High-Throughput Molecular Screening Center Selected News
Below please find all selected media related to the High-Throughput Molecular Screening Center and its scientific staff. If an article is available for viewing online, clicking on the article name for the relevant article will direct you to the appropriate viewing website.
March, 2024
SLAS Publications. Exploring the Next Big Frontier in Microphysiological Systems
December, 2023UF President Dr. Ben Sasse stops by the UF Scripps Molecular Screening Center for a tour. Go Gators! 
December, 2023SLAS Publications. SLAS Journals’ Protocol Articles: A Recipe for Reproducibility
July, 2023The Palm Beach Post. How do you attack brain cancer? A world-class lab in Jupiter is trying something innovative.
February, 2023Featuring: The Hebert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute High-Throughput Molecular Screening Center publishes 3 of the top 10 SLAS Discovery articles in 2022 Announcing the SLAS Discovery Editor’s Top 10 for 2022
July, 2022SLAS Discovery Author Insights Behind the Scenes at SLAS Europe: Special Interview with Timothy Spicer
May, 2022UF Health UF Scripps Scientists to Receive $15 Million to Help Fight Current and Future Pandemics
March, 2022Gathering for Open Science Hardware Open-source orbital shaker manuscript mentioned in March 2022 Community Newsletter
December 21, 2021SLAS Electronic Laboratory Neighborhood Scientific Publishing for All: SLAS Journals Move to Open Access
September 21, 2021New Frontiers in 3D Is Drug Screening in 3D Ready for Automation?
September 17, 2021RSK Life Science Media #ChatsWithChaudrhey with Tim Spicer (Scripps Research) & Sinead Knight (Signature Discovery) on 3D Biology.
August 9, 2021News Medical Life Sciences Scientists identify calpeptin as potential inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2.
May 27, 2021Scripps Research A new indication of success: FDA approves ozanimod for ulcerative colitis.
November 25, 2020Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening, December’s SLAS Discovery Special Issue Featuring COVID-19 Drug Targeting
“Drug Discovery Targeting COVID-19” is a special collection assembled by Associate Editor Timothy Spicer (Scripps, FL, USA) focusing on drug discovery efforts toward the resolution of the COVID-19 global pandemic. The issue features seven full research articles available via unlimited SAGE Open Access and is accompanied by a special SLAS Discovery on-demand webinar and SLAS Discovery Author Insights podcast episode.
November 16, 2020Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening, Covid-19 Special Issues Webinar – SLAS Discovery
July 16, 2020GA International, Research Spotlight: Pierre Baillargeon, Scripps Research
June 8, 2020Scripps Research – New drug, Ozanimod, transforms the future for people with MS
April 6, 2020Scripps Research – Using robotics to rapidly screen for COVID-19 medicines
March 26, 2020The San Diego Union-Tribune, “Multiple sclerosis drug invented by Scripps Research in La Jolla gains FDA approval”
March 24, 2020Palm Beach Post, “Coronavirus Florida: Meet the Jupiter scientists on the front lines of finding a vaccine”
March 13, 2020Bay News 9, “Florida Scientists Work Urgently to Develop Vaccine for COVID-19”
January 20, 2020Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening, “Crimmin, Hoffman and Spicer Step Up to the SLAS Board of Directors”
October 7, 2019Scripps Research – Ph.D. Pathways: Lynn Deng
September 23, 2019SelectScience, “Ultra-high-throughput screening (uHTS): How scientists at Scripps Research target global medical breakthroughs”
August 20, 2019Lead Identification R33 NCI IMAT award featured in NCI IMAT program outreach video.
