The Scripps Research Institute, in La Jolla, California is home to notable chemists such as K. Barry Sharpless and P. G. Schultz, as well as neurobiologist Gerald Edelman, and Nobel Laureate Kurt Wurtrich. It specializes strictly in studies of biology, organic chemistry, and biological chemistry. Scripps also hosts graduate programs in biology and chemistry. One of the beaches at La Jolla Cove. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... Karl Barry Sharpless (born April 28, 1941) is a chemist renowned for his work on organometallic chemistry. ... Gerald Maurice Edelman (born July 1, 1929) is a biologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1972 for his work on the immune system. ... Main article: Life There are many universal units and common processes that are fundamental to the known forms of life. ... Organic chemistry is the scientific study of the structure, properties, composition, reactions, and synthesis of organic compounds. ...

Recently Scripps has spun off a sister institution located in Palm Beach, Florida. Palm Beach is the name of several places: Palm Beach, New South Wales is a suburb of Sydney, Australia. ... State nickname: Sunshine State, Everglade State Other U.S. States Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Governor Jeb Bush Official languages English Area 170,451 km² (22nd)  - Land 137,374 km²  - Water 30,486 km² (17. ...

They are currently sponsoring the FightAIDS@Home distributed computing project for Internet-connected home computers. FightAIDS@Home (Fight AIDS at home) is a distributed computing project for Internet-connected home computers, operated by the Scripps_Research_Institute. ... Distributed computing is the process of aggregating the power of several computing entities to collaboratively run a single computational task in a transparent and coherent way, so that they appear as a single, centralized system. ...

External link

• The Scripps Research Institute (http://www.scripps.edu)