Benjamin Cravatt III

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Benjamin F Cravatt is a professor in the Departments of Cell Biology and Chemistry at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California. Considered the inventor of activity based proteomics, he is a prominent figure in the nascent field of chemical biology. He has made contributions to the cannabinoid field, most notably, identification and characterization of the endocannabinoid-terminating enzyme fatty acid amide hydrolase, FAAH.

Cravatt is a Cope and Searle scholar, and the co-founder of ActivX Biosciences.

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• The Scripps Research Institute

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• The Scripps Research Institute
• The Cravatt Lab at TSRI
• ActivX Biosciences
• TR35 Young Innovator 2002