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A major concern this flu season is reassortment, when seasonal flu and bird flu infect the same host and swap genetic material, potentially creating a new, more dangerous strain. With H5N1 in cows and human cases emerging, our virology labs are closely tracking its evolution. More: ow.ly/thLP50WafhH
Scripps Research Nobel Prize–winning neuroscientist @ardemp.bskyverified.social was featured on @scifri.bsky.social, where he reflected on the biology of touch, his early career path in science, and why he believes great scientists are practical dreamers who balance bold ideas with scientific rigor.
Even Nobel Prize Winners Deal With Imposter Syndrome
Neuroscientist Ardem Patapoutian immigrated to the US, found belonging in science, and did groundbreaking work on sense of touch.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Scripps Research Nobel Prize–winning neuroscientist @ardemp.bskyverified.social was featured on @scifri.bsky.social, where he reflected on the biology of touch, his early career path in science, and why he believes great scientists are practical dreamers who balance bold ideas with scientific rigor.
Using proximity labeling and a derivatized galectin-3, scientists in the lab of Professor Mia Huang mapped glycan–protein interactions that drive placental cell fusion, published in @pnas.org, offering new insight into placental development.
Scripps Research team identifies sugar molecules that trigger placental formation
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November 8, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Using proximity labeling and a derivatized galectin-3, scientists in the lab of Professor Mia Huang mapped glycan–protein interactions that drive placental cell fusion, published in @pnas.org, offering new insight into placental development.
At the #JAWARDS2025, the San Diego Press Club (@sdpressclub.bsky.social) recognized Scripps Research’s Office of Marketing and Communications for excellence in science communication, with top honors in video production, magazine design and press release writing.
November 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
At the #JAWARDS2025, the San Diego Press Club (@sdpressclub.bsky.social) recognized Scripps Research’s Office of Marketing and Communications for excellence in science communication, with top honors in video production, magazine design and press release writing.
We’re just a few days away from Scripps Research Discovery Day at the Fleet Science Center! 🌟 This year’s event is shaping up to be even bigger, with 50+ graduate students and postdoctoral researchers leading interactive experiences in neuroscience, chemistry, immunology and more.
November 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
We’re just a few days away from Scripps Research Discovery Day at the Fleet Science Center! 🌟 This year’s event is shaping up to be even bigger, with 50+ graduate students and postdoctoral researchers leading interactive experiences in neuroscience, chemistry, immunology and more.
Just as we can distinguish between the sting of heat and the chill of cold, our immune system is finely tuned to detect a range of threats—from viruses and bacteria to allergens and injury—thanks to constant crosstalk between sensory neurons and immune cells.
November 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Just as we can distinguish between the sting of heat and the chill of cold, our immune system is finely tuned to detect a range of threats—from viruses and bacteria to allergens and injury—thanks to constant crosstalk between sensory neurons and immune cells.
Lights, camera, science! 🎬🔬🌟 Scripps Research Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Keary Engle, PhD, and postgraduate students Jia Meng Pang and Paige Bensing joined KUSI News to share a sneak peek of Discovery Day at the Fleet Science Center!
November 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Lights, camera, science! 🎬🔬🌟 Scripps Research Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Keary Engle, PhD, and postgraduate students Jia Meng Pang and Paige Bensing joined KUSI News to share a sneak peek of Discovery Day at the Fleet Science Center!
