Contents – InsideSalk 11|12 Issue

Lead Story

• Investing in Discovery

Institute News

• One on one with…Tony Hunter
• Salk professors awarded chair appointments
• Salk professor receives Howard Hughes Medical Institute Collaborative Innovation Award
• Salk recruits two outstanding scientists
• Salk celebration honors Ron Evans as winner of 2012 Wolf Prize in Medicine
• Daniel C. Lewis joins Salk Institute board of trustees
• Singing sensation LeAnn Rimes performs at 17th annual Symphony at Salk
• Merci, Françoise Gilot-Salk exhibit draws to a close
• Women & Science
• Salk investigator Terrence Sejnowski wins IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award
• A grand gift

Discovery Roundup

• Discovery of plant proteins may boost agricultural yields and biofuel production
• Salk study may offer drug-free intervention to prevent obesity and diabetes
• Salk scientists discover molecular link between circadian clock disturbances and inflammatory diseases
• Planting the seeds of defense
• "Magical state" of embryonic stem cells may help overcome hurdles to therapeutics
• "Trust" hormone oxytocin found at heart of rare genetic disorder
• Speeding up discovery with rapid 3D mapping of proteins

Next Generation

• The next generation: Gerald Pao's eclectic life
• GEAR UP program
• The heat is on: Salk 2012 Summer Scholars Program

From the President

• Executive Message
• Insider's View