Salk In the Media

April 2024

Edgar Morin receives the Jonas Salk Prize from the Human Futures Foundation on anniversary of the Salk polio vaccine

AP

2024 Career Development and Early Detection Research Grants announced

Lustgarten

Five world-renowned scientists are recipients of the inaugural Philip N. Benfey Arabidopsis Community Lifetime Achievement award

Arabidopsis Community

Roger Charles Louis Guillemin Obituary

The Lancet

Biochemical Society announces 2025 award recipients

Biochemistry.org

Roger Guillemin (1924–2024) Father of neuroendocrinology

Science

The allure of fasting diets for successful people — and where it falls short

Business Insider

News Nuggets: Salk and Gilot portrait, Villa Musica, ‘In Performance at The JAI,’ trash cleanup, fashion

La Jolla Light

How Exercise Strengthens Your Brain

The New York Times

Unlocking the Secrets of Life With RNA’s Ancient Code

Sci Tech Daily

March 2024

Mutation Helps Even Carriers of ‘Alzheimer’s Gene’ Avoid Alzheimer’s

US News

A body-clock researcher explains why he never eats high-protein meals at night, and waits 1 hour to eat breakfast

Business Insider

Working with your hands is good for your brain

New York Times

How iron influences a plant’s immunity

CBS 8

The Cognitive Neuroscientist Who Helped Unravel the Mysteries of Language

Scientific American

Stunning view of Salk Institute on Spring equinox

KUSI

Stunning photo: ‘Salkhenge’ sunset aligns on spring equinox

Yahoo News

Stunning photo: ‘Salkhenge’ sunset aligns on spring equinox

Fox 5

What to Know About Intermittent Fasting

New York Times

Controlling root growth could help crops, combat climate change

Lab.com

High Flyin’ Alumni

San Diego Business Journal

Salk Institute professor wins Brain Prize

La Jolla Light

Salk research looking into origins of life

La Jolla Light

‘Monumental’ experiment suggests how life on Earth may have started

Washington Post

RNA World: Unraveling the mysteries of life’s origins

Earth.com

A step towards clinic-ready patient-derived organoids

World Health

February 2024

Decorated Scientist and La Jolla Resident Roger Guillemin

La Jolla Light

Why are all proteins ‘left-handed’? New theory could solve origin of life mystery

Science

AACR Announces 2024 Scientific Achievement Award Recipients

AACR News

Salk Nobel laureate Roger Guillemin, whose insights helped lead to better ways to fight disease, dies at 100

San Diego Union Tribune

Engineering plants with deeper roots could be a huge climate boon. Scientists just made a big find

Anthropocene Magazine

Have scientists at Salk Institute discovered a birth control pill for men?

KPBS

A promising new option for male contraception

Drug Target Review

New Birth Control Option for Men

Fox 5

A SMRT new target for male contraceptives works in mice

Fierce Biotech

Scientists unlock key to reversible, non-hormonal male birth control

Interesting Engineering

Male birth control | Salk scientists discover new target for reversible, non-hormonal

CBS8

American Academy of Microbiology Elects 65 New Fellows

Mirage News

Tending building: an ethic of repair in architecture

Places Journal

American Academy of Microbiology Elects 65 New Fellows

ASM

Stimulating the happiness molecule: the cure for depression?

MSN

Don’t leave San Diego without trying these 9 experiences

National Geographic

Lung adenocarcinoma: metabolic reprogramming of macrophages

Drug Target Review

The Role of a Faulty DNA Disposal System in Inflammation: A New Perspective

Medriva

Ground-breaking Discovery Unveils New Mechanism of Mitochondrial DNA Removal

BNN

Salk Institute Researchers Uncover How Lung Cancer Manipulates Immune

BNN

Salk Professor Wolfgang Busch – The LOCAList SD at 10 am

Fox 5

SDBJ Insider

San Diego Business Journal

Dr. Kay Tye: The Biology of Social Interactions and Emotions

Huberman Lab

Salk Institute professor wins Benjamin Franklin Medal

La Jolla Light

Salk professor to receive Benjamin Franklin Medal for achievements in plant science

Del Mar Times

January 2024

Salk scientists get $1.3M to study cell regeneration

La Jolla Light

Salk Institute’s Ronald Evans wins Japan Prize for contributions to treatment of cancer and more

La Jolla Light

Salk Institute’s Ron Evans wins coveted Japan Prize for groundbreaking insights into human health

San Diego Union Tribune

Better living through pharmacology — Can drugs duplicate a healthy lifestyle?

CBC

San Diego Botanic Garden growing solutions in a living laboratory

Spectrum News 1

La Jolla researcher honored as Scientist of the Year

La Jolla Light

ARCS San Diego Honors Terrence Sejnowski As Scientist Of The Year For Outstanding Contributions

India Education

Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News

Plant molecule identified that boosts resistance to bacterial attacks, study flags

Nutrition Insight

Want Better Sleep? A Harvard Psychiatrist Says Changing This Will Help You Sleep Longer and BetterMultiple studies reveal a surprising connection between what you eat and how well you sleep.

Inc.

Building Nerf Gun Blasters from DNA Bricks

The Scientist

La Jolla News Nuggets: Reading Challenge, SDPD meetings, DPR volunteers, Scripps

La Jolla Light

Study reveals vital brain pathway that mediates panic disorder symptoms

Tech Explorist

The end of panic attacks? A cure may be on the way after new brain discovery

New York Post

New pill could stop you having a panic attack

Wales Online

Terror of panic attacks could soon be over thanks to brain breakthrough

Metro

Panic Attack Pathway Mapping Reveals Potential Off Ramp

Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News​

Terror of panic attacks could soon be over thanks to brain breakthrough

MSN

End of panic attacks? A new brain discovery may find a solution. Know in detail

The Economic Times

What’s the Best Time to Eat Dinner? Here’s the Math

Wall Street Journal

December 2023

Interesting Engineering Top 7 innovation stories of 2023

Interesting Engineering

Researchers Have a Magic Tool to Understand AI: Harry Potter

Bloomberg

Local researchers take new approach to battling pancreatic cancer

La Jolla Light

Dr. Pallav Kosuri: DNA origami and the philosophy of biology

STARTS: Bridging the Boundary Between STEM and the Arts »

Breakthrough: Artificial DNA opens door to designer proteins

Interesting Engineering

Studying the cellular life of plants in 3D

CBS 8

Pancreatic cancer model shows disease severity reduced by HDAC inhibitors

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

HDAC inhibitors help reduce severity of pancreatic cancer

Inside Precision Medicine

Salk scientists look at nerve repair mechanism

La Jolla Light

New study discovers potential breakthrough in nerve repair

Express Healthcare Management

Rodents offer new insights into the diversity of addiction

The Scientist

November 2023

Restoring nerve cells: Healing after injury and in chronic disease

Tech Explorist

Protein that mediates repair function of nervous system identified

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

Making microprotein discoveries with Alan Saghatelian

Biomedical Beat Blog

Sleeping on thin ice

Borneo Bulletin

Repairing nerve cells after injury and in chronic disease

Medical Xpress

14 La Jolla scientists listed as ‘Highly Cited’

La Jolla Light

Use SLEAP to track sheep — or any other animal

Tech Briefs

What’s that smell? Researchers uncover how the brain distinguishes between similar scents

Study Finds

Scientists identify hundreds to thousands of brain cell types in comprehensive brain cell atlas

Neurology Today

The most influential people in San Diego

San Diego Business Journal

Foxp3 protein governs regulatory T cell genome structure

Drug Target Review

Mind mapping: A human brain cell atlas ushering in “A New Era in Brain Science”

SciTechDaily

New insights on Foxp3: Unraveling the complexity of regulatory T cell function

Express Healthcare Management

Dr. Pallav Kosuri: The molecular source of muscle elasticity

Yoga with Jake Podcast

Brain Initiative and San Diego scientists are a step closer to mapping our most complex organ

KPBS

Chromatin architecture of Treg cells may offer target for immunosuppressive therapies

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

Tell Me Why: Experts answer trending questions about daylight saving time

CBS News Texas

Illuminating the plant gene map

The Scientist

Salk Institute appoints first chief information officer

La Jolla Light

October 2023

Global surge in colorectal cancer linked to junk food

Forbes

Smells like learning

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory News

Scientists build largest-ever map of human brain

The Ticker

Celebrating Dr. Jonas Salk

ABC 10 News

Celebrating Dr. Jonas Salk (Part 1)

ABC 10 News

Celebrating Dr. Jonas Salk: Salk’s impact beyond the polio vaccine (part 2)

ABC 10 News

Celebrating Dr. Jonas Salk: Making the world a better place (part 3)

ABC 10 News

Celebrating Dr. Jonas Salk

ABC 10 News

Using AI to track animal behavior

Tech Briefs

Brain drain: Brazil is losing talent in artificial intelligence abroad, says ranking

BBC News Brasil

La Jolla researchers study possible link to treatment for cocaine addiction

La Jolla Light

La Jolla researcher gets five-year grant to study cancer cells

La Jolla Light

Skipping sleep? 5 hours or less raises depression risk in older adults.

The Washington Post

Brain atlas: Scientists create an unprecedented map of the human brain

YahooNews UK

How the Venus flytrap captures its prey

The Scientist

Could superpowered plants be the heroes of the climate crisis?

The Guardian

New brain map reveals thousands of cell types

Axios

New brain atlases will unlock mysteries of the human mind

Deutsche Welle

This is the largest map of the human brain ever made

Scientific American

New brain cell atlas reveals unprecedented level of detail – Here’s why it matters

IFL Science

New brain atlases will unlock mysteries of the human mind

Frontline

Scientists have mapped the human brain in unprecedented detail. They’re just getting started

STAT News

La Jolla researchers develop new AI model to improve body-movement tracking

La Jolla Light

Pushing the boundaries of tiny mechanical devices with compliant mechanisms

City Life

Anti-CTLA-4 immune checkpoint inhibitor may hold promise for glioblastoma treatment

Healio

Pushing the boundaries of tiny mechanical devices with compliant mechanisms

Hackday

Rewired mitochondria to help the immune system fight cancer

Advanced Science News

Scientists create smallest Nerf gun model ever from strands of DNA

IGN

Mapping the amygdala leads to new hope for cocaine addiction

Neuroscience News

Salk scientists granted $600K for research from V Foundation

La Jolla Light

UCSD, Salk researchers identify potential treatment for cocaine addiction

NBC San Diego

YouTube trending videos: Mark Rober uses world’s smallest Nerf gun to challenge an ant

News 18

San Diego research plumbs the carbon scrubbing potential in plants

KPBS

September 2023

The coming “iPhone for AI” and more Medium

Medium

NASA funds eight studies to protect astronaut health on long missions

NASA

How NASA brought an astroid to earth

The New Yorker

‘Salkhenge’ sunset at Salk Institute

Fox 5

A bright idea in movement tracking

Hackster

Unleashing the power of AI to track animal behavior

SD Metro

Two Salk Institute faculty members earn V Foundation awards for cancer research

SD Metro

Using GlowTrack, it’s possible to track human and animal behavior through artificial intelligence

List 23

Rewiring tumor mitochondria enhances the immune system’s ability to fight cancer

Technology Networks

Plant life in 3D could uncover answers to climate resilient plants

Spectrum News

“Salkhenge” sunset marks start of fall

CBS 8

Reducing Stress on T cells improves their ability to fight disease

Times Now

Less stress boosts T cells as cancer

Tech Explorist

Climate-saving super-plants could absorb massive amounts of carbon

Newsweek

Crops are being engineered to thrive in our changing climate

Science News Explores

‘Exciting’ progress in cancer research makes tumor cells easier to destroy

Newsweek

Beta blockers revive immune cells exhausted by stress hormone

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

New imaging method enables multiplexed spatial gene expression analysis in plants

Genomeweb

Salk scientists look at ways to slow ‘super-enhancer’ for pancreatic cancer

La Jolla Light

Unlocking the secret drivers of deadly pancreatic cancer: New target offers hope for treatment

News Medical

LJ cancer study

SD News Weekly Briefing

For jet lag, a hearty breakfast in the new time zone may help

The Washington Post

Role of super-enhancers in triggering pancreatic cancer tumor growth explored in study

Genome Web

Pancreatic cancer growth powered by super-enhancer cascade

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

Magnetism may have given life its molecular asymmetry

Quanta Magazine

Specific gene mutations accelerate growth of pancreatic tumours: Study

ET Health World

Symphony at Salk

Discover Magazine

Colon and rectal cancer rates are going up and scientists aren’t sure why

GQ

August 2023

Salk physician-scientist Jesse Dixon named Rita Allen Foundation Award Scholar

La Jolla Light

Local scientists look at role high-fat diet in colorectal cancer

La Jolla Light

Salk receives 2023 Google Cloud Customer Award

Google Cloud

High fat diets may alter gut bacteria and increase colorectal cancer risk

Medical News Today

Dr. Satchin Panda: Intermittent fasting to improve health, cognition & longevity

NextBigWhat

High fat diet alters gut bacteria and bile acids in mice, increasing colorectal cancer risk

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

Concert and cuisine draw science supporters to ‘Symphony at Salk’

La Jolla Light

Dr. Satchin Panda, Part 2: Time restricted eating’s effect on: Microbiome, brain health, and mental health. Relative energy deficit in sports.