July 29, 2019Automating Cell-Based Assays, “Biocompare – Future Lab”
December 10, 2018Advanced Development of Primary Pancreatic Organoid Tumor Models for High-Throughput Phenotypic Drug Screening selected as top 5 article from SLAS Discovery in 2018,“SAGE Publishing”
May 29, 2018Biomedical Picture of the Day, “Miniature Model Tumors”
May 14, 2018ScienceDaily, “Tumor-like Spheres Help Scientists Discover Smarter Cancer Drugs”
April 23, 2018BusinessWire, “Magnetic 3D Cell Culture Products from Greiner Bio-One Validated for Use as an Ex Vivo Pancreatic Tumor Model for High Throughput Cancer Drug Screening”
April 20, 2018EurekAlert!, “Primary pancreatic organoid tumor models for high-throughput phenotypic drug screening”
April 20, 2018SLAS News, “Advanced Development of Primary Pancreatic Organoid Tumor Models for High-Throughput Phenotypic Drug Screening”
April 16, 2018Newswise, “Advanced Development of Primary Pancreatic Organoid Tumor Models for High-Throughput Phenotypic Drug Screening”
December 27, 2017SLAS 2018 Tony B. Academic Travel Award Winners, “Shurong Hou and Banu Priya Sridharan receive SLAS 2018 Tony B. Academic Travel Award”
November 28, 2017SLAS 2018 Presenter Video Previews, “Drug Discovery is entwined with laboratory automation”
November 27, 2017Scripps News & Views, “Ozanimod Successful in Clinical Trials for Multiple Sclerosis”
November 13, 2017The San Diego Union-Tribune, “MS drug from Scripps Research completes advanced human testing”
October 2, 2017Scripps News & Views, “Scripps Florida Scientist Awarded $2.5 Million Collaborative Grant to Develop New Diabetes Treatment”
July 27, 2017Scripps News & Views, “Scripps Florida Scientists Awarded $2 Million to Develop ‘Industrial Level’ Screening for Treatments of Autism-Related Intellectual Disability”
July 7, 2017South Florida Business Journal, “Scripps Research Institute receives $2M grant”
April 7, 2017Science, “Adding a depth to cell culture”
September 16, 2016Greiner Bio-One, “Greiner Bio-One Sponsors Collaboration Involving Emerging Molecular Analysis Technologies for Cancer Research”
August 1, 2016Scripps News & Views , “Team Finds Potential Drug Candidates that Could Intervene in Deadly Diseases”
June 6, 2016Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening , “Combating Central Nervous System Disorders with Novel Screening Approaches, Collaborations”
November 18, 2015Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, “Novel Therapeutics Show Promise for Treating Persistent Tuberculosis”
November 9, 2015Scripps News & Views, “Making Plans: Scripps Florida Screening Center Expands Its Collaborations”
July 14, 2015New York Times, “Celegene Agrees to $7.2 Billion Deal for Receptos”
April 9, 2015EurekAlert!, “Scientists awarded $1.2 million to find drug candidates to treat wide range of cancers”
November 24, 2014
Scripps News & Views, “Physician-Scientist Shares His Journey to Help Those with Autoimmune Diseases”
November 3, 2014Scripps News & Views, “New Clinical Trial Data: MS Drug Candidate Also Shows Promise for Ulcerative Colitis”
September 22, 2014
Scripps News & Views, “Toward a New Drug for Multiple Sclerosis”
September 15, 2014Scripps News & Views, “TSRI Screening Center Helps Advance Drug Candidate to Clinical Trials”
December 16, 2013
Scripps News & Views – In Brief, “Multiple Sclerosis Drug Discovered at TSRI Advances to Phase 3 Trials”
July 29, 2013
Scripps News & Views – In Brief, “Peter Hodder to Co-Lead Study to Find New Cancer Drugs”
April 3, 2013
Scripps News Release, “Scripps Research Institute Scientists Identify First Potentially Effective Therapy for Human Prion Disease”
March 14, 2013
FierceBiotechResearch, “Scripps, Takeda Renew Pact to Find CNS Treatments”
March 13, 2013
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, “Takeda Expands Envoy-Scripps Collaboration”
March 13, 2013
South Florida Business Journal, “Scripps Expands Partnership with Pharmaceutical Firm”
March 13, 2013
FierceBiotech, “Takeda Taps Scripps as the Pharma Extends Early-Stage Pipeline”
March 13, 2013
Scripps News Release, “Scripps Research Institute and Takeda Pharmaceuticals Announce Expanded Research Collaboration”
February 26, 2013
South Florida Sun Sentinel, “Biotech Deals Growing at Faster Pace in Florida”
January 28, 2013
Scripps News & Views, “Grant Funds Development of Drug Candidates for Rheumatoid Arthritis, Neurodegenerative Disorders”
December 21, 2012
SLAS Electronic Laboratory Neighborhood, “Academic and Corporate Laboratory Collaboration: Right Move in High-Throughput Screening and Early Drug Discovery?”
