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Additional honors for our editorial work across platforms, from science-focused magazine features to press releases that distill complex research into clear, creative narratives.
November 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Additional honors for our editorial work across platforms, from science-focused magazine features to press releases that distill complex research into clear, creative narratives.
Our first‑place awards recognized excellence in visual storytelling and digital experience, highlighting achievements in video production and website design.
November 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Our first‑place awards recognized excellence in visual storytelling and digital experience, highlighting achievements in video production and website design.
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.
In today's Front Row lecture, Assistant Professor Alejandra Mendoza will explore how neuro-immune circuits regulate pain, inflammation and immunity, revealing how the body decodes environmental signals to guide critical immune decisions.
📅 Today, 4 PM PT / 7 PM ET
🎟️ Free tickets: ow.ly/oaMm50Xnk58
📅 Today, 4 PM PT / 7 PM ET
🎟️ Free tickets: ow.ly/oaMm50Xnk58
November 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
In today's Front Row lecture, Assistant Professor Alejandra Mendoza will explore how neuro-immune circuits regulate pain, inflammation and immunity, revealing how the body decodes environmental signals to guide critical immune decisions.
📅 Today, 4 PM PT / 7 PM ET
🎟️ Free tickets: ow.ly/oaMm50Xnk58
📅 Today, 4 PM PT / 7 PM ET
🎟️ Free tickets: ow.ly/oaMm50Xnk58
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
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!
Mendoza will dive into all of this in her upcoming Front Row lecture, exploring how neuro-immune circuits guide decisions around pain, inflammation and disease. Reserve your spot using the link below!
📅 Nov 5 | 4 PM PT / 7 PM ET
📍 In person: ow.ly/IHYo50XjUiN
💻 Virtual: ow.ly/nx8q50XjUiL
📅 Nov 5 | 4 PM PT / 7 PM ET
📍 In person: ow.ly/IHYo50XjUiN
💻 Virtual: ow.ly/nx8q50XjUiL
October 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Mendoza will dive into all of this in her upcoming Front Row lecture, exploring how neuro-immune circuits guide decisions around pain, inflammation and disease. Reserve your spot using the link below!
📅 Nov 5 | 4 PM PT / 7 PM ET
📍 In person: ow.ly/IHYo50XjUiN
💻 Virtual: ow.ly/nx8q50XjUiL
📅 Nov 5 | 4 PM PT / 7 PM ET
📍 In person: ow.ly/IHYo50XjUiN
💻 Virtual: ow.ly/nx8q50XjUiL
Turning to the gut, this image explores B cell diversity along the intestinal lining, where environmental cues shape immune responses that influence defense, tolerance, and autoimmunity.
October 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Turning to the gut, this image explores B cell diversity along the intestinal lining, where environmental cues shape immune responses that influence defense, tolerance, and autoimmunity.
Next, we see a dorsal root ganglion, where sensory neuron nuclei reside and whose axons extend to innervate peripheral tissues. Mendoza uses activation markers and gene expression analyses of dorsal root ganglia to reveal how the body’s natural opioid signals regulate neuro-immune communication.
October 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Next, we see a dorsal root ganglion, where sensory neuron nuclei reside and whose axons extend to innervate peripheral tissues. Mendoza uses activation markers and gene expression analyses of dorsal root ganglia to reveal how the body’s natural opioid signals regulate neuro-immune communication.
This first image spotlights neuro-immune interactions, where diverse cell types—including sensory neurons—communicate to detect injury or infection and to coordinate inflammatory responses.
October 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This first image spotlights neuro-immune interactions, where diverse cell types—including sensory neurons—communicate to detect injury or infection and to coordinate inflammatory responses.
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. 🧵⬇️
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
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
An optical coherence tomography (OCT) scan shows the damage beneath the retinal surface in MacTel, where cystic spaces form and disrupt how the eye processes light. The disease progresses slowly, often without symptoms, but eventually impacts reading, facial recognition, and daily tasks.
October 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
An optical coherence tomography (OCT) scan shows the damage beneath the retinal surface in MacTel, where cystic spaces form and disrupt how the eye processes light. The disease progresses slowly, often without symptoms, but eventually impacts reading, facial recognition, and daily tasks.
#DidYouKnow: Your gut is home to trillions of microbes that help shape your immune system 🧫
In our next Front Row lecture, Scripps Research professor Howard Hang will explore how microbial metabolites influence immunity and what this means for treating infection, cancer and chronic inflammation.
In our next Front Row lecture, Scripps Research professor Howard Hang will explore how microbial metabolites influence immunity and what this means for treating infection, cancer and chronic inflammation.
October 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
#DidYouKnow: Your gut is home to trillions of microbes that help shape your immune system 🧫
In our next Front Row lecture, Scripps Research professor Howard Hang will explore how microbial metabolites influence immunity and what this means for treating infection, cancer and chronic inflammation.
In our next Front Row lecture, Scripps Research professor Howard Hang will explore how microbial metabolites influence immunity and what this means for treating infection, cancer and chronic inflammation.
In back-to-back @science.org and @nature.com studies, Phil Baran’s lab reveals a radical cross-coupling method using sulfonyl hydrazides—enabling seven new reactions, pharma adoption, and the ability to retain about 90% of a molecule’s 3D shape.
More at: ow.ly/CAh450X1Qmt
More at: ow.ly/CAh450X1Qmt
September 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
In back-to-back @science.org and @nature.com studies, Phil Baran’s lab reveals a radical cross-coupling method using sulfonyl hydrazides—enabling seven new reactions, pharma adoption, and the ability to retain about 90% of a molecule’s 3D shape.
More at: ow.ly/CAh450X1Qmt
More at: ow.ly/CAh450X1Qmt
Congrats to Scripps Research Prof. @donnablack.bsky.social on being elected to @raeng.org.uk for her work in developing Reaction Progress Kinetic Analysis (RPKA) and research in molecular chirality—shaping both drug development and our understanding of life’s chemical origins. ow.ly/uefs50X1exY
September 23, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Congrats to Scripps Research Prof. @donnablack.bsky.social on being elected to @raeng.org.uk for her work in developing Reaction Progress Kinetic Analysis (RPKA) and research in molecular chirality—shaping both drug development and our understanding of life’s chemical origins. ow.ly/uefs50X1exY
Wearables like Apple Watch & Fitbit may help monitor pregnancy. ⌚️
A study in @ebiomedicine.bsky.social led by Giorgio Quer & Tolúwalàṣẹ Àjàyí (@laseajayi.com) found heart rate tracked by wearables aligned with hormone changes, offering potential for early detection and improved remote care access.
A study in @ebiomedicine.bsky.social led by Giorgio Quer & Tolúwalàṣẹ Àjàyí (@laseajayi.com) found heart rate tracked by wearables aligned with hormone changes, offering potential for early detection and improved remote care access.
September 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Wearables like Apple Watch & Fitbit may help monitor pregnancy. ⌚️
A study in @ebiomedicine.bsky.social led by Giorgio Quer & Tolúwalàṣẹ Àjàyí (@laseajayi.com) found heart rate tracked by wearables aligned with hormone changes, offering potential for early detection and improved remote care access.
A study in @ebiomedicine.bsky.social led by Giorgio Quer & Tolúwalàṣẹ Àjàyí (@laseajayi.com) found heart rate tracked by wearables aligned with hormone changes, offering potential for early detection and improved remote care access.