
A new issue of the online weekly of The Scripps Research Institute, News&Views, is now available at http://www.scripps.edu/newsandviews
In this week's issue:
	Team Finds Dissimilar Proteins Evolved Similar 7-Part Shape The findings from the Stevens lab also provide insight into a molecule involved in cancer and birth defects.
	Scientists Create Novel Approach to Finding RNAs Involved in Long-Term Memory Storage The research from the Puthanveettil lab will help illuminate the molecular process underpinning learning and memory.
	How a Protein Finds Its Way Work in the Karbstein lab shows how a protein becomes specific in its action, avoiding cellular havoc and disease.
	Innovative Scientist Joins Neuroscience Department At TSRI, Professor Baoji Xu’s research will include topics in the formation of long-term memory, the central control of body weight and glucose homeostasis, and the mechanisms behind neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s.
	*Kudos:* Donna Blackmond and Gerald Joyce Named Simons Investigators; Jerold Chun’s New Book Offers Resource in Growing Scientific Field