Scripps Institute’s Schultz set for next Discovery Lecture
Peter Schultz, Ph.D., the Scripps Family Chair Professor of Chemistry at The Scripps Research Institute, will give the next Discovery Lecture — "A Chemist's Foray into Translational Research: From Stem Cells to Orphan Diseases" — at 4 p.m., Thursday, April 22, in 208 Light Hall.
Schultz's research focuses on the synthesis of molecules and molecular assemblies with novel properties and functions.
Peter Schultz, Ph.D.
Taking a “biologically inspired approach,” his lab creates new molecules by combining the molecules and processes of living organisms with the principles and tools of chemistry.
In addition to creating and studying the properties of these novel molecules (which include catalytic antibodies, unnatural amino acids, and various small molecules), his lab is applying chemical and genomic tools to better understand — and ultimately control — biological processes involved in stem cell renewal and differentiation, oncogenesis and orphan/neglected diseases.
Schultz is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and National Institute of Medicine, and is the recipient of the Waterman Award of the National Science Foundation, the 1994 Wolf Prize in Chemistry, the 2003 Paul Ehrlich Prize, and the 2005 Arthur C. Cope Award of the American Chemical Society.
For a complete schedule of the Discovery Lecture series and archived video of previous lectures, go to www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/discoveryseries.