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The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, CA, is a hotbed of research to investigate the chemical basis of biological sciences under the leadership of Richard Lerner. Lerner is responsible for attracting the country's top organic chemists and biochemists to the institute and raising funds to supports its immunology, molecular biology, neurobiology, neuropharmacology, cell biology and experimental medicine departments. With an annual budget of $150 million, its current stable of scientists include K.C. Nicolaou, K. Barry Sharpless, Chi-Huey Wong and Julius Rebek Jr.

Scripps Research Institute chemistry professor and Nobel Laureate K. Barry Sharpless have found that stirring insoluble reactants in water into a vinaigrette-like suspension makes several but slow organic reactions leap into furious action. Part of Sharpless' work focuses on the effect at synthetically useful concentrations, in a heterogeneous, undissolved, environment.

Philip Dawson, associate dean of the graduate program at the Scripps Research Institute, was promoted to dean. COMPILED BY ANAIS [...]

Janis Jackson has no problem with being a role model. A researcher at The Scripps Research Institute, Jackson knows she's a rarity: a female, African-American doctor-turned-academic who is studying cancer. [...]

Katherine Kennedy, founder and president of Relocation Coordinates Inc., has been named chairwoman of the newly formed Scripps Research California Council to heighten awareness of The Scripps Research Institute in [...]

The Scripps Research Institute has named Pete Herold as its new vice president of facilities services. Herold has been a member of the Scripps Research team as director of facilities [...]

Chemistry professor Phil S. Baran of the Scripps Research Institute has been chosen as the recipient of the 2010 American Chemical Society (ACS) Award in Pure Chemistry for his work on the synthesis of natural products with highly complex molecules. Details on Baran's educational background and works are presented.

Scripps Research hired memory researcher Courtney Miller, 31, as an assistant professor in the Department of Metabolism and Aging and the Department of Neuroscience. She was scientific director and instructor [...]

The Scripps Research Institute board of trustees has elected Mark Pearson a member. Pearson is a managing partner of CresaPartners and co-founder and managing partner of Drawbridge Partners. He donated [...]

Republic considers frustrated doctors fair game When Republic Health Corp. of Dallas wooed 22 doctors away from Scripps last month to start its own clinic, the Texas-based hospital chain launched [...]

The Scripps Research Institute has appointed Holly Cline as a professor in the departments of cell biology and chemical physiology. Cline is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College and UC [...]

The Scripps Research Institute board of trustees has elected John Moores as its chairman. Moores, owner of the San Diego Padres, has been a Scripps research trustee for nine years [...]

Phil S. Baran and Noah Z. Burns of Scripps Research Institute have succeeded in synthesizing the alkaloid natural product haouamine A from simple starting materials. They designed an oxime that closely resembled a key proposed biosynthetic precursor and invested a cascade annulation reaction to convert the oxime into an indenotetrahydropyridine.

The Scripps Research Institute appointed Cheryl H. Dean as planned giving counsel in the department of development and external affairs, Dean is responsible for administration of all trust and estate [...]

Though it's still waiting for a permanent Florida home, Scripps has begun working in Palm Beach County. Its temporary facilities on Florida Atlantic University's Jupiter campus are scheduled to open [...]

Will Ray, director of external affairs for Scripps Florida in Palm Beach County, has been named vice president of external affairs for the entire Scripps Research Institute based in La [...]

La Jolla, Calif.-based Scripps Research Institute has tapped Harry W. Orf as vice president of scientific operations for Scripps Florida, the institute's new Palm Beach County branch. For the past [...]

In two weeks, researchers at the Scripps Research Institute reported a variety of significant biological breakthroughs. Additionallly, J. Barry Sharpless and Kurt Wutherich received an announcement that they had won the Noble Prize in Chemistry.

Scripps La Jolla Elects Chief of Staff: The medical staff at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla has elected Dr. Sabina Wallach as the new chief of staff-elect for 2002. Wallach, [...]

Research: Basics keep institute in the forefront The Scripps Research Institute gained yet another credit to its list of honors when the respected journal Science recently chose Scripps neuroscientist Dr. [...]