Yoga with Jake Podcast

Overcoming HIV drug-resistance mechanisms

Infectious Disease Special Edition

Using the body’s ‘invisible scalpel’ to remove brain cancer with immunotherapy at Salk Institute

Good News Network

Salk researcher highlights sleep habits for back to school

NBC

Salk researcher highlights sleep habits for back to school

KOGO

Dr. Satchin Panda, Part 1: The health benefits of attuning your circadian rhythm and time restricted eating or intermittent fasting

Yoga with Jake Podcast

Immunotherapy prolongs lifespan in mice with aggressive glioblastoma

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

Salk students use AI to predict disease risk

CBS 8

Summer high school scholars work with Salk Institute scientists

KPBS

A locals’ guide to San Diego: The insider spots most visitors miss

The Wall Street Journal

July 2023

Bertis Pan-omics Analysis Solution, Systems (PASS) launched in US

The Korea Economic Daily

Research reveals why we lose fat, muscle during infection

The Economic Times

Study sheds light on molecular mechanisms of HIV drug resistance

The Print

Muscle loss during parasite infection may play beneficial role

BioWorld

Rancho Bernardo residents’ health data has helped researchers for 50 years

The San Diego Union-Tribune

The past, present, and future of AI with neuroscoentist Terrence Sejnowski

AI Chat

Two types of T cells implicated in fat and muscle wasting during infection

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

Wasting away to health: Unexpected benefits of muscle loss in infection

Neuroscience News

A structural insight into HIV drug-resistance mechanisms

Drug Target Review

HIV drug resistance mechanisms revealed by protein structures

Economic Times Health World

Salk researchers uncover molecular mechanisms of HIV drug resistance

News Medical

Padres Pedal the Cause raises $3.25 million for cancer research in San Diego

Del Mar Times

Worm study shows dopamine-regulated brain pathway may be related to anxiety

Medical Xpress

Talmo Pereira on the power of the SLEAP AI tool for biological and neurological studies

AI Time Journal

AI tools trace the body’s link between the brain and behavior

Axios

Are AIs actually intelligent?

Medium

Farms of the future will grow food while restoring the environment: Here’s how

Forbes

Adjusting your body clock may stave off cancer

Scientific American

June 2023

Bacterial immunity holds the key to vaccines against diarrheal diseases

New Atlas

A vaccination strategy against diarrhea-causing pathogens

Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News

I’ve got (circadian) rhythm!, with Dr. Emily Manoogian

This is Your Brain

Protein complex involved in controlling T-cell fate discovered

Technology Networks

‘Breakthrough’ could explain why life molecules are left- or right-handed

Scinece

New technology captures internal plant world at unprecedented resolution

Technology Networks

Neuroscience workshop draws eager CHS students

Calexico Chronicle

Exploring the world of microproteins

C&EN

Capitalizing on a new era of brain health investment and innovation

Forbes

Françoise Gilot, artist in the shadow of Picasso, is dead at 101

New York Times

Scientific research on brain’s potential

CEOWORLD Magazine

May 2023

Salk Institute inks agreement with drug discovery incubator

San Diego Metro

Scratching’s neuroscience doesn’t apply to all itches

List23.com

Salk inks partnership with Autobahn Labs

San Diego Business Journal

Human brain organoids in mice give first glimpse of microglia dysfunction in autism

Fierce Biotech

Giving organoids in vivo environment improves brain modeling

BioWorld

What if we tolerated diseases?

Discover Magazine

How aggression-promoting brain peptide works in fruit flies

Medical Xpress

Scientists use ‘mini-brains’ to study microglia, the brain’s cleanup crew and key players in neurological disease

STAT News

Grafted organoids reveal how microglia adapt to shifting brain environments

Spectrum News

Organoid model allows study of microglia in human-derived tissue

Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News

Pancreatic cancer research

Fox 5

What if we tolerated diseases?

Yahoo! News and Knowable Magazine

Transfer of immunity from mom to baby

Fox 5

Autobahn Labs Announces Strategic Collaboration with the Salk Institute for Biological Studies

AP News

April 2023

Hidden Voices: Dr. Joanne Chory is changing the world — one seed at a time

The Morning Bell

Does eating close to bedtime make you gain weight? It depends.

National Geographic

Explore Salk’s history and see what’s in store for its future

Fox 5

Protein uncovered as critical link in mitochondrial repair

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

Tiny worms get the munchies, too

Smithsonian Magazine

Salk professor makes advance in cell response to stress

The Coast News

Mitochondria power-supply failure may cause age-related cognitive impairment

World Health.net

Hess helps grow Salk’s Plants Initiative

San Diego Business Journal

Step inside the Salk Institute

The Localist SD

Two brain pathways identified that govern the urge to itch

New Scientist

Mitochondrial dysfunction may be a cause of age-related cognitive impairment

Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News

Salk study opens an entirely new way of thinking about cognitive decline

News Medical

Seeing a new revolution, AI pioneer Terry Sejnowski kicks off Research Weeks at VCU

VCU News

Hess Corporation commits $50 million to bolster plants’ role in mitigating climate change

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Time-restricted eating could prevent work-related health issues

NBC Right Now

Hess donates $50M for plant-based carbon capture R&D at Salk Institute

Carbon Herald

Study identifies the spinoparabrachial pathway for mechanical itch

News Medical

Scratch that: Brain study finds not all itches are the same

Study Finds

Salk Institute gets $50M gift to seek better ways to slow climate change

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Hess Corp. donates $50 million for Salk research on mitigating climate change

Times of San Diego

Wearable microscopes help image cellular activity in spinal cords of on-the-move mice

Laser Focus World

Microscópios mais avançados observam atividades até então inacessíveis

Correio Brasiliense

Salk Institute receives $50 million for Harnessing Plants Initiative

Philanthropy News Digest

Hess Corporation announces $50 Million donation to advance Salk Institute’s Harnessing Plants Initiative

AP News

Hess Corporation announces $50 million donation to advance Salk Institute’s Harnessing Plants Initiative

Yahoo Financial

Wearable microscopes image pain signal transmission

Photonics Media

March 2023

Wearable microscopes advance spinal cord imaging in mice

Medium

Wearable microscope reveals details of mouse spinal cord

Optics.org

Local team raises more than $100K in Padres Pedal the Cause

Rancho Santa Fe Review

La Jolla scientist calls chatbot behavior ‘terra incognita’

San Diego Business Journal

New wearable microscope can help image cell activity in mice

Multiple Sclerosis News

Salk’s New Wearable Microscopes Could ‘Revolutionize the Study of Pain’

La Jolla Light

Wearable microscopes advance spinal cord imaging in mice

Neuroscience News

Wearable microscopes show HD images of pain processed by spinal cord

Interesting Engineering

Neurogenesis, stem cells, neuroplasticity, aging, exercise, fasting & PTSD

Mind & Matter Podcast

New drug combo reduces lung tumors in mice

GEN News

Lung cancer: How a drug combination may help reduce tumors

Healthline

Could stimulating the happiness molecule cure depression?

MSN

The ChatGPT debate: Are we intelligent enough to understand ‘intelligence’?

Forbes

How daylight saving time impacts our health

NBC

Dr. Satchin Panda: Intermittent fasting to improve health, cognition & longevity

Huberman Lab

New discovery gives hope that someday Alzheimer’s disease might have a cure

Spectrum News

Why do AI chatbots tell lies and act weird? Look in the mirror

Today Online

CHAT-GPT explained

Fox 5

How the time change affects our bodies

Fox 5

Joyce named next President of Salk Institute

San Diego Business Journal

Salk Institute’s new president to tackle ‘endless frontier’ of science

KPBS

February 2023

Salk Institute leverages Google Cloud for brain research—and launches their transformation to the cloud

Google Cloud

Why do A.I. chatbots tell lies and act weird? Look in the mirror.

The New York Times

Meet the Salk Institute’s ‘next-generation leader’, a renowned scientist taking the helm at a pivotal moment

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Meet the Salk Institute’s ‘next-generation leader’, a renowned scientist taking the helm at a pivotal moment

Los Angeles Times

Telomere shortening mediates tumor suppression

Cancer World

Botanic Garden assists research network

The Coast News

Salk Institute names next president

SD Transcript

Telomeres: What are they, and how do they impact aging?

Live Science

Gerald Joyce to become the next president of the Salk Institute

SD Metro

Rancho Santa Fe resident Gerald Joyce selected as next president of the Salk InstituteRanch

Rancho Santa Fe Review

It’s not what you eat, it’s when you eat

Tico Times

Just like the universe: The brain’s ability to perceive space expands

Sci Tech Daily

Salk Institute getting new president

NBC 7

Biochemist Gerald Joyce to take helm at Salk Institute in La Jolla

Times of San Diego

Salk Institute announces new president

Fox 5

Gerald Joyce to become next president of the Salk Institute

AP

Gerald Joyce to become next president of the Salk Institute

TIME

Gerald Joyce to become next president of the Salk Institute

SF Gate

Conversation between telomeres and mitochondria about aging prevents cancer

BioWorld

Scientists have discovered a microprotein that increases appetite

Sci Tech Daily

Heithoff-Brody summer scholars at Salk (page 76-77)

Giving Back Magazine

Telomeres, mitochondria, and inflammation join forces against cancer

GEN

Aging, cancer, and telomeres in the middle

NEO.Life

3 hallmarks of aging can save you from cancer — here is how

Interesting Engineering

New mouse study shows genes aren’t only way to pass obesity to next generation

STAT

What creepy video game sounds do to your brain

Wired

Someday, you might be able to eat your way out of a cold

The Atlantic

January 2023

Salk Professor John Reynolds named 2022 AAAS Fellow

San Diego Biotech Networks

The case of the incredibly long-lived mouse cells

Wired

Nonessential amino acid serine plays an essential role in neuropathy development

Fierce Biotech

Salk Institute receives $1.5 million grant for MS study

Del Mar Times

Diabetic neuropathy symptoms in mice eased using serine amino acid supplement

GEN

Beyond a diet fad: Fasting alters your genetic expression, experts say

Salon

A diet high in amino acids reduced diabetes-related nerve pain in mice

New Scientist

Salk scientists receive $1.5 million to research multiple sclerosis treatments

SD Metro

The science behind intermittent fasting, and how to make it work for you

Medium.com

Should intermittent fasting be a part of your diet?

