II
  • Research Suggests Powerful Tool for Detection and Treatment of Anthrax
  • Dramatic Footage of immune System Caught on Tape

April 15, 2002

  • After the Genome, Part 2
  • U.S. News & World Report Ranks TSRI Among Top Graduate Schools
  • Open House Celebrates New Microscopy Center

April 8, 2002

  • After the Genome, Part 1
  • Good Cellular Defense May Be Best Offense Against Type 1 Diabetes
  • Collaboration Reveals Details of Natural Killer T Cells

April 1, 2002

  • Antivirals, Anti-Cancers, and Antibiotics in One Pot
  • Sharpless Addresses National Science Teachers Convention
  • Celebrating a Lifetime of Inquiry

March 25, 2002

  • Two Students, Two Prizes, Two Promising Futures
  • Offer Letters Go Out to Prospective Students
  • Snapshot: Donovan Hurley

March 18 , 2002

  • A Revolutionary Strategy for Drug Discovery Succeeds on an Enzyme
  • "X-Sci" Excites High School Students
  • Where are They Now? Alumna Janet Gunzner

March 11 , 2002

  • Catalysis Made Easy
  • Hitting the Slopes with the SOF
  • Snapshot: Thomas Barnett

March 04, 2002

  • New Sculpture Celebrates Nobel Prize
  • Cool-Temperature-Sensing Protein Found by TSRI Investigators
  • The Road Less Traveled: TSRI Scientists Find Alternative Path for Activation of Crucial Enzyme

February 25 , 2002

  • Tragedy of Alcohol Abuse Drives TSRI Researcher's Work
  • Faculty Promotions Announced
  • Three New Members Join TSRI Board

February 11 , 2002

  • Adding Function to Structure
  • Center Provides Well-Balanced Space for Mass Analysis
  • Sleep to Perform

February 4 , 2002

  • New Scripps Foundation President Speaks Out
  • Barcoding Begins: Introducing the Chemical Inventory Program
  • Where are They Now? TSRI Alumnus Rick Bruick

January 28 , 2002

  • Almost There: Cutting-Edge Molecular Microscopy Center Prepares to Open
  • A Sneak Preview of TSRI's Newest Facility
  • Snapshot: Shipping/Receiving Specialist Shane Blade

January 21 , 2002

  • 900,000 Daltons
  • Torrey Pines, 92037: Graduate Student Rec Center Creates a New Retreat for TSRI's Ph.D. Candidates
  • TSRI Shipping/Receiving and Mail Room Staff Deliver Service

January 14 , 2002

  • Death Called a River
  • Cancer Affinity Group Brings Together Basic Researchers and Physicians
  • Snapshot: John Mullen

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Vol. 1 (2001)

December 17 , 2001

  • Art on the Go
  • Letter from TSRI President Richard Lerner
  • Snapshot: Jeff Jones

December 10 , 2001

  • Dynamic Actin
  • 'Tis the Season for Holiday Stress
  • Results Flow from TSRI Facility

December 3 , 2001

  • Faculty Promotions and Appointments Announced
  • Of Molecules and Methods
  • Senior Gift Basket Project Nears Completion

November 19 , 2001

  • Catching a Heart Disease Before it Happens
  • Three TSRI faculty members elected to American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • TSRI's Purchasing Services Gets the Goods
  • Snapshot: Alex Ilic

November 12 , 2001

  • Crucial Genetic Diversity Enzyme Long Sought by Biologists Discovered by Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute
  • TSRI Employees Adopt Families in Need for Holiday Season
  • Snapshot: Beth Peterka

November 5 , 2001

  • Vision Researcher Keeps Patients in Focus
  • TSRI Telecommunications Aims for 99.999 Percent Reliability
  • Snapshot: Jessica Torruella

October 29, 2001

  • Novel Amino Acids Come of Age
  • Science Teachers Become Students for a Day
  • Ceremony Dedicates Two New Institutes at TSRI

October 22 , 2001

  • TSRI and the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
  • Human Resources Consolidates Health Plans
  • Money Well Spent: Foundations Support Cutting-Edge Science

October 15 , 2001

  • K. Barry Sharpless is Awarded the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
  • K. Barry Sharpless Steps into the Spotlight
  • Research Brief: Three Seminal Reactions from the Sharpless lab

October 8 , 2001

  • Life, Sugar-Coded
  • Graduate Student Retreat Educates Audience and Presenters Alike
  • Snapshot: Datsun Hsia

October 1 , 2001

  • TSRI Scientists Discover Therapeutic Strategy for "Misfolding Diseases" Analogous to Alzheimer's Disease
  • Faculty Promotions Announced
  • New Law Encourages Retirement Savings

September 24, 2001

  • Former FDA Commissioner Becomes TSRI's Newest Board Member
  • Automobilia Display Pays Tribute to ICND Donors
  • Snapshot: Khanh Nguyen

September 17, 2001

  • New Sculpture at TSRI Dedicated to Memory of Norton B. Gilula
  • Letter from Executive VP and General Counsel
  • TSRI Counseling Department Supports Faculty, Staff, Students, and their Families

September 10, 2001

  • Scientists at TSRI Discover Previously Unknown Role for Antibodies
  • New Graduate Students Arrive on Campus
  • Scripps Cancer Center Meets Grant Challenge
  • Three TSRI researchers make list of most-cited authors
  • Snapshot: Cheryl Martel