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a $6.9M grant to four Scripps Research scientists led by Bryan Briney, PhD, with Renan de Carvalho, PhD, Andrew Ward, PhD, and Darrell Irvine, PhD, to uncover how HIV vaccines can generate long-lasting immune protection. More: ow.ly/UcZC50Xmczc
November 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a $6.9M grant to four Scripps Research scientists led by Bryan Briney, PhD, with Renan de Carvalho, PhD, Andrew Ward, PhD, and Darrell Irvine, PhD, to uncover how HIV vaccines can generate long-lasting immune protection. More: ow.ly/UcZC50Xmczc
The Society for Neuroscience (@sfn.org) has honored Professor Li Ye @liye-tsri.bsky.social with the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Young Investigator Award for pioneering techniques that set new standards for studying neural activity, advancing how researchers visualize brain function. ow.ly/cLWK50Xm8qK
November 3, 2025 at 11:58 PM
The Society for Neuroscience (@sfn.org) has honored Professor Li Ye @liye-tsri.bsky.social with the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Young Investigator Award for pioneering techniques that set new standards for studying neural activity, advancing how researchers visualize brain function. ow.ly/cLWK50Xm8qK
🚀 Congrats to Associate Professor @xinjin.bsky.social, who has been named the 2026 Peter Gruss Young Investigator by @mpfneuro.bsky.social, recognized for pioneering high-throughput in vivo Perturb-seq and illuminating how mutations shape the brain development and circuit function! ow.ly/1XTQ50Xkwf4
November 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
🚀 Congrats to Associate Professor @xinjin.bsky.social, who has been named the 2026 Peter Gruss Young Investigator by @mpfneuro.bsky.social, recognized for pioneering high-throughput in vivo Perturb-seq and illuminating how mutations shape the brain development and circuit function! ow.ly/1XTQ50Xkwf4
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We’re thrilled to announce that Dr. Xin Jin has been named the 2026 Peter Gruss Young Investigator. Her pioneering work developing high-throughput in vivo screening strategies is unraveling the genetic mechanisms of neurodevelopmental disorders. buff.ly/RI9emVa
November 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
We’re thrilled to announce that Dr. Xin Jin has been named the 2026 Peter Gruss Young Investigator. Her pioneering work developing high-throughput in vivo screening strategies is unraveling the genetic mechanisms of neurodevelopmental disorders. buff.ly/RI9emVa
Wishing you a Happy Halloween from all of us at Scripps Research! 👻 🎃
This year’s Spooky Social Hour brought costumes, candy, and scary good fun to campus. Our faculty and staff showed off their Halloween spirit with ghoulish, clever, and downright fa-BOO-lous looks!
This year’s Spooky Social Hour brought costumes, candy, and scary good fun to campus. Our faculty and staff showed off their Halloween spirit with ghoulish, clever, and downright fa-BOO-lous looks!
October 31, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Wishing you a Happy Halloween from all of us at Scripps Research! 👻 🎃
This year’s Spooky Social Hour brought costumes, candy, and scary good fun to campus. Our faculty and staff showed off their Halloween spirit with ghoulish, clever, and downright fa-BOO-lous looks!
This year’s Spooky Social Hour brought costumes, candy, and scary good fun to campus. Our faculty and staff showed off their Halloween spirit with ghoulish, clever, and downright fa-BOO-lous looks!
Scripps Research Prof. Luc Teyton has received a $3.2M grant from the NIDDK to study how VAFs—rare pancreatic cells involved in antigen presentation—may contribute to type 1 diabetes. In collaboration with Asst. Prof. Joseph Jardine, the team will examine how inflammation disrupts immune tolerance.
Scripps Research professor awarded $3.2 million to advance type 1 diabetes research
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October 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Scripps Research Prof. Luc Teyton has received a $3.2M grant from the NIDDK to study how VAFs—rare pancreatic cells involved in antigen presentation—may contribute to type 1 diabetes. In collaboration with Asst. Prof. Joseph Jardine, the team will examine how inflammation disrupts immune tolerance.
From skin to gut, the body is constantly interpreting signals—deciding what’s dangerous and what can be ignored. Inside the lab of Assistant Professor Alejandra Mendoza, researchers show how neurons and immune cells coordinate defense across barrier tissues. 🧵⬇️
October 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
From skin to gut, the body is constantly interpreting signals—deciding what’s dangerous and what can be ignored. Inside the lab of Assistant Professor Alejandra Mendoza, researchers show how neurons and immune cells coordinate defense across barrier tissues. 🧵⬇️
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Join us for the 2025 Welch Conference on Chemical Research, “New Horizons in Drug Discovery,” Oct. 27-28 in-person or virtually. The event is completely free! Find more information here: welch1.org/conference/c...