Spectrum News

Breaking down why time restricted eating may improve health

CBS 8

Time-restricted eating may have anti-aging, anticancer effects

Medical News Today

Can fasting help you live longer? Here’s what the science says.

National Geographic

Our mental picture of space seems to expand like the universe

Science Alert

Our mental picture of space seems to expand like the universe

MSN

Intermittent fasting may change how your DNA is expressed, new study finds

Toronto Star

The timing of weight loss with Salk

Fox 5

Time-restricted feeding reshapes gene expression throughout the body

Tech Explorist

Our brains’ ability to understand space is subject to non-linear growth

Technology Networks

Photos of the Week: La Jolla through our readers’ eyes (page 23/B7)

La Jolla Light

Professor Kay Tye’s study named 2022 “Leading Research Achievement” by Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

Timing calorie intake synchronizes circadian rhythms across multiple systems

Neuroscience News

Time-restricted eating affects gene expression

Earth.com

Microprotein found to increase appetite in mice

Neuroscience News

December 2022

Human brain organoids implanted into mice connect to animals’ cortex and respond to external sensory stimuli

GEN

SALK listed as #3 for life science research institutions

San Diego Business Journal

Obesity alters the response to anti-inflammatory

World Health Net

Perceiving without seeing: How light resets your internal clock

NPR

Intestinal inflammation reversed in mice using drug to target “reset switch”

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

New compound reverses gut inflammation in mice

Tech Explorist

Scientist advancing discoveries to restore hearing loss

Spectrum News

Flipping the switch: Salk scientists shed new light on genetic changes that turn “on” cancer genes

SchTechDaily

Experimental anti-obesity drug reduces gut inflammation in mice

New Atlas

Predisposed to decay

Biomedical Picture of the Day

Invisible adversity

A Conversation with a Scientist

Cancer oncogene activation depends on distance of regulatory sequences, study finds

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

Assistant Research Professor Uri Manor named to Keystone Symposia Fellows Class of 2023

Keypoint Newsletter

Genetic changes identified that switch “on” cancer genes

Technology Networks

Clear a path

Biomedical Picture of the Day

Time-restricted eating improves health of firefighters

San Diego Magazine

The institutions forging the strongest innovation links

Nature

Salk scientist brings his personal experience to science, culture of deafness

KPBS

Associate Professor Eiman Azim receives L.I.F.E. Foundation grant

LIFE Foundation

CCA student’s unique artwork benefits Salk Institute

Del Mar Times

New Salk research shows how Alzheimer’s works

CBS 8

Promising new Alzheimer’s treatment at Salk

NBC 7

Researchers who reach far beyond their disabilities

Nature Methods

Senescent neuron discovery in brains opens path for Alzheimer’s drug development

Science Board

Deteriorating neurons: the source of human brain inflammation in Alzheimer’s disease

Drug Target Review

November 2022

She proved signing is more than translating spoken words

The Good Men Project

Blueprint for Success: Dr. Christina Towers

Athena podcast

Mastering your body clock for better sleep and more energy

The Wood Life

Study reveals how growing motor neurons guide blood vessels

ALS News Today

San Diego Business Journal: 500 Most Influential People in San Diego

San Diego Business Journal

Electrical zaps can ‘reawaken’ lost neural connections, helping paralyzed people walk again

Live Science

Salk Institute scientists want to know what makes a good art exhibit

KPBS

Researcher, advocate partner in fight against cancer

The Star News

11 San Diego scientists named among the 1,000 best female researchers in the world

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Targeting key cells in spinal cord got paralyzed patients walking again

U.S. News

As teen loneliness rates soar, schools may be making it worse, scientists say

Newsweek

Salk Institute and its efforts to make plants able to cope with climate change

CBS 8

Perishing Square Foundation launches the Mind Prize to fund brain research focused on cognitive health

Business Wire

Time-restricted eating improves health of firefighters

Spectrum News

Luzilda ‘Lucy’ Arciniega joins the Salk Institute

SD Metro

How do our brains decide to remember something positively or negatively?

NPR

La Jolla scientist wins Brinker Award for breast cancer research

La Jolla Light

Symbiotic relationship between San Diego breast cancer survivor and Salk researchers

CBS 8

Lipids and brain inflammation

Interesting Things with JC

Discovery of anti-inflammatory molecules that decline in the aging brain

Longevity.Technology

October 2022

This brain molecule decides which memories are happy—or terrible

Wired

Can intuition, analytics, morals, and ethics coexist In business?

Forbes

Could this be the most effective diet and exercise regime there is?

ABC.net

Salk Institute to lead $126 million effort to map the aging human brain

SD Metro

San Diego Nathan Shock Center receives funds to continue study of aging

SD Metro

New research points to health benefits of eating earlier in the day and within a 10-hour window

7 News Australia

Human brain cells grow in rats, and feel what the rats feel

The New York Times

Salk Institute Professor Geoffrey Wahl receives 2022 Susan G. Komen® Brinker Award

San Diego Biotech Networks

Are late dinners making us sick? New research says yes

Salon

Center for Multiomic Human Brain Atlas to tackle methylation, gene expression for $500M NIH project

Genome Web

Dinner at 5 p.m.? New research suggests eating early and within a 10-hour window is healthier

USA Today

Son of polio vaccine inventor Jonas Salk warns recent New York case is a ‘Wake-Up Call’

NBC San Diego

12 iconic office designs that redefined the modern workplace

Architectural Digest

Survey of firefighters shows benefits of restricted eating during a 24-hour shift

KPBS

New research points to health benefits of eating earlier in the day and within a 10-hour window

NBC News

Time-restricted eating improves health with Salk

ABC 10 News

The top 50 attorneys of San Diego for 2022

Attorney Intel

Symphony at Salk

Ranch & Coast

September 2022

Studying museum visitor behavior with the Salk Institute

LACMA Blog

How star cells’ secretions may stunt neurons: Q&A with Nicola Allen

Spectrum News

Salkhenge Sunset Dazzles in La Jolla

CBS 8

Salkhenge Unique Sunset at Salk Institute

Fox 5

Salkhenge phenomenon happening tonight during fall equinox

KUSI

Brain mapping initiative leads to biggest grant in Salk Institute history

KPBS

NIH’s BRAIN Initiative puts $500 million into creating most detailed ever human brain atlas

Scinece

NIH launches the next stage of its ‘human genome project’ for the brain

STAT

To understand brain disorders, consider the astrocyte

Wired

Modeling neuropsychiatric disorders in a dish

The Stem Cell Report

Brain discovery may be a breakthrough on memories

Newser

Study identifies de-escalation gene in fruit flies

Laboratory Equipment

A good memory or a bad one? One brain molecule decides

Quanta Magazine

More sleep for students: California starts later school time as other states may follow

CBS

August 2022

Symphony at Salk raises more than $1 million for research

sdnews.com

Light and temperature collaborate to boost plant growth

earth.com

Scientists move closer to unlocking the secrets of the immortal jellyfish, and possibly human aging

The Wall Street Journal

Study explains how threatening cues are refined into fear signals

BioMedWire

Symphony at Salk hosts ‘Concert Under the Stars’

Rancho Santa Fe Review

Salk Findings on how the brain turns threat cues into fear could lead to treatments for disorders

Del Mar Times

Scientists may have identified the neurons that give birth to fear

Science Alert

Salk research on mitochondria

The Coast News

How the brain perceives fear

Neo Life

Fear and unpleasant memories depend on integrated parallel pathways

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

Memory-emotion molecule may lead to novel anxiety treatments

Intelligent Living

Salk’s Satchin Panda discusses CA school start time

FOX 5 News

Gene therapy rescues malfunctioning inner ear hair cells in mice

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

Newfound brain switch labels experiences as good or bad

Scientific American

Targeting LINE-1 RNA might prove therapeutic for premature aging syndromes

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

Salk Institute’s High School Summer Scholar Program explores science careers with paid internships

CBS 8 News

Izpisua identifies a new target for preventing premature aging

Nation World News

Gene therapy heals malfunctioning hair cells in the ear that cause hearing loss

Science Focus

Salk’s Dr. Panda discusses CA school start times

ABC 10 News

Age related increase in heart health risk linked to mitochondrial DNA

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

Research: Mitochondrial DNA mutations associated with heart disease risk

MSN

Tagging a memory as positive or negative

Psychology Today

Salk’s Dr. Panda discusses CA school start times on KOGO

KOGO

Researchers identify molecule that orchestrates association of events with positive and negative memories

Brain & Behavior

July 2022

2022 Australia to USA scholarship recipients

American Australian Association

HIV research breakthroughs at Salk, Scripps

San Diego Business Journal

Neuroscientists just discovered what causes you to see a memory as good or bad

Inc.

Brain molecule may make us recall memories as being good or bad

New Scientist

How does the brain decide what memories are good and bad? A new mouse study offers clues

STAT

Salk researchers discover how RNA processing goes awry in rare immune disease

San Diego Metro

Study suggests brain processes information like ocean waves

Discover Magazine

Seven neuroscientists awarded Transition to Independence Fellowships by the Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain

Simons Foundation

Can we hack DNA in plants to help fight climate change?

National Geographic

New underlying cause of Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome discovered

News Medical

Molecular geneticist Mary Lou Guerinot named Nonresident Fellow at the Salk Institute

Dartmouth

Curebound celebrates $3.2 million raised by Padres Pedal the Cause for local cancer research

La Jolla Light

Imaging solves mystery of how large HIV protein functions to form infectious virus

La Jolla Light

Salk Research Professor Todd Michael receives $2 million to build a genome repository for the cassava plant

Del Mar Times

Salk Science & Music Series

Giving Back Magazine

June 2022

Salk Biochemist Walter Eckhart dies at 84

La Jolla Light

Huntington’s Disease Society of America Awards 2022 Berman-Topper Family HD Career Development Fellowship

Huntington's Disease Society of America

Intermittent fasting linked to better gut and liver function in mice

New Scientist

Walter Eckhart, who helped transform the Salk Institute into a power in cancer research, dies at 84

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Hair regeneration requires regulatory T cells signal skin stem cells

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

The 2022 Ogawa-Yamanaka Stem Cell Prize awarded to Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte

Gladstone Institutes

Beckman Foundation announces 2022 Beckman Young Investigator Awardees

Beckman Foundation

Susan G. Komen® invests $21.7 Million in research focused on improving outcomes for breast cancer patients

The Komen Blog

KPBS highlights the benefits of intermittent fasting with Salk

KPBS

10 News highlights the benefits of intermittent fasting with Salk

ABC 10 News

An Ultra-thin, flexible probe that can record and stimulate neurons in the brains of mice

Cosmos Magazine

Salk Institute Neurobiologist Zhibin Liang discusses the neuroprotective effects of a cannabis compound known as cannabinol

Being Patient

Salk Institute to expand its campus, using lessons learned from its original buildings

KPBS

For neuroscientist Rusty Gage, progress is a state of mind

University of Florida News

New drugs for metabolic diseases could come from food waste

Drug Discovery News

From the Archives: Salk Institute site dedicated in 1962

The San Diego Union-Tribune

A little-known structure tells our brains what matters now

Mind Matters News

May 2022

Louis Vuitton Cruise Collection at the Salk Institute

CBS8

Immature astroglia in the hippocampus linked to mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

