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The Scripps Research Institute News

University Of Florida’s (UF), Scripps Research’s longstanding commitment to training
future generations of scientific researchers. The Florida
Scripps Florida Complete branch of the Skaggs Graduate School of Chemical and
Biological Sciences continues to operate as part of the
Integration To Create Science Scripps Research bicoastal graduate program, with ongoing
Research Powerhouse support from UF Health. It has approximately 85 doctoral
students taught by faculty members in Florida and operates
in close collaboration with graduate school faculty at Scripps
Two of the nation’s most respected research institutions Research in California.
have closed their transaction that adds a Florida powerhouse Additionally, UF Scripps Biomedical Research will
meant to accelerate the pace of biomedical discoveries that launch a new program meant to nurture science careers
benefit patients. Effective April 2, the Florida campus of The UF Scripps Biomedical Research campus in Jupiter, among recent college graduates. The Postbaccalaureate
Scripps Research is integrated with and will now be part Fla. Photo by Matthew Sturgess, 4th Avenue Photography Research and Education Program, or PREP, is a yearlong
of the University of Florida’s academic health center as UF and Video immersive research experience that gives recent bachelor’s
Scripps Biomedical Research. degree recipients additional academic and laboratory skills in
The transaction between these two leading organizations Work to bring additional prominent biomedical scientists preparation for application to high-caliber, research-oriented
– Scripps Florida with its stellar global reputation for to the faculty is underway, as are efforts to add personnel Ph.D. programs. The deadline to apply to join the first PREP
biomedical research and UF Health, which has a wealth with expertise in artificial intelligence and computational class is April 15.
of clinical and biomedical research expertise – results in a biology. UF Scripps Biomedical Research is maintaining its
facility with the ability to translate biomedical discoveries “UF Scripps Biomedical Research is poised to build on presence at the three-building, 30-acre Jupiter, Fla., campus
into improved patient outcomes in Florida and around the a strong legacy of innovation at the University of Florida that was opened in 2009. Scientists there have joined the
world, leaders from both organizations said. and at Scripps Research, translating the art and science of UF faculty while retaining an additional Scripps Research
“For patients and scientists alike, this is a momentous discovery into enormous benefits for the state of Florida, affiliate title.
day. When basic scientific discoveries move rapidly from the nation and the world,” said Mori Hosseini, UF Board of The Scripps Florida-UF Health integration was facilitated
the laboratory to the patient’s bedside, all of humanity sees Trustees chair. “The amazing discoveries that I know will by Herbert Wertheim, a UF alumnus, member of the Scripps
a benefit,” said David R. Nelson, M.D., senior vice president be coming from this team will bring hope and healing for Research Board of Directors and honorary chairman of UF’s
for health affairs at UF and president of UF Health. “Scripps millions of people.” Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering.
Florida scientists have impeccable reputations in their fields. UF President Kent Fuchs said UF Scripps Biomedical
Bringing them into UF’s research and educational enterprise Research ushers in a new era of even more scientific New Research Model
will nurture many scientific and clinical breakthroughs.” collaborations that will also include other state university Illuminates How Organs
Scripps Research, located in La Jolla, Calif., began system institutions such as Florida International and Florida
working with the state of Florida in 2003 to establish a Atlantic Universities. Recent collaborations between UF and Communicate With Each Other
secondary campus in Jupiter. Since then, Scripps Florida FAU have included Alzheimer’s disease research and work
researchers have been responsible for pioneering discoveries on emerging drug abuse trends. Scripps Research, University of Southern California
that have led to hundreds of patents and numerous spinoff “I am truly excited by the prospect of the former Scripps and collaborators uncover the proteins involved in key
companies. Their work has also been strongly funded: The Florida faculty joining UF. The breakthroughs that our communication networks, which could help us better
approximately 45 Scripps Florida researchers comprise one combined efforts will bring about will exemplify one of our understand conditions like cancer and obesity.
of the state’s top National Institutes of Health-supported most important missions: Bringing science to bear on some Our many different organ systems are in constant
research centers. Discussions to integrate UF and the Scripps of the world’s most pressing problems,” Fuchs said.
Florida campus began in mid-2021 and were formalized in UF Scripps Biomedical Research will also build on Scripps Research on page 21
November. Operations at the primary campus of Scripps
Research are unaffected by the transition and the 175-plus
active faculty there continue to pursue critical scientific
discovery and drug development.
“Our Jupiter campus has specialized resources that allow
for drug discoveries that are more typically associated with
the pharmaceutical sector and all of this happens in an
academic, nonprofit setting,” said Patrick Griffin, Ph.D., Changing the way we
scientific director and professor of molecular medicine for find love, one date at a time.
UF Scripps Biomedical Research. “Our new connection with
the clinical and scientific expertise at UF Health provides an
exceptional opportunity to accelerate scientific discoveries
for the benefit of people who need them.”
With the integration of the former Scripps Research
campus into UF, UF Scripps Biomedical Research blends the
clinical expertise of Top 5 public university with the creative We Connect
energies of one of the world’s leading biomedical research
organizations, Nelson said. Real People
“Together, UF Health and UF Scripps Biomedical
Research can more effectively fight disease threats, address In Real Life!
lingering medical challenges and create new science
education opportunities. Ultimately, that ensures generations
of people in Florida and elsewhere have brighter, healthier
futures,” Nelson said.

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