Conference Overview
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October 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Join us for the 2025 Welch Conference on Chemical Research, “New Horizons in Drug Discovery,” Oct. 27-28 in-person or virtually. The event is completely free! Find more information here: welch1.org/conference/c...
Long before a medicine reaches a pharmacy, hospital, or clinic, it begins inside a lab like those at Scripps Research. Here, scientists spend years turning discoveries into new therapies, leading to more than 15 FDA-approved treatments that have helped people worldwide. More: ow.ly/qPXy50Xjc18
October 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Long before a medicine reaches a pharmacy, hospital, or clinic, it begins inside a lab like those at Scripps Research. Here, scientists spend years turning discoveries into new therapies, leading to more than 15 FDA-approved treatments that have helped people worldwide. More: ow.ly/qPXy50Xjc18
Ines Forrest, Ph.D., didn’t have a clear career path growing up. As part of a military family, her constant travels sparked a wide array of interests, including science. But it was the loss of her aunt to cancer in middle school that inspired her to dedicate her life to scientific research.
Sharp minds, bold science - Scripps Research Magazine
Meet our graduate students Ines Forrest Advisor: Christopher Parker Research focus: Developing a chemical proteomic strategy to broadly and agnostically discover degradable proteins in human cells Und...
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October 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Ines Forrest, Ph.D., didn’t have a clear career path growing up. As part of a military family, her constant travels sparked a wide array of interests, including science. But it was the loss of her aunt to cancer in middle school that inspired her to dedicate her life to scientific research.
Assistant Professor Alejandra Mendoza (@thepenkpanther.bsky.social) is building a lab culture where discovery—and people—can thrive. 🔬🌟
Honored with this year’s Outstanding Mentor Award, she shares her mentorship style, advice for young scientists, and love of antiques in Scripps Research Magazine.
Honored with this year’s Outstanding Mentor Award, she shares her mentorship style, advice for young scientists, and love of antiques in Scripps Research Magazine.
A scientist’s guide to personalized mentorship - Scripps Research Magazine
Mendoza, who was honored with this year’s Outstanding Mentor Award, is focused on uncovering how our immune and nervous systems decide whether to attack or tolerate different stimuli. Specifically, sh...
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October 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Assistant Professor Alejandra Mendoza (@thepenkpanther.bsky.social) is building a lab culture where discovery—and people—can thrive. 🔬🌟
Honored with this year’s Outstanding Mentor Award, she shares her mentorship style, advice for young scientists, and love of antiques in Scripps Research Magazine.
Honored with this year’s Outstanding Mentor Award, she shares her mentorship style, advice for young scientists, and love of antiques in Scripps Research Magazine.
Tune in virtually Oct 27–28 for the 2025 Welch Conference—which includes Dr. Peter Schultz & Dr. Stuart Schreiber! Hosted by Dr. Kevan Shokat, with leading scientists exploring “New Horizons in Drug Discovery.”
🎥 Free to join: cvent.me/Evevn8
🎥 Free to join: cvent.me/Evevn8
October 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Tune in virtually Oct 27–28 for the 2025 Welch Conference—which includes Dr. Peter Schultz & Dr. Stuart Schreiber! Hosted by Dr. Kevan Shokat, with leading scientists exploring “New Horizons in Drug Discovery.”
