The Campaign for Salk
When historians look back to the early decades of the 21st century, they will discover an era of astounding technological advances and dramatic upheavals—political, social and economic. At the Salk Institute, we believe they will also find a period of remarkable scientific progress, a time when science overcame barriers to curing the world's most devastating medical conditions.
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Institute News
One on One with Daniel C. Lewis
Before joining Salk's board of trustees, Lewis had been a member of Salk's International Council for over ten years. Lewis and his wife, Martina, recently established the Daniel and Martina Lewis Chair, currently held by Geoff M. Wahl, a professor in the Institute's Gene Expression Laboratory.
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Scientists brief the media on the Campaign for Salk
On November 8, the Institute embarked on a new chapter in its 53-year history, when it announced its first-ever major fundraising campaign.
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Tom Albright named president of Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture
Thomas D. Albright, professor and director of the Salk's Vision Center Laboratory, is the newly appointed president of the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture (ANFA).
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Next Generation
Good luck keeping up with Charisse Crenshaw
"Pursuing vocal training, captaining our lab volleyball team, and serving my church family was like cross-training for my brain in graduate school. When I myopically stopped doing some of the other things I loved, I actually felt less smart. Having hobbies outside of the lab should be a requirement for scientists!"
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Discovery Roundup
More than 3,000 epigenetic switches
control daily liver cycles
Salk findings may help explain connections between dietary schedules and chronic disease
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Salk scientists pinpoint key player in Parkinson’s disease neuron loss
By reprogramming skin cells from Parkinson's disease patients with a known genetic mutation, Salk researchers have identified damage to neural stem cells as a powerful player in the disease.
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Discovery Roundup
Chromosome "anchors" organize DNA during cell division
A key question in biomedical research is how chromosomes, which are duplicated during cell division so that each daughter cell receives an exact copy of a person's genome, are arranged during this process.
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Cold viruses point the way to new cancer therapies
Cold viruses generally get a bad rap, which they've certainly earned, but new findings by a team of Salk scientists suggest that these viruses might also be a valuable ally in the fight against cancer.
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- Scientists brief the media on the Campaign for Salk
- One on one with…Daniel C. Lewis
- Salk scientists awarded new chairs created as part of the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Chair Challenge
- Salk holds second Women & Science event
- From bench to runway
- The art in science; the science in art
- Step into Discovery
- Parting shots
- Two more Salk faculty elected as AAAS Fellows
- Creative projects receive Innovation Grant Awards
- Tom Albright named president of Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture
- Salk researchers receive prestigious NARSAD Young Investigator Grants
- Salk investigator receives 2012 Ray Thomas Edwards Foundation Career Development Award
- Two Salk researchers selected for 2012 Life Sciences Research Foundation Fellowships
- Salk Scientists score National Institutes of Health Director’s New Innovator Award
- More than 3,000 epigenetic switches control daily liver cycles
- Aggressive brain tumors can originate from a range of nervous system cells
- Salk scientists pinpoint key player in Parkinson’s disease neuron loss
- Salk study finds diabetes raises levels of proteins linked to Alzheimer’s features
- Salk study finds diabetes raises levels of proteins linked to Alzheimer’s features
- Chromosome ”anchors” organize DNA during cell division
- Cold viruses point the way to new cancer therapies
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