Tony Hunter

March 02, 2010
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies today announced the appointment of Professor Tony Hunter, Ph.D., as the inaugural holder of the Frederick W. and Joanna J. Mitchell Chair, created in memory of their daughter Marian Mitchell through a $2 million g ...read more >>

Jeffrey A. Long and Zachery R. Smith

February 28, 2010
The first order of business for any fledgling plant embryo is to determine which end grows the shoot and which end puts down roots. Now, researchers at the Salk Institute expose the turf wars between two groups of antagonistic genetic master switches that ...read more >>

Inder Verma and Karl-Dimiter Bissig

February 22, 2010
How do you study—and try to cure in the laboratory—an infection that only humans can get? A team led by Salk Institute researchers does it by generating a mouse with an almost completely human liver. ...read more >>

Martin Hetzer, Maya Capelson and Yun Liang

February 04, 2010
Nuclear pore complexes are best known as the communication channels that regulate the passage of all molecules to and from a cell's nucleus. Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, however, have shown that some of the pores' constituent ...read more >>

Wylie Vale and Mark O. Huising

January 21, 2010
The neuropeptide corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) makes cameo appearances throughout the body, but its leading role is as the opening act in the stress response, jump-starting the process along the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. ...read more >>

Matt Weitzman, Caroline Lilley and Mira Chaurushiya

January 20, 2010
A viral infection is like an uninvited, tenacious houseguest in the cell, using a range of tricks to prevent its eviction. Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have identified one of the key proteins allowing herpes simplex virus (HSV) ...read more >>