Neurology Today

‘Model’ plant, a breeder’s treasure found

Agri-View

Louis Vuitton Resort 2023 San Diego Collection harnesses the power of sun and science

Women's Wear Daily

Highlights from the Louis Vuitton cruise 2023 show

Harper’s Bazaar

Everything you need to know about Louis Vuitton’s sun-soaked 2023 Cruise Show

Elle

Louis Vuitton debuts new collection at Salk Institute in La Jolla

Fox 5

A post-apocalyptic royal rave

The New York Times

Going Brutalist: Louis Vuitton debuts latest collection at Salk Institute

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Fasting controversies with Courtney Peterson, PhD & Emily Manoogian, PhD

The Proof

Wolfgang Busch will cultivate plants that might help the fight against climate change

La Jolla Light

Hungry worms will risk being hurt if it helps them reach a meal

New Scientist

Meet an ‘extreme’ plant that thrives and grows faster under stress

ABC 17

Some plants thrive under environmental stress

Earth.com

April 2022

Cellular reprogramming improves liver regeneration in mice

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

Deep-learning tool tracks interacting animals in real-time

Spectrum

Cattails to help fight climate change

ABC 10 News

Ursula Bellugi, pioneer in the world of sign language, dies at 91

The New York Times

With COVID-19 at bay, San Diego scientists will fan out for busiest field research season in years

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Shrinking Southern California wetlands may help slow climate change

KPBS

Biologist Ursula Bellugi, who helped establish authenticity of American Sign Language, dies at 91

The San Diego Union-Tribune

The $7.6 trillion quest for longer life

Bloomberg

Understanding how the brain tracks social status and competition

National Institutes of Health

SLEAP and the science of movement

Ask A Biologist Podcast, Vol 115

Obesity may hinder response to immunotherapy for allergies, asthma, mouse study suggests

Medscape

Scientists used cellular rejuvenation therapy to rewind aging mice

Singularity Hub

How obesity can change a drug’s effectiveness: New study

ABC 4

Professor Ron Evans recognized with AACR-G.H.A. Clowes Award for Outstanding Basic Cancer Research

AACR

Obesity may alter inflammation on a molecular level, throwing current treatments into question

Fierce Biotech

AACR recognizes Salk scientist with lifetime achievement award

The Science Advisory

March 2022

How obesity can change the immune system and its link to allergic inflammation

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

Brain coding | Inside a winning mindset

CBS 8

San Diego researchers develop brain treatments by viewing the head as a concert hall

KPBS

Signs Of decline in mice were reversed by resetting clock on aging cells

Sunny 1065

Even worms make complex decisions

Big Think

Nonprofit research institutions: A beacon for the future of the scientific enterprise

Issues in Science and Technology

Spectrum News Speaks with Salk’s Emily Manoogian on Daylight Savings

Spectrum News

ABC 10 News Covers Salk’s Study on Warms and Decisions

ABC 10

KPBS Covers Salk’s Study on Worms & Decision Making

KPBS

How mice brains compute social rank

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

Un equipo de científicos consigue rejuvenecer ratones ancianos

Saber Vivir

Visszafordították az öregedést egerekben amerikai tudósok

hvg.hu

Salk’s Harnessing Plants Initiative Featured on CBS Earth8

CBS Earth8

Salk’s Dr. Manoogian Discusses Time Change on KPBS Evening Edition

KPBS

How many neurons does it take to make a decision?

Laboratory Equipment

Analyzing the DNA, RNA, and chromatin simultaneously from a single cell

Tech Explorist

Salk’s Dr. Manoogian Discusses Time Change on ABC 10 News

ABC 10

Salk’s Dr. Manoogian Discusses Time Change on Fox 5 News

Fox 5

Salk’s Dr. Manoogian Discusses Time Change on KUSI News

KUSI

Scientists reverse aging in mice using cell rejuvenation technique: Here’s how

MSN

Scientists stop and reverse aging in mice

Yahoo News

Surprise! Complex decision making found in predatory worms with just 302 neurons

Science Alert

Fox interviews Dr. Satchin on the “My Circadian Clock” App that helps track sleep

Fox 5

San Diego Botanic Garden to create medicinal plants research consortium

Oside News

Aging reversal: scientists rejuvenate tissues in middle-aged mice

The Guardian

Aging delayed in mice through longer-term partial reprogramming

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

Cellular ‘rejuvenation’ experiment in mice reverses signs of aging, scientists say

Science Alert

Científicos lograron revertir envejecimiento en ratones

ADN 40

Simple lifeforms may benefit from complex decision making, study finds

Courthouse News

Fred Hutch announces 2022 Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award recipients

Fred Hutch

Curebound and San Diego Padres come together for Padres Pedal the Cause on April 9

Newsbreak

February 2022

Using genetic signatures to better classify spinal neurons

The Good Men Project

The untapped potential of ultrasound

BioTechniques

Scientists use ultrasound to control brain cells in animals

Freethink

Program seeks to fight climate change with plants

Fox 5

ID’ing exosites to enable specificity and drug intractable targets

BioSpace

In a first for ‘Sonogenetics,’ researchers control mammalian cells with sound: Researchers pinpoint a sound-sensitive mammalian protein that lets them activate brain, heart or other cells with ultrasound

Techi AI

Ultrasound activates mammalian cells expressing human channel

GEN

Ultrasound controls brain cells of live mice in “sonogenetics” breakthrough

IFL Science

Is CBN the Fountain of Youth?

The French Toast

Researchers use ultrasound to precisely and safely activate brain cells in mice

STAT

Researchers use ultrasound to control neurons in mice

The Scientist

CBN protects brain cells from aging, study finds

Analytical Cannabis

La Revolución de las Plantas Mutantes de la Genetista Chory: se Comerán el CO2 y Darán Grandes Cosechas

El Español

Salk scientists study value of wetlands ahead of Love Your Wetlands Day

Spectrum News 1

Salk Institute gets new chairwoman and executive director of research

La Jolla Light

January 2022

Pain and anxiety are linked to breathing in mouse brains – suggesting a potential target to prevent opioid overdose death

Asian Spectator

Billionaires bankroll cell rejuvenation tech as the latest gambit to slow aging

Scientific American

Pain and anxiety are linked to breathing in mouse brains – suggesting a potential target to prevent opioid overdose deaths

Yahoo

Pain and anxiety are linked to breathing in mouse brains – suggesting a potential target to prevent opioid overdose deaths

The Conversation

Françoise Gilot: ‘It Girl’ at 100

The New York Times

Türk uzmandan ‘şeker’ gibi keşif: Diyabette yeni tedavi imkânı sağlayacak

Hürriyet Turkey

How pain and anxiety impact breathing on a cellular level

Life + Lab Scientist

New blood sugar regulatory hormone discovered

BioWorld

SYSK choice: How your biological clock works & optimizing your meeting time

Something You Should Know

O efeito do horário das refeições na sua saúde

BBC News Brazil

Plants rely on the CLASSY gene family to diversify their epigenome

Florida News Times

Researchers find hormone in fat tissue that could help insulin-resistant patients with diabetes

Fierce Biotech

Insulin alternative found in adipose tissue – healing practice

The Times Hub

Salk professor awarded $1.2 million diabetes research grant

GEN

Researchers discover new molecule for blood sugar regulation independent of insulin

Pharmacy Times

Insulin isn’t the only blood sugar regulator

U.S. News

Newly discovered “insulin-like” molecule could change how we treat diabetes

ZME Science

Insulin-alternative hormone could open new type of diabetes treatment

New Atlas

Not only insulin – a new enzyme that regulates blood sugar has been discovered

Spark Chronicles

KUSI interview with Salk researcher Satchin Panda for healthy living

KUSI

December 2021

Fox 5 interviews Salk researcher on the secret to lose weight

Fox 5

The secret to lose weight and get healthy in 2022 is all about timing

KOGO Radio

My biochemical journey from a Cambridge undergraduate to the discovery of phosphotyrosine

The Biochemist

A brain circuit linking pain and breathing may offer a path to prevent opioid deaths

WAMU

The Mark Foundation for cancer research announces 2021 ASPIRE awards

Eurek Alert

Improving drug options for colorectal cancer patients

Science Daily

Salk study could help find better treatment options for colorectal cancer patients

News Medical Life Sciences

Curebound launches and commits to invest $100 million into cancer research

Del Mar Times

Sharpee sees many ways of looking at a tree

ASBMB Today

How to cope with SAD, or seasonal affective disorder

NPR

November 2021

Which side is which? How the brain perceives borders

California News Times

Which side is which? How the brain perceives borders

Medical Xpress

Early-stage diabetes treatment wows patients and clinicians alike

BioSpace

Scientists can now hack the brains of worms to check what they are smelling

News 18

New research on reading the mind of worms

newKerala.com

Scientists use machine learning to predict smells based on brain activity in worms

Phys.org

Salk Institute harnessing power of plants to fight climate change

Spectrum News 1

Salk scientist on personal mission to fight pancreatic cancer

Spectrum News 1

Jacobs family to give La Jolla’s Salk Institute a historic $100 million gift for new science center

Del Mar Times

Jacobs family gives Salk Institute historic $100M gift for science center

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Jacobs family to gives Salk Institute as much as $100 million for science center

Los Angeles Times

Joan and Irwin Jacobs donate $100 million to Salk Institute

KPBS

Satchin Panda speaks on the negative health impact of the time change

Fox 5 San Diego

Salk’s Greg Lemke speaks on vaccines for kids

Fox 5 San Diego

We’ve been here before: How polio vaccine rollout saved millions of young lives

U.S. News

October 2021

Salk Institute, Scripps Research expansions promise new San Diego life sciences boom

Los Angeles Times

The Salk and Scripps Research to expand, sparking another life sciences boom in San Diego

The San Diego Union-Tribune

How Louis Kahn’s Salk Institute influenced a generation of architects

ArchDaily

Long-lived proteins in mitochondria of brain stabilize protein complexes

Science Daily

Intermittent fasting can help manage metabolic disease

WRCB TV

Salk scientists find a way that neurons and astrocytes work together to form healthy synapses

News Medical

Professor Greg Lemke discusses the COVID vaccine

ABC 10 News

Salk’s Professor Lemke on NBC 7 discussing booster shots

NBC 7

Salk’s Professor Lemke on CBS 8 discussing booster shots

CBS 8

Neuroscientists unveil brain atlas for movement control

Psychology Today

Body clock boost: Afternoon exercise may provide an edge for getting in shape, researchers say

CBS San Francisco

Investigational Alzheimer’s drug CMS121 begins phase I clinical testing

Technology Networks

How San Diego grew into a magnet for Nobel-quality talent in science

The San Diego Union-Tribune

September 2021

‘Thinkers and Innovators’: What it will take to figure out the brain, from a neuroscience and AI pioneer

Forbes

Time-restricted eating: Does it work?

