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Conspiracy theorists should read Foucault's Pendulum.

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This is your health on MAGA.

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We're still buzzing from Commencement! We asked our new PhDs: How does it feel crossing the stage and what's next after Scripps Research? 🎓✨

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Chemists Stuart Schreiber of Harvard University and Arena BioWorks and Peter Schultz of @scripps.edu will split the 2025 Welch Award in Chemistry for their work in the field of chemical biology. cen.acs.org/people/award... #chemsky🧪

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We're thrilled to share Associate Professor Mark Levin has been named a recipient of the 2025 National Brown Investigator Award. This award provides up to $2 million over five years and supports fundamental science discoveries in chemistry and physics. physicalsciences.uchicago.edu/news/article...

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Scripps Research was recently featured in National Geographic for its innovative approach to regenerative medicine using small-molecule drugs to activate the body’s own stem cells and repair damaged tissue in the lungs, heart and joints. More: ow.ly/Iajg50VVbmR

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Congrats to Peter Schultz, PhD, CEO of Scripps Research, who has been awarded the 2025 Welch Award in Chemistry by @thewelchfoundation.bsky.social for pioneering work expanding the genetic code and harnessing chemical diversity to develop novel drugs, proteins and materials. More: ow.ly/iwcz50VVS6I

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Via @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social on insta, the most accurate use of this meme ever

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Liberation Day to Capitulation Day: did Trump’s tariffs outlast the lettuce?

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Congrats to Assist. Prof. Chen Ran (@chenran.bsky.social), one of just 15 selected as a 2025 Searle Scholar! 🌟 His work on how visceral signals are encoded in the brain was recognized for its potential to elucidate disease mechanisms & inform new therapeutics. More: ow.ly/HtLM50VN8sN

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#WorldPressFreedomDay 🔥 @froomkin.bsky.social

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I am so heartened to this seriously AWESOME #SaveNSF website go up today!!!! Has a take action toolkit with: 1. Press outreach templates 2. Social media toolkit 3. Elected official outreach 4. Talking points Check it out and share widely!!!! Likely more to come. www.savensf.com

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Scripps Research Prof. Andrew Ward spoke with @sandiegouniontribune.com about how cryo-EM is reshaping medicine and biological discoveries. His microscopes are helping to reveal new insights into diseases ranging from HIV to Alzheimer's. More: ow.ly/OhaO50VJeA6

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Congrats, Ahmed!

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In a world of Paul Weiss and Donald Trump, be a Marc Elias.

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Today marks five years since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. For millions, including Scripps Research senior program director @julialmv.bsky.social, the crisis isn’t over. In a @usnews.com op-ed, she shares her experience with Long COVID and lessons we must learn.

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I truly admire Marc Elias. He and a small group of lawyers are standing up for American rights every single day. I am not affiliated with Marc in any way. Hell. I'm not even American!!! I read his posts and I've watched his YouTube videos. He tells it like it is. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrU_...

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A DNA repair enzyme that some cancers rely on to survive could be the key to more precise treatments. The @landerlab.bsky.social has captured the first images of Pol-theta in action, revealing how it repairs DNA—offering a blueprint for better cancer therapies.

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Today at the CSHL #CryoEM course Lauren @lalexandrescu.bsky.social showed everyone how to make their own Quantifoil-style holey cryo-em grids! Thanks to @johnrubinstein.bsky.social for introducing us to this technique - I predict it will be adopted by many other labs!

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BUt no science writers conference to report on it.

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Listening to @agawande.bsky.social at @standupforscience.bsky.social right now

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LIVE STREAM UP! m.twitch.tv/standupforsc...

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Out First Release in @science.org today, Phil Baran's group in collaboration with BMS and Pfizer showcase a wide range of cross-couplings facilitated by sulfonyl hydrazides--no external redox required Chemsky 🧪 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Congrats to our postdoc Jan-Hannes Schaefer @jhschaef.bsky.social on being awarded a fellowship from the Walter Benjamin Program! Jan is collaborating with the Kelly lab here at Scripps Research @scripps.edu to understand how transthyretin forms amyloids that lead to heart disease.

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They’re not sending their best.

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"Like a great athlete, Danny was probably born to be a musician." atthebarrier.com/2025/02/17/f...

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"Ethics are not political. They’re ethics. And in these unsettled and unsettling times, silence is surely just as ‘political’ as non-silence." Sandra Boynton From February, 2017.

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atthebarrier.com/2025/02/11/f... "Keep an eye out for Danny Bradley. This boy should go far. And, watch these pages for a review of Small Talk Songs – coming soon…"

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Le membre de la faculté Vecteur & @accelerationc.bsky.social Directeur @aspuru.bsky.social est apparu sur BNN Bloomberg pour partager comment son équipe utilise l'IA & l'informatique quantique pour cibler les mutations présentes dans 25% des cancers humains. www.bnnbloomberg.ca/video/shows/...

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Excerpt from email from Marcia McNutt, President of the National Academy os Sciences: "We have not been elected by the American public to determine which outcomes should be valued or decide what policies to pursue..." and Elon was?

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I have a confession . . . I was an “overhead cost”. I was a beaker washer, agar plate pourer, research secretary. I was paid by “overhead cost” fees. Loved it. Those “overhead cost” jobs allowed this rural kid to become a physician. Please tag how #OverheadCostJob impact u.

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Another assault on US competitiveness at a time when biomedicine is roaring with innovation, an own-goal in a high-stakes international tournament. Of course the real losers are American people needing medicines and cures. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

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Aren’t we suffering enough?

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#Breturn

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Hey @aicooper.bsky.social this should come in handy when I arrive in June!

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Donté Alexander Stevens, PhD (@dalexstevens.bsky.social), a postdoctoral researcher at Scripps Research, has been named a @hhmi.bsky.social #HannaGrayFellow. This prestigious fellowship supports his innovative research into autophagy and its role in cancer and neurodegeneration.

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