August 27, 2001

  • A Hard Boiled Look at Metastatic Remodeling Molecules
  • TSRI researchers stop prion infections in cell culture
  • William O. Weigle, 1927 - 2001
  • Snapshot: Michelle Roberts
  • TSRI Summer Sports Leagues: Tradition for Some, Whole New Ball Game for Others

August 13, 2001

  • Turning Off Pain's Pathways
  • Generous Gifts Make Possible First Norton B. Gilula Fellowships and 11 Other Graduate Student Awards
  • Snapshot: Matt Barnas
  • TSRI investigator receives Leukemia and Lymphoma Society award

July 30, 2001

  • TSRI Scientists Build a New Class of Nanotube "Smart Drugs"
  • Hearst Foundation Gives TSRI $150,000 to Support Summer Internships
  • Memory, Pain, Depression, and Peptides... Putting the Pieces Together
  • News&Views Photo Contest: And the Winners Are...

July 16, 2001

  • The Eyes of the Innate Immune System
  • TSRI's Employment Group Helps Find the Right Person for the Job
  • TSRI Internship Program offers "Way Cool" Summer Jobs

July 2, 2001

  • Diabetes Under Investigation
  • Focusing on TSRI's Electron Microscopy Facility
  • Snapshot: John Chung

June 18, 2001

  • World's Most Powerful NMR Magnet Arrives at TSRI
  • Diekmans Endow Fellowship for Science Teachers
  • Former chair of TSRI board honored by plaza naming
  • FAQ About Pay Increases

June 4, 2001

  • Science Talk: Gleevec and Beyond
  • TSRI postdoc wins Runyon-Winchell Fellowship
  • Faculty Promotions and Appointments
  • TSRI Employee Rises to Top of Pecking-Order in Poultry Shows

May 21, 2001

  • TSRI Holds Ninth Commencement
  • Two Generations of TSRI Graduates
  • TSRI postdoc wins Runyon-Winchell Fellowship
  • San Diego City Schools Awards TSRI an Exemplary Partnership Award
  • Snapshot: Class of 2001

May 14, 2001

  • Facilities Services Rises to Energy Challenges
  • Sorensen wins Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
  • International Office Offers Guidance to Scholars, PIs
  • Snapshot: Vicky Nielsen

May 7, 2001

  • Joyce elected to National Academy of Sciences
  • Viral Research in an Age of Antiviral Therapy
  • Toastmasters Club Helps Members Talk the Talk
  • Snapshot: Carolyn Keierleber

April 30, 2001

  • Designer Zinc Finger Proteins
  • Rolling Blackouts and Your Computer
  • TSRI's Spring Programs Bridge Gap Between Modern Lab and High-School Classroom

April 23, 2001

  • What to Do if the Lights Go Out
  • Gluck Child Care Center Nurtures and Stimulates Youngsters
  • Microscopy of Live Cells in Motion

April 16, 2001

  • Janda Develops New Method to Screen Mercury in Fish
  • Of Drugs and Diseases: GCRC Provides Site for Clinical Studies
  • Kresge Library Stacks Up Electronically
  • Snapshot: Kathryn Spencer

April 9, 2001

  • Retro Synthetic Analysis or Is Nature Perfect?
  • National Eye Institute Funds New Core Center for Vision Research at TSRI
  • Kresge Library Stacks Up Electronically
  • Snapshot: Nancy Curry

April 2, 2001

  • Science Talk: Conversations with Postdocs
  • How to Find Equipment That Fits
  • Glasswash Clears the Way for Science at TSRI

March 26 , 2001

  • A Vaccine Factory Inside Each Cell
  • Society of Fellows Enriches TSRI Experience for Junior Scientists
  • Snapshot: Kelly Kehoe

March 19 , 2001

  • Interpreting the Human Genome Through Computational Biology
  • Made to Order:
    Shop Creates Custom Instrumentation for TSRI Investigators
  • Snapshot: Thomas Pietzonka

March 12 , 2001

  • Science Talk: “What are the Challenges in Science Education—Now and in the Future?”
  • Today’s Visitors, Tomorrow’s Students
  • Faculty Promotions and Appointments Announced

March 5 , 2001

  • TSRI Researcher Develops New Vaccine to Treat Cocaine Addiction
  • Facility Shoots for Crystal-Clear Results
  • Digging Nature: ScrippsAssists Volunteers Work to Preserve Torrey Pines Reserve

February 26 , 2001

  • Total Synthesis and the Creative Process: An Interview with K.C. Nicolaou
  • Life After the Human Genome Project: TSRI Researchers Spearhead Structural Genomics Center
  • American Chemical Society Honors Two TSRI Faculty
  • Snapshot: Chris Cowan

February 12 , 2001

  • AIDS and the Brain
  • How to Help TSRI Through the Energy Crisis
  • Interview with Jeffery Kelly

February 5 , 2001

  • New Institute Within TSRI Focuses on Molecular Genetics of Disease
  • Clock Genes Keep Time to Daily Rhythm
  • Coming Clean about Cleaning: Environmental Services Gets the Dirt Out

January 29, 2001

  • Jeffery Kelly, acting vice president for academic affairs and dean of graduate studies, introduces News&Views
  • Young Faculty Member Tackles Tough Structures
  • Professor K. Barry Sharpless wins the Wolf Prize in Chemistry
  • Art Spices Up Cafeteria Décor

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