December 17, 2012
Scripps News & Views, “Letter from the President”
December 9, 2012
South Florida Sun Sentinel, “Scripps Establishes Biotech Advances at Jupiter Campus”
October 22, 2012
Receptos Press Release, “Receptos Doses First Patient in Phase 2/3 Trial for RPC1063 in Multiple Sclerosis”
October 1, 2012
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, “Automation Redefines Compound Management”
September 25, 2012
Brooks Life Science Systems Press Release, “Brooks Life Science Systems Launch the Plate Auditor™ for Automated Compound Quality Control”
September 10, 2012
San Diego Biotechnology Connection, “Scientist Interested in Alzheimer’s gets $325K to Study Synaptic Messenger Protein”
July 5, 2012
Florida Weekly, “Funding Innovation”
June 25, 2012
Health Canal, “New Hope for Blocking Malaria Transmission”
March 1, 2012
Drug Discovery News, “A Hot Microplate”
February 17, 2012
The Palm Beach Post, “Scripps Cuts Deal for Invention to Help Organize Raw Materials for $10M Robot”
February 9, 2012
News-Medical.net, “Scripps Research, Brooks Partner to Develop and Commercialize Plate Auditor”
February 8, 2012
Scripps News Release, “Scripps Research Licenses New Instrumentation Platform That Dramatically Improves Compound Management”
February 7, 2012
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, “Brooks Life Science, Scripps Research to Work on Microplate Imaging System”
February 7, 2012
Brooks Automation Press Releases, “Brooks Life Science Systems and The Scripps Research Institute Initiate Partnership”
January 23, 2012
Envoy Therapeutics: Latest News, “Envoy’s Compounds Reverse Catalepsy in Two Parkinson’s Disease Animal Models”
January 9, 2012
Scripps News & Views, “Pair of Grants Funds Study of Critical Component of Memory”
August 1, 2011
Scripps News & Views, “Center Takes on Challenge of Early Drug Discovery”
June 23, 2011
Florida Weekly, “Five Projects at Scripps Research Institute in Jupiter Create Buzz About Potential Breakthroughs”
April 2011
Drug Discovery News, “Finding Potential Cures in the ‘Public Library’”
March 24, 2011
SBS 2011 Instrument Flyer, High-Resolution Image Acquisition and Processing Instrument (HIAPI)
March 21, 2011
Scripps News & Views, “Scripps Research and MIT Scientists Discover Class of Potent Anti-Cancer Compounds”
March 14, 2011
Chemical & Engineering News, “Spin-Offs: Meet the Structure Specialists”
March 7, 2011
EurekAlert!, “Scripps Research and MIT Scientists Discover Class of Potent Anti-Cancer Compounds”
January 28, 2011
MLP News & Events, “Press Release on S1P Multiple Sclerosis”
January 27, 2011
Business Wire, “Receptos Initiates Clinical Trials for S1P1 Agonist Program, Aimed at Multiple Sclerosis”
October 2010
Nature Methods, “Academic Screening Goes High-Throughput”
September 9, 2010
Lab Manager Magazine, “ASK THE EXPERT: Setting Up a Cell Culture Laboratory”
September 2010
Drug Discovery News, “Jumping into the Game”
August 16, 2010
Scripps News & Views, “Etcetera: Senator George LeMieux Visits Scripps Florida”
August 2010
SBS News, “Join Us in Orlando for SBS’ 17th Annual Conference & Exhibition”
June 15, 2010
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN), “Ion Channels Open Doors to New Drugs: Increased R&D Efforts are Overcoming Obstacles and Showing Potential”
February 1, 2010
Tecan Journal, “Scripps Compound Management Operations Rely on REMP Flexible Storage Technology”
February 22, 2009
The Palm Beach Post, “The Scripps Research Institute at Scripps Florida Grand Opening: Feb. 26-28”
October 27, 2008
Scripps News & Views, “Scripps Florida Receives Innovation and Entrepreneurialism Award”
September 9, 2008
The Palm Beach Post, “Signs of Scripps health” (archived $)
September 8, 2008
Scripps News & Views, “Scripps Research Receives Record Federal Grant of More than $80 Million to Screen Molecules for Possible New Drug Development”
September 2, 2008
The Palm Beach Post, “Scripps to Get $80 Million for Robotics Drug Program” (archived $)
September 2, 2008
San Diego Union Tribune, “Scripps Gets $80 Million Grant”
September 1, 2008
Florida Trend, “Florida’s Turning Points Since 1958”
July 14, 2008
Scripps News & Views, “Bi-Coastal Collaboration Uncovers Novel Activators of Key Cell Receptors”
August 1, 2007
Nature Chemical Biology, “Scripps Florida”
December 4, 2006
Scripps News & Views, “Scripps Research and Pfizer Enter Five-Year, $100 Million Collaboration”
December 4, 2006
Science & Technology, “Scripps Takes a New Approach”
June 10, 2006
The Palm Beach Post, “Nobel Prize Winner Visits Scripps Florida” (archived $)
May 12, 2006
Drug Discovery & Development, “The Assay Validation Challenge”
April 7, 2006
Drug Discovery & Development, “The Assay Development Challenge”
April 1, 2006
Florida Trend, “Following Scripps”
January 30, 2006
Scripps News & Views, “New Technologies, New Collaborations”
January 29, 2006
The Palm Beach Post, “Robot Propels Scripps Scientists’ Research” (archived $)
January 21, 2006
South Florida Sun Sentinel, “Robot Steals Scripps Spotlight ‘Milestone’ Gives Science Edge Over Sites” (archived $)
December 11, 2005
The Palm Beach Post, “Scripps Fever Contagious” (archived $)
September 19, 2005
South Florida Sun Sentinel, “Making room for Scripps robot” (archived $)
September 18, 2005
South Florida Sun Sentinel, “Scripps Club Courts Execs Business Leaders Give Thousands” (archived $)
August 4, 2005
Drug Discovery & Development, “The Do’s and Don’ts of Automated Screening”
June 20, 2005
Scripps News & Views, “NIH Awards $10.4 Million to Scripps Research in La Jolla and Palm Beach County”
June 16, 2005
The Palm Beach Post, “Scripps Awarded 14 Million U.S. Grant” (archived $)
April 1, 2005
South Florida Sun Sentinel, “Robotics Expert Likes Scripps’ Pitch”
March 18, 2005
South Florida Business Journal, “Temporary Scripps lab a Mecca for Science”