Medical News Today

How neuroscientists are adapting to the ongoing pandemic

Simons Foundation

Salk scientist honored with Blavatnik National Award

La Jolla Light

Intermittent fasting can cut your risk of diabetes, heart disease

WebMD

Salk Institute’s role in studying the LEAFY and FT genes that affect flowering [57:39]

BBC Science Hour

Just One Thing with Michael Mosley podcast—Change Your Mealtimes

BBC Radio 4

New HHMI Investigator Cohort Announced

The Scientist Magazine

A tale of two vaccines: The battles to fight polio and COVID-19

San Diego Union-Tribune

Biotechnology can fight climate change—but trade negotiators need to act | Opinion

Newsweek

Salk Institute and Sanford Burnham Prebys sign licensing agreement with Endeavor BioMedicines

SD Metro

By taking on poliovirus, Marguerite Vogt transformed the study of all viruses

Science News

Endeavor BioMedicines licenses ULK1/2 inhibitor program from Salk Institute and Sanford Burnham Prebys to broaden its precision oncology pipeline

Yahoo News

Researchers launch collaboration to breed carbon-capturing sorghum

Seed World

Danforth Center scientist launches $6.2M climate change project through Bezos-backed initiative

The Business Journals

NBC highlights time restricted eating with Salk’s Dr. Panda

NBC News

New La Jolla Historical Society exhibit to feature art inspired by science

La Jolla Light

Scientists identify neurons involved in overdose deaths

Lab Online

Subtle changes in MicroRNA-218 may fuel ALS

ASL News Today

August 2021

Christie Towers recognized as one of 2021 Women of Influence in Life Sciences

San Diego Business Journal

Salk promotes local resident Diana Hargreaves to associate professor

Del Mar Times

Subtle microRNA changes may lead to ALS

Technology Networks

Tanya Sharpee wins American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2022 award

ASBMB Today

Research reveals how subtle changes in a microRNA may lead to ALS

Science Daily

Philanthropic donations to Salk Institute exceed record-breaking $100M in FY21

San Diego Biotech Networks

Salk’s Dr Panda Discusses Time Restricted Dieting on Fox 5

Fox 5

Salk Professor Janelle Ayres named inaugural recipient of the Salk Institute Legacy Chair

San Diego Biotech Networks

Salk promotes Diana Hargreaves to associate professor

San Diego Biotech Networks

Salk receives INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine’s 2021 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award

OsideNews

Salk researchers identify neurons involved in overdose deaths

San Diego Metro

Humble pond plant duckweed may help researchers to develop better crops

News Wise

Neurons involved in opioid overdose deaths identified, marking first step in developing new treatment

CTV News

5 incredible works by architect Louis Kahn, the master of geometry

My Modern Met

Advocates challenge mysterious justice department statement that undercuts forensic science reform

The Intercept

Healthy living in tune with circadian rhythms

Las Cruces Sun News

The 25 most significant works of postwar architecture

The New York Times

July 2021

Salk Professor Lemke discusses COVID boosters

CBS 8

What’s new in Parkinson’s: July 2021

Davis Phinney Foundation

President Biden says no COVID booster shot as of now

ABC 10 News

Why can’t we sleep?

VOX

A soil-science revolution upends plans to fight climate change

Quanta Magazine

$220M grant helps La Jolla scientists study human performance

ABC News 10

La Jolla billionaire donates $220M in unusual quest to make people healthier

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Stem-cell based ‘cure’ for type-1 diabetes draws nearer, with FDA trials launched

Good News Network

Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists announce 2021 laureates, in America’s largest unrestricted scientific prize for promising young researchers

Yahoo Finance

A travel guide to San Diego, America’s finest city

Vogue

Kay Tye is interviewed in “New frontiers” episode of WGBH “Mysteries of Mental Health” series [minute 28:00]

WGBH

Recognition of phosphohistidine-containing peptides by antibodies

Drug Target Review

10 things about Kristy Kitzmiller & Salk Institute for Biological Studies​

Giving Back Magazine

Bats’ brains predict their next move during flight

MIT Technology Review

Plant a garden that helps the planet by devouring carbon

Popular Science

Research shows how T-cells are blocked from fighting cancer​

Del Mar Times

How plants quickly adapt to shifting environmental conditions

Onside News

June 2021

Family, Salk Institute identify Indian scientist killed while cycling in La Jolla

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Salk research advances closer to stem cell therapy for Type 1 diabetes

La Jolla Light

“Bad fat” suppresses killer T cells from attacking cancer

sdnews.com

Where does great thinking come from? Look beyond the brain

The Washington Post

Science suggests shorter eating windows might lead to better health

Clean Eating Magazine

Salk Institute receives Charity Navigator’s highest rating for tenth consecutive time

OsideNews

Research advances one step closer to stem cell therapy for type 1 diabetes

sdnews.com

Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists announces the finalists of 2021

Science X

New plants for carbon farming

Seed World

The 10 most important health breakthroughs you missed during the pandemic

Time

Late night cravings? Blame it on your hormones

Medical Matters

Body clocks and the importance of timing I Emily Manoogian

TEDxGateway

Neurons made from fibroblasts keep imprint of Alzheimer’s, aging

AlzForum

May 2021

Scientists discover how stem cells trigger muscle regeneration

New Atlas

New study shows how to boost muscle regeneration and rebuild tissue

sdnews.com

HPI’s suberin strategy mentioned in Washington Post climate-change quiz

The Washington Post

When you do things may be more important than what you do

Medium

‘Witnesses are often wrong’: The case against eyewitness ID

The Crime Report

IconOVir Bio announces preclinical proof-of-concept data

Yahoo Finance

Understanding neuronal diversity in the spinal cord

NIH Director's Blog

Researchers shed light on genetic switch in melanoma

GEN

Salk scientists reveal role of genetic switch in pigmentation and melanoma

San Diego Metro

Genetic switch between pigmentation and melanoma revealed

Clinical Omics

Is there a real-life fountain of youth?

SYFY Wire

Ready for this pandemic to end? Here are three things we should all be doing.

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Salk scientists implant human cells in monkey embryos as a step toward easing future transplants

The San Diego Union-Tribune

In-Depth: Unlocking the secrets of COVID-19’s virus spikes

ABC 10 News

Dense-core amyloid plaques may be protective, not destructive, in Alzheimer’s disease

MD Alert

April 2021

Vaccine protects COVID-19 survivors against variants; virus’ spike protein damages blood vessels

Reuters

Salk scientists reveal how brain cells in Alzheimer’s go awry, lose their identity

KUSI

Joanne Chory is using plants to save the planet

The Washington Post

Local science consortium announces grants for studies of aging

La Jolla Light

In Alzheimer’s disease, dense amyloid plaques ‘make the best of a bad situation,’ in mice

Forbes

Creation of first human-monkey embryos sparks concern

The Wall Street Joural

The anti-inflammatory plan that tackles midlife weight gain and tiredness

Yahoo News

San Diego Nathan Shock Center announces first grant awardees at inaugural training workshop OsideNews.com

OsideNews.com

Salk scientist awarded $300,000 pancreatic cancer research grant

La Jolla Light

Some Alzheimer’s plaques are protective rather than destructive, surprising study shows

The Alzheimer's Site

Microglia build plaques to protect the brain

AlzForum

Exercise pills: Should we use drugs that mimic benefits of a workout?

New Scientist

Harnessing plants to clean the air

CBS 8

Plaque protect: Study makes surprising finding about Alzheimer’s hallmark

Technology Networks

Scientists create early embryos that are part human, part monkey

NPR

International team creates first chimeric human-monkey embryos

STAT

Scientists report creating the first embryo with human and non-human primate cells

Time

Chimeric contribution of human extended pluripotent stem cells to monkey embryos ex vivo

Cell

In surprising twist, some Alzheimer’s plaques may be protective, not destructive

Science Daily

Salk scientists Eiman Azim and Sharon Ben-Haim discuss the neuroscience of motor control with Alan Alda

Science Clear+Vivid Podcast

What the Coronavirus variants mean for testing

The New York Times

Salk scientist wins $250,000 Asan Award in basic medicine

La Jolla Light

Researchers find how venus flytrap plants can react to touch

KPBS

Uri Manor appointed assistant research professor at The Salk Institute

San Diego Metro

Salk scientists report new insights into neurodegenerative disorders and potential for genetic therapies

La Jolla Light

Venus flytrap mechanism could shed light on how plants sense touch

PNAS

New portable test could diagnose COVID-19 in minutes, tell you which strain you have

MSN News

A bright new tool to record cellular interactions

The Scientist

2021 Mentor of the Year Finalists Announced – Eight outstanding leaders nominated from across the U.S.

Bakersfield.com

How brain cells repair their DNA reveals “hot spots” of aging and disease

Science Codex

March 2021

Dr Wolfgang Busch – Getting to the Root of Roots

The Biotech Podcast

70 & Sunny: Ron and King

San Diego Magazine

Salk scientist Ronald Evans receives 2021 Asan Award in Basic Medicine

sdnews.com

Reap the rewards of intermittent fasting, and avoid the downsides

Consumer Reports

Local resident honored with endowed chair at Salk Institute

Del Mar Times

New protein helps carnivorous plants sense and trap their prey

SDBN

San Diego arts, health, science and youth groups to share $71M from Prebys Foundation

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Salk scientist Ronald Evans receives 2021 Asan Award in Basic Medicine

San Diego Metro

Salk professor named first holder of Hess Chair in Plant Science

La Jolla Light

Salk Institute introduces new microscopy method

La Jolla Light

New method uses artificial intelligence to improve cell image quality

KUSI

Glial cell inflammatory response linked to bipolar disorder

Psychology Today

Pro-inflammatory molecule linked to bipolar disorder

Medium.com

Should we genetically engineer carbon-hungry trees?

Freethink

Super crops to the (climate) rescue

Mold

Scientists find link between bipolar disorder and neuroinflammation

Gizmodo

Two Salk professors named to endowed chairs

La Jolla Light

February 2021

Salk professors Satchin Panda and Tatyana Sharpee honored with endowed chairs

OsideNews

Intermittent fasting and why when you eat makes a difference

The Washington Post

Wasted: These plants are genetically modified to remove more carbon emissions from the air

KCRW

Salk Institute uses $1 million gift to support world class cancer researcher

news-medical.net

Three blind mice: Could a reversal of cellular degeneration promise a cure for aging?

The St Andrews Economist

Salk’s high school science week goes virtual

San Diego Magazine

The world’s fastest-growing plant could help solve food scarcity and climate change

Freethink

How nighttime screen use affects your mood

News Break

Next Gen Corps

CoolBusinessIdeas.com

6 Stories for Louis I. Kahn’s 120th Birthday

Metropolis Magazine

Salk team reveals never-before-seen antibody binding, informing both liver cancer and antibody design

sdnews.com

Salk Institute announces High School Science Week, to inspire next generation of scientists

sdnews.com

Uncovering the workings of a key molecule involved in liver cancer

Technology Networks

Salk Institute offers High School Science Week for next generation scientists

Times of San Diego

Modern AI has been influenced by how the brain works

Cats Roundtable

In mice, a mother’s love comes from the gut

MSN

Daylight saving is literally killing us

NBCLX

Weight Loss: The Ten-Hour Restricted Eating (TRE) Method

Medium

Of microbes and mothers – certain gut bacteria in mice can disrupt the mother-child relationship

Yahoo News

Tiny aquatic plant offers clues that could enable development of next-generation crops, Salk researchers say

La Jolla Light

Neuroscientist’s research helped unearth how human brains can make new cells

The Washington Post

How to bury carbon? Let plants do the dirty work.

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Salk Institute’s NOMIS Center receives $9.5 million gift

La Jolla Light

Salk scientists awarded $1.2 million to study brain aging

La Jolla Light

Salk Institute scientists awarded $1.2 million for study of brain aging and dementia

San Diego Business Journal

Inflammasome therapeutics says study published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences provides human data confirming potential of company’s proprietary compounds for prevention of dry AMD

Yahoo Finance

Reduced adult neurogenesis linked with Alzheimer’s disease

The Scientist

January 2021

Does a strain of gut bacteria cause parental neglect?

