July 09, 2010
Frederick B. Rentschler, 70, a corporate leader and longtime Salk Trustee who served as Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board, and briefly as Salk Chief Executive Officer, died July 6 in Scottsdale, AZ. ...read more >>

Jim Umen

July 08, 2010
One of the most pivotal steps in evolution-the transition from unicellular to multicellular organisms-may not have required as much retooling as commonly believed, found a globe-spanning collaboration of scientists led by researchers at the Salk Institute ...read more >>

July 07, 2010
Tickets are now available online for the 15th annual Symphony at Salk - A Concert Under the Stars, featuring superstar Liza Minnelli, who will perform with the San Diego Symphony under the direction of returning guest conductor Thomas Wilkins. ...read more >>

Fred H. Gage, Helena Mira

July 01, 2010
Stem cells in the brain remain dormant until called upon to divide and make more neurons. However, little has been known about the molecular guards that keep them quiet. Now scientists from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have identified the sig ...read more >>

John A. T. Young

June 28, 2010
A $6.5 million gift received today from the Swiss-based Nomis Foundation caps a strong fundraising season for the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, which raised more than $31 million from foundations and private philanthropists in the 2009-2010 fisca ...read more >>

Joanne Chory, Meng Chen

June 24, 2010
For a plant, light is life. It drives everything from photosynthesis to growth and reproduction. Yet the chain of molecular events that enables light signals to control gene activity and ultimately a plant's architecture had remained in the dark. ...read more >>