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American Chemical Society’s Nobel Signature Award Goes to UF Scripps Professor and Student

UF Scripps Chemist Matthew Disney and Skaggs Graduate School student Alicia Angelbello devised a way to potentially treat a type of muscular dystrophy, MD1.

Alicia Angelbello, Ph.D., a student of the Skaggs Graduate School, studied with UF Scripps Chemistry Department Chair Matthew Disney, Ph.D. They have been awarded the American Chemical Society’s Nobel Signature Award.

New Grant Glues Together Research Experts to…

An international grant to Thomas Kodadek, Ph.D., will advance his lab’s work on molecular glue degraders for incurable diseases.

Thomas Kodadek, Ph.D.

Scientists Blaze New Path to Fighting Viral…

Mapping vulnerabilities in the SARS-CoV-2 genome, made of RNA, reveals a path to fighting more than COVID-19.

Chemist Matthew Disney, Ph.D., reviews disease-causing RNA structures and possible binding pockets with his lab members at The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute in Jupiter, Florida.

Wertheim UF Scripps Institute Research Garners…

“These grants highlight The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute’s unique expertise in areas that include neuroscience, immunology, biochemistry, drug…

HIV infected T cell, courtesy of NIH.