LabRoots

Specific bacteria in the gut prompt mother mice to neglect their pups, new research reveals

Psychreg

Specific bacteria in the gut prompt mother mice to neglect their pups

Phys.org

The when of eating: The science behind intermittent fasting

Knowable Magazine

Salk scientists awarded $1.2 million to study brain aging and dementia

sdnews.com

Salk discusses vaccines on ABC 10 News

ABC 10 News

Salk Institute scientists accelerate COVID-19 research

Spectrum News 1

Carbon-research pact formed

Agri-View

How brains manage short-term memory

KUSI

Why some bipolar disorder patients are lithium non-responders

Psychology Today

Salk researchers use artificial intelligence to make strides in understanding the brain

La Jolla Light

How a new AI model mimics the brain’s prefrontal cortex

Psychology Today

San Diego Foundation grants $750K to encourage STEM education

The San Diego Union-Tribune

December 2020

Remembering San Diegans who passed in 2020

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Scientists search for ways to lock more carbon in the soil

Yale Climate Connections

Computational model reveals how the brain manages short-term memories

sdnews.com

Salk Assistant Professor Dmitry Lyumkis receives CAREER award from NSF

Bioengineer.org

Salk’s simulated system could help develop better artificial intelligence, treatments for brain disorders

sdnews.com

What happens when I take a three-week rest day?

Men's Health

Researchers are ‘supercharging’ crops in hopes to save the planet from climate change

The Denver Channel

San Diego researchers looking to grow a climate solution

KPBS

How confident are San Diegans about COVID-19 vaccine?

NBC 7 San Diego

Here’s how the Biden Presidency will impact markets, climate and energy

Forbes

San Diego Foundation announced $750,000 in STEM grants for minority students

CBS 8

Salk scientist gets funding from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

La Jolla Light

Rusty Gage is quoted in Newsweek article about Alzheimer’s disease

Newsweek

Salk’s Uri Manor to receive over $690,000 from Chan Zuckerberg to advance biological imaging

San Diego Metro Magazine

Down to Earth: Plant power

NBC 7 San Diego

Salk Professors Named 2020 AAAS Fellows

KUSI

Reversal of biological clock restores vision in old mice

Nature

Joe Noel speaks with KPBS about the importance of wetlands [starts at 04:30]

KPBS

2 Salk professors are 2020 fellows of American Association for the Advancement of Science

La Jolla Light

November 2020

Two Salk Institute professors named 2020 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

OsideNews.com

Salk Institute harnessing power of plants to reverse climate change

ABC 10 News

Salk discusses COVID vaccine storage on KUSI

KUSI

KUSI highlights Salk’s grant from Bezos

KUSI

Kay Tye receives Daniel H. Efron Research Award

Five Salk professors named among most highly cited researchers in the world

San Diego Biotechnology Network

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos gives Salk Institute $30 million to help fight climate change

San Diego Union-Tribune

Salk appoints Jesse Dixon as Assistant Professor

OsideNews.com

Sempra donates $2M to Salk Institute for R&D efforts on plant-based carbon-capture

Power Engineering

Journal Club: Defeating type 1 diabetes

Bio Eats World Journal Club

Salk Institute scientist receives award to fund research on tobacco use, pancreatic cancer connection

Del Mar Times

Expert from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies discusses Pfizer’s COVID vaccine

KUSI

Fluorescent tags enable high-resolution imaging of the interactions inside cells

Biomedical Picture of the Day

Cover-crop development pact formed

Agri-View

Salk Institute and BridgeBio Pharma collaborate to advance therapies for genetically driven disease

San Diego Metro Magazine

Salk Honors Jonas Salk’s 106th birthday anniversary

KUSI

October 2020

‘Tis the season: Coping with SAD, or seasonal affective disorder

NPR

Joanne Chory receives the Pearl Meister Greengard Prize [begins minute 17:17]

Pearl Meister Greengard

Rad Scientist Podcast: Salk scientist studies schizophrenia

KPBS

Joanne Chory and HPI are featured in PBS’ Age of Nature, episode 3 (“Changing”), airing at 10p on Oct. 28

KPBS

Times of San Diego scoops up 19 Press Club Awards, including 8 first-place honors

Times of San Diego

Why the time change is trickier when working from home

The Wall Street Journal

Salk assistant professor awarded grant to study impact of tobacco use on pancreatic cancer

San Diego Metro Magazine

The weeds that could save the world

Palatinate

The curious DNA circles that make treating cancer so hard

Chemical & Engineering News

Greg Lemke comments about COVID-19 vaccines on NBC 7.

NBC 7

Award-winning scientists offer advice to the next President of the United States

The Aspen Institute

Ronald Evans celebrates NOMIS Distinguished Scientist Award

NOMIS Foundation

Salk physician-scientist receives NIH Director’s New Innovator Award

San Diego Metro Magazine

New clues as to why we often don’t see things

Cosmos Magazine

Salk Institute’s Joanne Chory wins the 2020 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize

San Diego Metro Magazine

Why people with diabetes are being hit so hard by Covid-19

Stat

September 2020

Some people’s bodies learn to live with Covid-19

Elemental

Inside biology’s black box

Cosmos Magazine

SANDAG recognizes 138 local employers for promoting green commute choices

San Diego County News

Carbon-sucking bionic weeds are new front in climate change war

Bloomberg Quint

Insulin-producing organoids offer hope for treating type 1 diabetes

NIH Director's Blog

Salk study: Method to derive blood vessel cells from skin cells suggests ways to slow aging

sdnews.com

Salk, Prebys and UCSD to team up to study aging

La Jolla Light

Common diabetes drug reverses inflammation in the liver

San Diego Metro Magazine

Salk leads research institutions to study cellular aging in humans

San Diego Metro Magazine

Salk researchers discuss vaccine updates on NBC

NBC 7

Life on Venus? Astronomers see a signal in its clouds

The New York Times

Direct reprogramming of human cells could slow aging

Tech Explorist

How to use biophilic design to set up your home classroom for optimal learning

House Beautiful

Why do you feel lonely? Neuroscience is starting to find answers.

MIT Tech Review

Salk scientists uncover novel type 1 diabetes therapy, promising results seen in mice

KPBS

Cropland vs climate change: a conversation with Wolfgang Busch

Discover Magazine

August 2020

Scientists explore why some people are able to live with an infection unscathed

NPR

New drug shows potential for reversing memory loss

WGN9

Why do some people weather coronavirus infection unscathed?

Undark

Scientists develop immune evading pancreas organoids to treat type 1 diabetes

CIRM

Salk discusses first immune-evading cells to treat type 1 diabetes

KUSI

Stem cell treatment offers new hope for diabetics

Yahoo News

The Author File: Uri Manor

Nature Methods

Video of the day: Engineering plants to fight climate change

earth.com

Dave Schubert, Salk scientist who aimed to unlock mysteries of human body, dies at 77

San Diego Union-Tribune

Salk researchers: Imaging method highlights new role for cellular ‘skeleton’ protein

sdnews.com

Living life according to your circadian rhythm [starts at minute 15:15]

Soundcloud

How COVID-19 sends some bodies to war with themselves

New York Times Magazine

Anti-aging drug targets Alzheimer’s by altering metabolism in the brain

New Atlas

Alzheimer’s disease: Molecule reverses memory decline in mouse model

medicalresearch.com

Paired comparisons could mean better witness identifications

Scientific American

Salk researchers mapped how DNA methylation changes to better understand developmental disorders

sdnews.com

July 2020

Using science to improve eyewitness testimony

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Salk researchers uncover scientific approach to eyewitness identification that could reduce some bias

KPBS

Salk scientists discover genetic “dial”

CBS News 8

Salk researchers accelerate, expand COVID-19 research

sdnews.com

Structural biology of HIV integrase strand transfer inhibitors

Trends in Pharmacological Sciences

June 2020

A metabolic handbook for the COVID-19 pandemic

Nature

Salk scientists: ‘Killer’ lung immune cells could be potential weapon against coronavirus

KPBS

Why your organs might reach 100 even if you don’t

BBC

A ‘miracle drug’ used for diabetes prevention could also be a key to weight loss maintenance

MSN

Salk Institute scientists uncover how cells remember their identity, avoiding errors that could cause cancer

KUSI

Salk neuroscientist, Kay Tye, on work-life balance and reducing stigma in mental health

Once a Scientist

An obscure field of math might help unlock mysteries of human perception

Discover Magazine

Salk scientists uncover how cells remember their identity, avoiding errors that could cause cancer

sdnews.com

Blood clots and TAM receptor signalling in COVID-19 pathogenesis

Nature

Could Tolerating Disease Be Better than Fighting It?

The Scientist

Janelle Ayres explores the ways in which animals tolerate disease

The Scientist

May 2020

Mental Health Toll from Coronavirus Could Rival that of Disease Itself

Newsweek

Salk scientists uncover how RAS proteins bind and get destroyed, which may improve cancer therapeutics

sdnews.com

Salk scientists uncover behavior in cancer proteins

The Coast News Group

Salk researchers discover way to increase levels of fats that fight inflammation and diabetes, in mice

sdnews.com

A legacy of tyrosine

ASBMB Today

Revisiting Louis Kahn’s Masterful Salk Institute

Architectural Digest

April 2020

Pandemic Proposals: San Diego Rocker Proposes with His Great-Grandma’s Ring She Got During 1918 Flu

NBC 7

Social distancing has probably saved more than 1,200 lives in San Diego County. Here’s the proof.

San Diego Union-Tribune

Salk Professor Lemke on FOX 5

FOX 5

How Cell Biologists Work ‘at Home’ featuring Molly Matty

ASCB

How Salk saved Texans from polio

Gainesville Daily Register

How the deadly polio epidemic changed American life for decades before a vaccine was found

Milwaukee Independent

Dr. Greg Lemke discusses the potential to find a vaccine for the coronavirus

KUSI

Surviving COVID-19: A disease tolerance perspective

Science Advances Magazine

KFMB Covers The History of Pandemics with Salk

CBS 8/KFMB

Highlighting Louis Kahn’s Salk Institute in La Jolla

Cultured Magazine

Josh Groban to team with San Diego Symphony at Salk Institute’s 25th ‘Concert Under the Stars’

San Diego Union-Tribune

History on Pandemics with Salk- Live on 10 News

ABC 10 News

History on Pandemics with Salk- Live on KUSI

KUSI

Here’s how San Diego scientists are mounting a counterattack against the coronavirus

San Diego Union-Tribune

Un-miracle drugs could help tame the pandemic

Wired

Beyond sanitizing and social distancing – a healthy circadian rhythm may keep you sane and increase resilience to fight COVID-19

The Conversation

Take it from Jonas Salk. We need ‘courage, boldness’ to beat coronavirus.

San Diego Union-Tribune

Mice’s facial expressions can reveal a wide range of emotions

Science News

March 2020

Someone San Diego should know: Uri Manor

San Diego Union-Tribune

Turning back the clock on aging cells

New York Times

When coronavirus closes your lab, can science go on?

New York Times

World of Wonder: The man who cured polio

KUSI

The limits of soil carbon sequestration

The Breakthrough Institute

What investigating neural pathways can reveal about mental health

TED

The gutsy – possibly crazy – scientists who risked death testing vaccines on themselves

The Washington Post

Salk Institute developing carbon storing super roots

NBC San Diego

February 2020

KUSI Previews Salk Institute’s High School Science Day

KUSI

Even plants pick up on good vibes

Popular Science

How we’ll reengineer crops for a changing climate

Chemical & Engineering News

The life scientists’ guide to writing scientific papers

Hello Bio

What happens when artists and scientists get together? One San Diego museum found out.