🎥 Free to join: cvent.me/Evevn8
🎥 Free to join: cvent.me/Evevn8
Every breakthrough begins with education, and as Scripps Research marks 100 years, we look back on a legacy of discovery and forward to a future shaped by training tomorrow’s scientific leaders. Read more: ow.ly/8ekN50XbXG9
October 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Every breakthrough begins with education, and as Scripps Research marks 100 years, we look back on a legacy of discovery and forward to a future shaped by training tomorrow’s scientific leaders. Read more: ow.ly/8ekN50XbXG9
In a recent study, scientists at Scripps Research used AI and advanced imaging techniques to identify antibody candidates in under 24 hours—an approach that could speed up efforts to fight viruses like flu and HIV. More: ow.ly/leVE50XbWen
October 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
In a recent study, scientists at Scripps Research used AI and advanced imaging techniques to identify antibody candidates in under 24 hours—an approach that could speed up efforts to fight viruses like flu and HIV. More: ow.ly/leVE50XbWen
New in @nature.com: The brainstem may hold an “off switch” for chronic pain. Research co-led by neuroscientist Ann Kennedy (@antihebbiann.bsky.social) reveals how the parabrachial nucleus can silence persistent pain signals when survival demands it, hinting at new ways to treat chronic pain.
A parabrachial hub for need-state control of enduring pain - Nature
Activity in a set of parabranchial neurons in the mouse brain is increased during chronic pain, predicts coping behaviour, and can be modulated by circuits activated by survival threats.
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October 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
New in @nature.com: The brainstem may hold an “off switch” for chronic pain. Research co-led by neuroscientist Ann Kennedy (@antihebbiann.bsky.social) reveals how the parabrachial nucleus can silence persistent pain signals when survival demands it, hinting at new ways to treat chronic pain.
Congrats to @ardemp.bskyverified.social, @liye-tsri.bsky.social & @xinjin.bsky.social on receiving the NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award!
In collaboration with the @alleninstitute.org, the team will decode interoception and create the first atlas of how sensory neurons connect to organs.
In collaboration with the @alleninstitute.org, the team will decode interoception and create the first atlas of how sensory neurons connect to organs.
Scripps Research-led team receives $14.2M NIH award to map the body’s “hidden sixth sense”
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October 14, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Congrats to @ardemp.bskyverified.social, @liye-tsri.bsky.social & @xinjin.bsky.social on receiving the NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award!
In collaboration with the @alleninstitute.org, the team will decode interoception and create the first atlas of how sensory neurons connect to organs.
In collaboration with the @alleninstitute.org, the team will decode interoception and create the first atlas of how sensory neurons connect to organs.
Researchers have long wondered how type 1 diabetes begins. New findings from Scripps Research identified unique cells with protective properties that may help explain this early tolerance and offer clues for intervention.
Scripps Research discovery could improve type 1 diabetes prevention and treatment
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October 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Researchers have long wondered how type 1 diabetes begins. New findings from Scripps Research identified unique cells with protective properties that may help explain this early tolerance and offer clues for intervention.
Macular telangiectasia type 2 (MacTel) gradually damages light-sensing cells in the retina, leading to vision loss. Scripps Research helped uncover its cause—and supported the first FDA-approved implant to treat it. 🧵
FDA approves ENCELTO, a first-of-its-kind eye implant that slows vision loss in rare eye disease
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October 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Macular telangiectasia type 2 (MacTel) gradually damages light-sensing cells in the retina, leading to vision loss. Scripps Research helped uncover its cause—and supported the first FDA-approved implant to treat it. 🧵
The NIH has awarded a $14.2M Director’s Transformative Research Award to a team led by Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist @ardemp.bskyverified.social, Prof. @liye-tsri.bsky.social and Assoc. Prof. @xinjin.bsky.social to map interoception and build the first atlas of this hidden sixth sense.
Scripps Research-led team receives $14.2M NIH award to map the body’s “hidden sixth sense”
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October 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The NIH has awarded a $14.2M Director’s Transformative Research Award to a team led by Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist @ardemp.bskyverified.social, Prof. @liye-tsri.bsky.social and Assoc. Prof. @xinjin.bsky.social to map interoception and build the first atlas of this hidden sixth sense.