Campus Updates: July 11, 2018 Graduate student Matthew Costales wins ACS fellowship The American Chemical Society's Division of Medicinal Chemistry has awarded Scripps Research graduate student Matthew Costales, one of its prestigious Medicinal Chemistry Predoctoral Fellowships. With the $30,000, one-year fellowship, Costales will continue his work developing RNA-binding small molecules for potential therapeutic applications, within the laboratory of Professor Matthew Disney, PhD, in Jupiter, Florida. He will also attend the Medicinal Chemistry Gordon Research Conference at Colby Sawyer College in New London, New Hampshire in August.
Costales' work focuses on developing tools and approaches to optimizing the selectivity of small molecules targeting RNA. He was recently first author of the paper, Small Molecule Targeted Recruitment of a Nuclease to RNA, published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. The paper demonstrated that small molecules can be programmed to selectively cleave RNA via nuclease recruitment. The system was used to restore activity of pro-apoptotic FOX01 transcription factor in breast cancer cells, triggering the death of cancerous, but not healthy cells.
FRQnet awards fellowship to Simon Vezina-Dawod Simon Vezina-Dawod, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher in the Jupiter, Florida laboratory of Professor Matthew Disney, PhD, has received a fellowship from the Fonds de recherche du Qu bec Nature et technologies.
The award, worth up to $110,000 Canadian dollars over two years, advances Vezina-Dawod's research toward development of DNA-encoded libraries and other screening methodologies for discovery of small molecules that target RNAs involved in neurological diseases.
July 18: Kresge Library Grand Reopening Happy Hour
Join us on July 18, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in our beautifully remodeled library for:
Beer and wine
Light refreshments
Instagram contest (#tsrilibraries)
The remodeled library features:
a small group study / meeting room
a medium-sized training/group study/ meeting room with presentation technology (will be installed soon!)
a large conference room with VTC technology to Florida (will be installed soon!)
a new open layout
many new seating options: couches, chairs with laptop trays, and sit/stand study carrels
energy-efficient motion-sensor lights
and as many electrical outlets as we could put in for your device-charging needs!
Revisit the library or come for the first time and check out the remodeled space, meet the staff, and enjoy one of the best views on campus! The library remodel turned out wonderfully due to the hard work of many different departments and individuals on campus, as well as our architects and vendor partners. Come see the finished result and see why the library is a great place to study, work, check out a book, be inspired by the graduate dissertations, get questions answered, or simply take a break and unwind. We hope to see you Wednesday, July 18 to celebrate our remodeled space!
The Kresge Library is located on the 4th floor of the Stein building, suite 404. Contact us: helplib@scripps.edu or 858-784-8705
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Campus Updates: July 11, 2018 Graduate student Matthew Costales wins ACS fellowship The American Chemical Society's Division of Medicinal Chemistry has awarded Scripps Research graduate student Matthew Costales, one of its prestigious Medicinal Chemistry Predoctoral Fellowships. With the $30,000, one-year fellowship, Costales will continue his work developing RNA-binding small molecules for potential therapeutic applications, within the laboratory of Professor Matthew Disney, PhD, in Jupiter, Florida. He will also attend the Medicinal Chemistry Gordon Research Conference at Colby Sawyer College in New London, New Hampshire in August.
