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A place in the sun
La Jolla, CA – Those spindly plants that desperately try to reach for a break in the canopy formed by larger plants all suffer from the same affliction: Shade avoidance syndrome or SAS. Now, the molecular details of SAS have been brought to light by researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.
read more >>Salk scientist wins 2007 Young Investigator's Award in Gene Therapy for Cancer
La Jolla, CA – Dr. Clodagh O'Shea, an assistant professor in the Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, has been selected for the 2007 Young Investigator's Award in Gene Therapy for Cancer. She will receive $500,000 over a three-year period to develop the "next generation oncolytic adenoviruses for p53-selective tumor therapy."
read more >>Vicki Lundblad to receive 2008 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize
La Jolla, CA – The fifth annual Pearl Meister Greengard Prize, an international award to recognize outstanding women scientists, has been awarded to Salk professor Vicki Lundblad, Ph.D., for her groundbreaking work in telomere biology.
read more >>How worms protect their chromosomes: Thereby hangs a surprising tail
La Jolla, CA – A team of scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies has discovered that the roundworm C. elegans constructs the protective tips of its chromosomes – known as telomeres – with a little more panache than do mammals, a finding that could deepen our understanding of the interrelationship of aging and cancer.
read more >>Chronically elevated blood sugar levels disable "fasting switch"
La Jolla, CA – Continually revved up insulin production, the kind that results from overeating and obesity, slowly dulls the body's response to insulin. As a result, blood sugar levels start to creep up, setting the stage for diabetes-associated complications such as blindness, stroke and renal failure. To make matters even worse, chronically elevated blood sugar concentrations exacerbate insulin resistance.
read more >>New potential drug target for the treatment of atherosclerosis
La Jolla, CA – A nuclear receptor protein, known for controlling the ability of cells to burn fat, also exerts powerful anti-inflammatory effects in arteries, suppressing atherosclerosis in mice prone to developing the harmful plaques, according to new research by scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and the Harvard School of Public Health.
read more >>Salk researchers uncover molecular connection between excessive nutrient levels and insulin resistance
La Jolla, CA – For quite some time now, scientists suspected the so-called hexosamine pathway – a small side business of the main sugar processing enterprise inside a cell – to be involved in the development of insulin resistance. But they could never quite put their finger on the underlying mechanism.
read more >>PNAS article by Salk scientists wins 2007 Cozzarelli Prize
La Jolla, CA – The editors of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) selected the article "Targeted delivery of proteins across the blood-brain barrier" by Brian J. Spencer, Ph.D. and Inder M. Verma, Ph.D., for the 2007 Cozzarelli Prize, which recognizes papers that reflect the highest standards of scientific excellence and originality.
read more >>Salk Researcher Receives Prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship
La Jolla, CA – Tatyana Sharpee, an assistant professor in the Laboratory for Computational Biology, has been named an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow. She will receive a grant of $50,000 for a two-year period.
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