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Salk scientists discover therapy that could reverse osteoarthritis

KPBS

Salk scientists link rapid brain growth in autism to DNA damage

La Jolla Light

Illuminating the intersection of art, science and technology

KPBS

January 2020

We now know how certain HIV drugs work at an atomic level

IFLScience

Using science to improve eyewitness testimony

The National Academies of Science, Engineering, Medicine

Top 10 Advances in Psychiatric Research for 2019 from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

Yahoo Finance

Drug combo reverses arthritis in rats at Salk

La Jolla Light

How to find your best diet

GQ

Decrappifying brain images with deep learning

TACC

Remembering Jean E. Rivier, PhD

Endocrine News

Why your brain needs exercise

Scientific American

The Secret History of the Future – Salvation In The Air

Slat/Economist Podcast

December 2019

The Skinny on Time-Restriction: La Jolla reporter tries new scientifically proven diet

La Jolla Light

Expect faster cell phones, better weather forecasts and cashier-less stores in 2020

The San Diego Union-Tribune

The machines are learning, and so are the students

The New York Times

The Mind at Work: Kay Tye on unlocking the grip of negative emotions

Dropbox Blog

Study finds time-restricted eating may help stave off diabetes, heart disease

KUSI

Can we predict compulsive drinking?

Psychology Today

Why when you eat might be as important as what you eat

NIH Director's Blog

The power of plants to fight climate change

The Economist

Eat for 10 hours. Fast for 14. This daily habit prompts weight loss, study finds

NPR

Prediabetes is an emerging health threat in U.S.

CBS This Morning

Pacific Beach resident named among most highly cited researchers

San Diego Community Newspaper Group

Restricting mealtimes to a 10-hour window could boost consumers’ health

Consumer Affairs

Eating only during a 10-hour window improved health for those with metabolic syndrome

Los Angeles Times

Time-restricted eating could lead to weight loss, scientists find

KPBS

Del Mar resident named among most highly cited researchers

Del Mar Times

Why a $20 diabetes drug extends lifespan and boosts overall health: Scientists unlock secrets of a common pill that could become a blockbuster

Daily Mail

Stem cell technology: The only constant is change

GEN

Binge drinking could be down to personality, study finds

Yahoo News

November 2019

Intermittent fasting for weight loss: What you need to know

Los Angeles Times

Scientists find compulsive drinking-linked brain circuit in mice, hope it could one day be used to treat alcoholism

Newsweek

Drunken mice could show why some humans become compulsive drinkers

kpbs

Brain circuit involved in compulsive drinking identified in mice

Scientific American

Cells that ‘taste’ danger set off immune responses

Wired

Success tips from women in science, for girls who want to go into science

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Spiking neural networks: A primer with Terrence Sejnowski

Twiml

Pink shoes and a lab jacket: Finding your way as a female scientist

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Salk scientists show that when you eat may be as important as what you eat

Massive Science

Salk scientists receive grant from National Institutes of Health for BRAIN Initiative

KUSI News

October 2019

Netflix documentary series “Unnatural Selection” features Belmonte lab in Ep. 1 (requires subscription) watch trailer

Netflix

Artificial embryos draw closer with Salk Institute work in mice

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Measuring chromatin accessibility: How reliable is this data?

Oncology Tube

New universe of miniproteins is upending cell biology and genetics

Science Magazine

Machine learning approach to speed up plant research

Biotecnika

Breast cell differentiation mapped to help understand how cancer develops

GEN News

Salk Institute researchers find emotions in motion

La Jolla Light

Discovering brand: The value of marketing for research nonprofits

Forbes

September 2019

The longevity files: A strong grip? Push-ups? What actually can help you live to a ripe old age.

The Washington Post

Genetic influence on root growth discovered

The Western Producer

How I learned to survive – and thrive – on just the one meal a day fasting diet

Yahoo News

A↔N: The architecture-neuroscience divide appears to be narrowing

Common Edge

Symphony at Salk

Discover Magazines

Padres Pedal 2019 summer grants

gopedal.org

Scientists’ understanding of anxiety is radically evolving—but how long will it take for treatments to catch up?

Newsweek

Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation awards $1.4 million in grants

Healio

Deep-learning AI technique helps scientists see more clearly inside the cell

STAT

August 2019

Salk scientists develop new gene editing tool for live genetic modifications

kpbs

Chatting with Tony Award winner and TV/film star Laura Benanti as she heads to San Diego

The San Diego Union-Tribune

In bid to combat climate change, scientists identify gene to help plants grow longer roots

St. George News

Scientists work to alter plants to fight climate crisis

CNN

2019 Rell Sunn Award recipients

Luau Legends of Surfing

Salk’s advancements in deadly lung cancers with Dr. Shaw

KUSI News

The new field of sonogenetics uses sound waves to control the behavior of brain cells

The Conversation

Has this scientist finally found the fountain of youth?

MIT Technology Review

Study identifies potential new treatment for lung cancer

Del Mar Times

The fasting cure is no fad

The Wall Street Journal

July 2019

Biotech Notebook: Treasure from cellular trash; science gets artsy at Symphony at Salk

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Up all night

BBC

Deep roots, edited genes and a plan to fight climate change with supercharged plants

New Atlas

The five: genetic fixes for the climate crisis

The Guardian

By making plant roots grow deeper, these geneticists hope to curb climate change

PBS

Scientists are genetically engineering plants to fight climate change

Vice

Rancho Santa Fe scientist elected to Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Rancho Santa Fe Review

Salk Institute scientists get to the root of plant growth

The San Diego Union-Tribune

How genetically-modified trees could help save the planet from global warming

iNews

Salk Institute conducted a study to determine which organ in the human body is the oldest

KUSI

President Donald J. Trump announces recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

The White House

June 2019

7 Scientists receive PanCAN research grants

Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

Salk scientist Diana Hargreaves named Pew-Stewart Scholar for Innovative Cancer Research

Bioengineer

How old are your organs? Salk, UCSD mouse study finds human clues

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) announces recipients of 2019 Postdoctoral Cancer Immunotherapy Fellowship Awards

ABC 6 News

Spain honors research of plants’ role against climate change

The New York Times

Intermittent fasting made my life easier, and happier

The New York Times

Could tolerating disease be better than fighting it?

The Scientist

May 2019

‘Time restricted eating’ is the diet that promises to re-write your metabolism

Harper's Bazaar

Science, music synthesize at Salk Institute series

The San Diego Union-Tribune

5 Important things you didn’t know about gut health

Better Homes & Gardens

How two Getty initiatives are saving global modernist heritage

Metropolis

How supercharged plants could slow climate change

TED

April 2019

The plan to grab the world’s carbon with supercharged plants

Wired

Pancreatic cancers ‘talk’ to neighbouring cells in mice, pointing to potential new drug targets

Cancer Research UK

AI pioneer Sejnowski says it’s all about the gradient

Times of News

Can the “immortal” jellyfish help scientists cure brain disease?

Quartz

Salk scientists plan to combat climate change with plants

kpbs

Salk to receive $35M to fight climate change

KUSI

Achilles’ heel of pancreatic cancer may lead to improved patient treatment

Yahoo News

This scientist thinks she has the key to curb climate change: super plants

The Guardian

Oh, for a home that soothes and protects you

The Washington Post

The Dawn of Targeted Cancer Therapy – Tony Hunter, Brian J. Druker, John Mendelsohn

TangPrize

Sydney Brenner, a Decipherer of the Genetic Code, Is Dead at 92

The New York Times

Sydney Brenner, Nobel Prize-winning microbiologist, dies at 92

The Washington Post

Sydney Brenner, genetics expert and Nobel laureate, dies at 92

The San Diego Union-Tribune

‘Game of Thrones’ set designer reveals the show’s architectural inspirations

Curbed

March 2019

Biochemical Society announces 2020 award recipients

Biochemical Society

Why don’t antidepressants work for some people? Scientists offer new answer

Newsweek

Fat fighter

Natural History

Time-restricted eating is growing in popularity, but is it healthy?

American Heart Association

Better living through CRISPR: Growing human organs in pigs

Wired

Here’s How to Hack Your Internal Clock to Lose Weight and Fight Disease

Parade Magazine

KUSI Covers “Women in Biotech” at Salk, Sponsored by The San Diego Foundation

KUSI

How meal timings affect your waistline

BBC

The Life-Threatening Consequences of Overhyping AI

Wired

February 2019

Salk Institute board adds two members

La Jolla Light

Cure SMA Awards $150,000 Grant to Veronica Pessino, PhD, Salk Institute for Biological Sciences

Cure SMA

Losing the Night

BBC Radio

Progeria lifespan extended 25 percent, in mouse study by Salk Institute scientists

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Major cancer breakthrough at La Jolla’s Salk Institute

La Jolla Light

San Diego’s Hottest Neighborhoods: Torrey Pines Mesa

San Diego Blog

January 2019

Our finest art: Discover 15 of San Diego County’s masterpieces

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Could a superplant save the planet?

Financial Times

Komen San Diego Joins the “The Last Battle” Podcast Series to Discuss the Latest in the Quest to Find a Cure for Breast Cancer

Susan G. Komen

Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Grants Over $4.7 Million In Awards To 24 Top Young Scientists

Bioengineer.org

Padres ‘Pedal the Cause’ Donates Nearly $3 Million to Local Cancer Research

Times of San Diego

New Discovery on How the Brain Filters Visual Information

Psychology Today

Seeking the Triggers for Parkinson’s

The Dana Foundation

Nerve Cells In People With Autism Develop Faster And Grow Larger, Study Finds

IFL Science

Neurons From People With Autism Grow Differently, Scientists Find

Discover

Stem Cell–Derived Neurons from People with Autism Grow Differently

The Scientist

Nerve cells from people with autism grow unusually big and fast

Science News

Treating Alzheimer’s by treating aging

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Salk President Rusty Gage named to new five-year term to lead Institute

BioSpace

Backstory: Treating Alzheimer’s by treating the aging brain

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Salk Institute president Fred ‘Rusty’ Gage appointed to 5-year term

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Salk President Rusty Gage named to new five-year term to lead Institute

Yahoo Finance

Researchers engineer epigenome editors to etudy how gene expression affects disease

The Scientist

Counting every second

Love Letters Series

December 2018

Dreaming of artificial intelligence in ancient Greece and Silicon Valley

The Washington Post

Salk’s Dr. Panda Live on KUSI Discussing Sleep Disruption & Screen Time

KUSI

Louis Kahn Salk Institute is a modernist masterpiece

Digs

Salk Institute Studies Effect of Screen Time on Sleep

NBC San Diego News

Unraveling the Mathematics of Smell

Scientific American

Circadian rhythm: is your screen time disturbing your sleep?

