Events
President's Club Holiday Luncheon
More than 60 Salk President's Club members gathered at the Institute on December 6, 2012, for the annual Holiday Luncheon. The program featured a scientific presentation, "What Tumor Viruses Have Taught Us About Cancer," by distinguished Salk Cancer Center Director, Professor, Tony Hunter. Dr. Hunter described how his discovery, a key chemical reaction that controls cellular functions, has resulted in new cancer treatments and therapies in use today, including Gleevec used by thousands of patients to treat leukemia. President, William Brody outlined how the Campaign for Salk will provide Salk scientists with the necessary resources to continue making groundbreaking discoveries in light of declining federal funding. The Campaign's Cancer Initiative will provide our scientists with the latest imaging technology, faculty appointments, and post doctoral fellowships.
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President's Club members provide critical resources for Salk scientists who make discoveries that lead to transformational diagnostics, therapies and cures. Members receive the Inside Salk magazine and invitations to engage with our scientists. To learn more, please visit www.salk.edu/support or call 858.453.4100 x1405.
Salk Women & Science
Community and business leaders had an opportunity to meet some of Salk's women scientists and hear an informative and riveting presentation by Professor Catherine Rivier on her remarkable research on hormones.
For more information on the Salk Women & Science program, please visit: http://www.salk.edu/support/womenandscience.html.
San Diego SALKexCELLerators - Treating Cancer with Diabetes Drugs
San Diego Salkexcellerators and guests enjoyed delicious fare provided by Pamplemousse Grille and an informative scientific presentation from Associate Professor, Reuben Shaw.
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Ready, Set, Pink!
Bloomingdale's together with the Salk Institute and Breast Cancer Research Fund (BCRF), teamed up on October 25, 2012 to raise awareness for breast cancer. At the store's second annual Ready, Set, Pink! event at the Fashion Valley Mall in San Diego, Salk scientist Geoffrey Wahl welcomed guests to a Fall Fashion Cocktail Reception.
Claire Johns from Geoff Wahl's Gene Expression Laboratory and Charisse Crenshaw from Joe Noel's Chemical Biology and Proteomics Laboratory were the scientist models who showed "From Lab Coat to Trench Coat" fashions.
Salk staff along with members of the Wahl Lab interacted with shoppers and guests, sharing the Institute's story and ways the community could help support breast cancer research.
Bloomingdale's selected Salk as the only research institution in San Diego to benefit from the proceeds raised from Ready, Set, Pink!
Back to Basics
Dr. Inder Verma presented a lecture titled "40 Years of Viruses, Genes & Cancer: A Lucky Journey".
Twice a year, Salk presents "Back to Basics", a program introducing the Institute's science to the general public.
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Symphony at Salk
The iconic courtyard at the Salk Institute was transformed into an enchanting concert venue for the 17th annual Symphony at Salk on Saturday, August 25.
LeAnn Rimes, winner of multiple Grammy and Country Music Awards performed with guest conductor Thomas Wilkins and the San Diego Symphony.
More than 700 people attended the sold out concert.
The impact of the 17th annual Symphony at Salk is generous funding for the Institute's influential scientific research and educational outreach.
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Salk Women & Science
Women business and community leaders in San Diego gathered for the inaugural Salk Women & Science event. Guests had an opportunity to meet female faculty at the Salk Institute and hear about their groundbreaking research. The event's featured presentation was by Professor Vicki Lundblad on her laboratory's research on chromosomes in the yeast used to make bread and wine, which has led to unexpected insights about both aging and cancer.
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Back to Basics
As part of the biannual Back to Basics program, doctors Joanne Chory and Joe Noel discussed their work in plant biology. Joanne Chory demonstrated for the first time at the cellular level how plants seek to avoid shade; this information will help scientists develop plants to increase crop yield. Joe Noel talked about his research on the "miracle tree" and its many beneficial characteristics.
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Salk Science Update
Once a year, estate planning professionals are invited to Salk to hear scientists discuss their recent discoveries. On May 9, Tom Albright gave insights into his work on vision research, and Carol Marchetto discussed her breakthroughs using induced pluripotent stem cells to explore the neurons responsible for autism.
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SALKexCELLerators - Going Nuclear on Aging
Salkexcellerators enjoyed delicious fare from Pamplemousse Grille and learned first-hand about recent discoveries at Salk with professors, Jan Karlseder and Martin Hetzer speaking on Aging.
Karlseder, whose research focuses on understanding the functions of mammalian telomeres, spoke on "The Ends of Aging," explaining how telomeres—the protein-DNA complexes at the ends of linear chromosomes—are crucial in DNA replication, tumor suppression and aging. Hetzer followed with a talk titled "You're Only as Old as Your Proteins," about his discovery that certain proteins, called extremely long-lived proteins (ELLPs), found in neurons and other non-dividing cells, have a remarkably long lifespan.
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40th Annual Tax and Management Seminar for Private Foundations
Special musical performance at the Salk
John Ondrasik, singer and songwriter from the musical group Five for Fighting was a special guest at the Salk Institute's 40th Annual Tax and Management Seminar.
Throughout the intimate concert, Ondrasik shared personal stories that have motivated him to use his musical talents to leave a positive impact on the world.
As a continuing tradition at the Institute, the Salk's 40th Annual Tax and Management Seminar is a unique program for private foundations, combining expert speakers and topics that are important to foundation trustees, family and staff.
Ondrasik was personally moved by his time at the Salk, tweeting to his followers:
Amazing day at the @salkinstitute. What kind of world do you want?
They are doing it. #54F
SALKexCELLerators - Shedding Light on the Brain's Dark Matter
Sam Pfaff, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and Professor in the Gene Expression Laboratory presented "Using Glia to treat ALS disease." Axel Nimmerjahn, Richard Allan Barry Developmental Chair in Biophotonics and Assistant Professor in the Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Center presented "Glia: More than just Glue."
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