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Scripps CEO Joins Stem Cell Agency Board; Love Leaves

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May 20th, 2012 3:55 pm


Michael Marletta
Scripps Photo

State Treasurer Bill Lockyer has
appointed Michael Marletta, president and CEO of the Scripps Research
Institute, to the 29-member board of directors of the $3 billion
California stem cell agency.

Marletta fills the seat of Floyd Bloom,
also a Scripps executive, who resigned last year. Scripps has
received $45.3 million in funding from CIRM.
In a letter yesterday to the stem cell
agency, Lockyer said Marletta is a member of the National Academy of
Science, American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Institute of
Medicine. Marletta joined Scripps in 2011 and became president in
January.
Prior to that, he was at the University
of California, Berkeley, where he once served as chairman of the
department of chemistry, among other roles. An item on the Scripps
web site said Marletta "focused his research on the intersection
of chemistry and biology. He is acknowledged as a pioneer in
discovering the role of nitric oxide, a critical player in
communication between cells."
The CIRM board has another vacancy to
fill. Ted Love resigned last month after serving on the board since
its inception in December 2004. CIRM said Love, executive vice
president of Onyx Pharmaceuticals, resigned for personal reasons.
State Controller John Chiang is considering a number of candidates to
replace him. Love was the only African-American on the board.

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