LA JOLLA, Calif., Feb. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Renowned
biochemist Michael A. Marletta, PhD, has been named by the Board of
Trustees today as the next president of The Scripps Research
Institute, effective January 1, 2012. He will succeed President
Richard A. Lerner, MD, who has led the institution for 25
years.

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Marletta, past Chair of the Department of Chemistry, Co-Director
of the Chemical Biology Graduate Program, Aldo DeBenedictis
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Biochemistry
in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University
of California (UC), Berkeley, will join the Scripps Research
faculty on July 1, 2011, and become President and CEO January 1,
2012.

“We are thrilled Michael is assuming this important role,” said
Dick Gephardt, President/CEO of Gephardt Government Affairs and
Lead Trustee of the Scripps Research Board of Trustees. “We are
confident Michael’s leadership and vision will ensure the
Institute’s continued preeminence in biomedical research and
graduate education.”

“I am honored to be named to lead one of the premier research
institutions in the world,” said Marletta. “Richard Lerner’s
leadership over the past 25 years has been nothing short of
brilliant. His accomplishments as President coupled with a long and
distinguished research career, are simply amazing. In addition to
my excitement about being asked to serve as president, I am
thrilled about moving my research program to Scripps Research and
working with my new Scripps Research colleagues to push forward the
Institute’s legacy of creating knowledge, improving healthcare, and
educating the next generation of scientists.”

Like The Scripps Research Institute as a whole, Marletta—a
former recipient of the prestigi

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