Scripps Research Institute

The Scripps Research Institute is a medical research facility that focuses on research in the basic biomedical sciences.

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Medical research - Biomedical science

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The institute, primarily located in La Jolla, California, is home to 3,000 scientists, technicians, graduate students, and administrative and other staff. It has departments of cell biology, chemistry, immunology, molecular biology, molecular and experimental medicine, neurobiology, and neuropharmacology. Scripps also hosts graduate programs in biology, biophysics, chemical biology and chemistry.

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La Jolla, California - Cell biology - Chemistry - Immunology - Molecular biology - Medicine - Neurobiology - Neuropharmacology - Graduate program - Biology - Biophysics - Chemical biology

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The institute is home to, among many others, notable chemists K. C. Nicolaou and Peter Schultz, neurobiologist Gerald Edelman, Nobel Laureates Kurt Wuthrich and K. Barry Sharpless.

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K. C. Nicolaou - Peter Schultz - Gerald Edelman - Kurt Wuthrich - K. Barry Sharpless

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In 2004, Scripps spun off a sister institution located in Palm Beach, Florida called Scripps Florida. Together, they are sponsoring the FightAIDS@Home distributed computing project for Internet-connected home computers.

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2004 - Palm Beach, Florida - FightAIDS@Home - Distributed computing - Internet

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