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Mpox paper out in Nature Mpox SpreadPublications

Mpox paper out in Nature

Historically, most human mpox infections have resulted from zoonotic transmission—meaning from animals to humans—and these spillovers have rarely led to human-to-human transmission. But during the 2022 global outbreak, mpox began spreading readily between people. A new study now shows the virus was circulating long before then. Published in Nature on May 19, 2025, the study notes that mpox transmitted among…
May 21, 2025
Data analytics hub for CDC-funded pandemic preparedness PREVENTPress Releases

Data analytics hub for CDC-funded pandemic preparedness

Under the leadership of UC San Diego, Scripps Research is partnering with several institutions to bolster national preparedness for respiratory viruses. UC San Diego (the primary award recipient) has been awarded a $5.7 million cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Scripps Research and its partners will join the CDC’s Community and Household Acute Respiratory Illness…
January 8, 2025
Q&A with Global Health Researcher Jyothi Purushotham JyothiOtherTraining

Q&A with Global Health Researcher Jyothi Purushotham

Emerging infectious diseases pose a persistent global health threat, with the potential to cause widespread morbidity, mortality, and significant social and economic disruptions. Postdoctoral researcher Jyothi Purushotham is working to understand how pathogens interact with their hosts, which is essential for deciphering the mechanisms that drive infection, transmission, disease progression and pathogen evolution. These insights can guide the development of…
December 16, 2024
Welcome 2024 Summer Interns 2024 InternsNews

Welcome 2024 Summer Interns

Please join the Andersen Lab in welcoming the seven summer interns selected from the Scripps Research Translational Institute Student Research Internship Program! Chosen from a large pool of candidates from around the country, these keen aspiring scientists are motivated to learn from leading researchers at Scripps Research. The new interns are working closely with a mentor on either a wet…
July 22, 2024
Translational science pilot study awards fuel innovation Translational InstituteNewsTraining

Translational science pilot study awards fuel innovation

Two early-stage scientists in the lab have been awarded grants for translational science research projects through the Scripps Research Translational Institute’s Pilot Study Award Program. The program supports scientists who strive to conduct transformative research with the potential to accelerate medical breakthroughs. Translational science is the process of turning observations in the laboratory into interventions, including new medicines, diagnostics or…
July 16, 2024
Preliminary Report on H5N1 in Cattle H5N1 treeNarrativeNews

Preliminary Report on H5N1 in Cattle

During the winter of 2020-2021, a new genotype of highly-pathogenic (HP) H5N1 avian influenza A virus emerged in Europe, comprising a reassortant between the epizootic HP clade 2.3.4.4b H5N8 and local low pathogenicity wildfowl strains. This new genotype caused record levels of infections in farmed poultry throughout Europe and quickly traveled, via waterfowl flyways, into North America, Africa and East…
May 3, 2024
SEARCH Paper out in Cell Cell abstractPublications

SEARCH Paper out in Cell

Elucidating human contact networks could help predict and prevent the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and future pandemic threats. A new study from Scripps Research scientists and collaborators points to which public health protocols worked to mitigate the spread of COVID-19—and which ones didn’t. In the study, published online in Cell on December 14, 2023, the Scripps Research-led team of scientists investigated the efficacy…
December 14, 2023
Discrimination in science Andersen Lab 2022Other

Discrimination in science

Recently one of our colleagues made comments at a scientific meeting about male scientists being the subject of discrimination. In a follow up interview, he suggested that discussions about diversity, equity, and inclusion in science were not welcome or appropriate topics for scientific meetings. While we respect each individual’s right to their own views, we do not believe that either of these…
December 4, 2023
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