Scitech Europa

November 2018

Screen time disrupts sleep by resetting internal clocks

Medical News Today

Why screen time can disrupt sleep

Science Daily

Unraveling the Mathematics of Smell

Scientific American

Life-Extending Alzheimer’s Disease Candidates Identified from Diet Supplements

GEN News

Identifying Alzheimer’s Drug Candidates with Anti-aging Properties

Technology Networks

Art + Ideas Podcast – The Salk Institute Part 1 & 2

The Getty

New methods to identify Alzheimer’s drug candidates with anti-aging properties

Medical Xpress

Opinion: The New Frontiers of Epigenetics

The Scientist

Salk Team Awarded 8-Year, $19.2M Grant for Alzheimer’s Research

Xconomy

American Heart Association and Allen Institute select teams for brain campaign

Geek Wire

Research teams from Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Stanford University, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center selected to study healthy brain aging, better treatments for neurodegenerative diseases

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Genetic ‘whodunnit’ for cancer gene solved

ecancernews

AMPK Enzyme Thought to Suppress Cancer Actually Helps Some Tumors Survive

Technology Networks

Glenn/AFAR Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for Translational Research on Aging – 2018

American Federation for Aging Research

Tumor suppressor or tumor promoter: Context matters

The San Diego Union-Tribune

To find new ways to fight brain decline, Salk Institute gets $19.2 million grant

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Salk Institute’s O’Shea gets $1.5 million grant for DNA study

The San Diego Union-Tribune

To burn the most calories, it helps to heed the clock

Los Angeles Times

Society for Neuroscience Presents Science Education and Outreach Awards

Society for Neuroscience

October 2018

DRESSED FOR SALK-cess! Institute’s first Halloween-themed open house

La Jolla Light

Clodagh O’Shea Receives Allen Distinguished Investigator Award To Study Genome

Bioengineer.org

Allen Frontiers Group awards $13.5M for research on cancer, cells, aging and brains

Geek Wire

The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group announces 10 new Allen Distinguished Investigators

Journal Sentinel

An Indian-born scientist explains why a disrupted body clock is the ‘mother of all maladies’

Scroll.in

Salk Institute Cofounder Melvin Cohn Dies

The Scientist

Melvin Cohn, renowned immunologist who helped create La Jolla’s Salk Institute, dies at 96

The San Diego Union-Tribune

BI 015 Terrence Sejnowski: How to Start a Deep Learning Revolution

Brain Inspired

Salk researchers advance sonogenetics technology for treating neurological conditions

News Medical

Salk scientists advance ultrasound technology for neurological therapy

Medical Xpress

Astrocytes Show Unexpected Role in Brain Plasticity

Technology Networks

Astrocytes Have Unexpected Role In Synaptic Plasticity

Reliawire

The Health Care 50

Time Magazine

Brain cells called astrocytes have unexpected role in brain ‘plasticity’

Science Daily

A pioneering scientist explains ‘deep learning’

The Verge

Salk Institute’s Janelle Ayres gets $3.5 million NIH grant

The San Diego Union-Tribune

How Wine Corks Help Fight Global Warming

VOA

Getty announces 2018 grants funding architectural conservation worldwide, including projects in Cuba and Lebanon

Los Angeles Times

Stunning Weevil Eye Wins Forty-Fourth Annual Nikon Small World Competition

Scientific Technology News

Salk researcher Janelle Ayres awarded NIH Pioneer Award

San Diego Metro

September 2018

Salk Institute’s Tatyana Sharpee Elected 2018 Fellow Of American Physical Society

Science Magazine

$1.6 Million CIRM Grant Supports Potential Diabetes Treatment

Science Magazine

How cerebral organoids are guiding brain-cancer research and therapies

Nature

The Fifth Annual Blavatnik National Awards Ceremony and Gala Celebrates America’s Top Young Scientists and Engineers at the American Museum of Natural History

Markets Insider

New York Galas Top Trump Gridlock

Bloomberg

The Fifth Annual Blavatnik National Awards Ceremony and Gala Celebrates America’s Top Young Scientists and Engineers at the American Museum of Natural History

KFM BFM

Embracing the Circadian Rhythm for Better Health

Live Long and Master Aging Podcast

Robotic gliders train themselves to soar on thermals

New Atlas

Researchers use reinforcement learning to train gliders to soar like birds

News Medical

Horwitz Prize Awarded For Work On Hormones

Science Magazine

Researchers train gliders to ride warm air currents just like birds

UPI

Decoding the Structure of an RNA-Based CRISPR System

R&D Magazine

Decoding the structure of an RNA-based CRISPR system

Science Daily

Salk Institute researchers uncover molecular structure of RNA-based CRISPR system

News Medical

WHY ANIMAL EXTINCTION IS CRIPPLING COMPUTER SCIENCE

Wired

Nuclear Pore Control May Stop Cancer Cells from Proliferating

GEN News

Adjusting Cell Gatekeepers Leads to New Cancer-fighting Methods

Laboratory Equipment

ENLISTING OUR OWN GERMS TO HELP US BATTLE INFECTIONS

Wired

New AI Strategy Mimics How Brains Learn to Smell

Quanta Magazine

Tweaking cells’ gatekeepers could lead to new way to fight cancer

Science Daily

Yeast Research Leads to Central Nervous System Disorder Finding

R&D Magazine

Exploring Single-Cell Epigenetics

Biocompare

Research in yeast leads to finding about a central nervous system disorder

phys.org

Research in yeast leads to serendipitous finding about a central nervous system disorder

Science Daily

Unique method to find cancer mutations offers chance of improved treatment

Drug Target Review

New method of pinpointing cancer mutations could lead to more targeted treatments

Science Daily

New Approach Combines Three Methods to Detect Structural Variants in Cancer Cells

GEN News

Image of the Day: Switch Gears

The Scientist

Electron Microscopy Provides New View of Tiny Virus With Therapeutic Potential

R&D Magazine

Electron microscopy provides new view of tiny virus with therapeutic potential

phys.org

Insight Into Therapeutic Potential of Tiny Virus Discovered

Laboratory Equipment

Image of the Day: On the Mend

The Scientist

Meet Our Magazine of the Year Finalists

Folio

Scientists find way of treating skin wounds without surgery

The Guardian

Severe skin wounds regenerated, in mice, in Salk Institute-led study

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Open wounds converted into healthy skin in scientific first

Independent

Salk Scientists Identify Genetic Characteristics of Embryonic Stem Cells Live on KUSI

KUSI

Lab-grown brain bits open windows to the mind — and a maze of ethical dilemmas

The Washington Post

August 2018

A master switch controls aggressive breast cancer

ecancernews

A master switch controls aggressive breast cancer

Medical Xpress

GENE DISCOVERY MAY HELP TREAT AGGRESSIVE BREAST CANCER

The Pioneer

Periods Of Fasting Can Protect Against Obesity And Diabetes

dLife

Eating in 10-hour window can override disease-causing genetic defects, nurture health

Science Daily

Limited Meal Times Prevent Obesity in Mice Prone to Gaining Weight

The Scientist

Why do some odors stink?

Feedstuffs

Study opens new avenues for engineering smells and tastes

News Medical

What’s That Smell? Scientists Find A New Way To Understand Odors

Bioengineer.org

A $2 million gift is aimed at finding a cure for cancer

The San Diego Union Tribune

A Switch to Turn Terpene Production On and Off

Technology Networks

Salk Institute Receives $2 million for Cancer Research Initiative

Onside News

A Switch To Turn Fragrances On And Off

Bioengineer.org

A switch to turn fragrances on and off

Science Daily

2018 Edit and Design Hall of Fame Honorees To Be Celebrated at Folio: Eddie & Ozzie Awards Gala on October 9 in NYC

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

2018 Edit and Design Hall of Fame Honorees To Be Celebrated at Folio: Eddie & Ozzie Awards Gala on October 9 in NYC

Journal Sentinel

2018 Edit and Design Hall of Fame Honorees To Be Celebrated at Folio: Eddie & Ozzie Awards Gala on October 9 in NYC

CBS 8

Distinguished neuroscientist Kay Tye to join Salk Institute

wn.com

Distinguished Neuroscientist Kay Tye To Join Salk Institute

Public

No Mitochondrial Pain, No Longevity Gain

GEN News

Cells Learn to Adapt to Brief Stressors

Laboratory Equipment

Cells Agree: What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger

Bioengineer.org

Salk Scientists Find that Common Dietary Elements Cure Lethal Infections, Eliminating the Need for Antibiotics

Technology Networks

Scientists Find That Dietary Elements Cure Lethal Infections

Laboratory Equipment

Bribing bacteria to play nicely is good for everyone

Science Daily

Back to the future—breast cancer reprises pathways found in fetal cells

Medical Xpress

Back to the future: breast cancer reprises pathways found in fetal cells

Science Daily

When you eat, as important as what you eat, says researcher

Radio Canada International

Debbie Turner & Symphony at Salk

Giving Back

July 2018

Body rhythms a key to better health, according to Salk researcher

Del Mar Times

Widespread Connections Among Neurons Help the Brain Distinguish Smells

Neuroscience News

Scientists Survey Smells at the Circuit Level

Technology Networks

Study: Widespread Connections Among Neurons Help the Brain Distinguish Smells

Laboratory Equipment

Depleting microbiome with antibiotics can have metabolic effects in mice

News Medical

When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health

New York Times

Depleting Microbiome With Antibiotics Can Affect Glucose Metabolism

Science Magazine

Depleting microbiome with antibiotics can affect glucose metabolism

Medical Xpress

Can the Genes Responsible for Aging Be Altered by a Face Cream? These Skin-Care Companies Say Yes

Vogue

$1M award for Salk scientist Janelle Ayres, who befriends our microbial enemies

The San Diego Union-Tribune

This ATM Dispenses Antioxidants

Technology Networks

Janelle Ayres Receives $1 Million From W. M. Keck Foundation For Disease Research

Science Magazine

An ATM that dispenses antioxidants

Science Daily

Study clarifies dual role of protein that watches for cellular threats and repairs damage

Medical Xpress

The Science of Fasting and the related Health Benefits

CapeTalk

Salk Institute voted California’s most beautiful building

ABC 10 News

The most beautiful building in every US state, according to people who live there

Business Insider

Dr. Panda from Salk Institute Discusses His New Book The Circadian Code

FOX News

What the satellites in your body do

ecancernews

What the satellites in your body do

Science Daily

Scientists discover how satellite RNA leads to cancer

Medical Xpress

June 2018

Winners of 2018 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists named

c&en

How The Office Org Chart in Your Brain Helps to Organize Your Actions

Technology Networks

How To Get Your Circadian Rhythm Back On Track

Sheerluxe

Salk Institute Associate Professor Wins Award, $250,000 Prize

San Diego Business Journal

How the office org chart in your brain helps to organize your actions

Medical Xpress

How the Office Org Chart in Your Brain Helps Organize Your Actions

Neuroscience News

Salk Institute Researchers Win Five Competitive Grants For Cancer Research

Science Magazine

Two of San Diego’s top scientists to share $1.3 million Tang Prizes

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Eight Scholars Awarded 2018 Tang Prize, the Most Laureates Ever

Bakersfield.com

Americans win Tang Prize for cancer research

Taipei Times

Hunter receives Tang Prize award

Focus Taiwan News Channel

Salk Discusses Why the Brain is Susceptible to Alzheimer’s

KUSI

Pew selects scientists to investigate fundamental biomedical questions

San Diego Metro

THE 19TH-CENTURY CRANK WHO TRIED TO TELL US ABOUT THE MICROBIOME

Wired

Salk Scientist Saket Navlakha Named Pew Scholar

Science Magazine

Pew Selects 22 Scientists to Investigate Fundamental Biomedical Questions

NBC2

The Genius Life

iTunes

How our body’s circadian clocks affect our health beyond sleep

The Verge

Small Molecule Appears to Destroy Protein That Wakes Dormant HIV

MD Magazine

San Diego science reaches top tier in new global survey

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Salk Institute Receives $1.5 Million for Alzheimer’s Research From NANOS Co. Ltd.

KUSI

Salk Institute receives $1 5M for Alzheimer s research from NANOS

sdnews.com

Brain cells’ energy “factories” may be to blame for age-related disease

The Stem Cellar

May 2018

Discovery Reveals How Cells Try To Control Levels Of Key HIV Protein

Science Magazine

Discovery reveals how cells try to control levels of key HIV protein

Medcial Xpress

Discovery reveals how cells try to control levels of key HIV protein

Science Daily

Naturally Aged Mitochondria May Improve Study of Brain Aging

GEN News

Time on Your Side: Pradeep Reddy / Reverse Aging

Big Picture Science

Salk Institute Receives $1.5 Million from NANOS Co. for Alzheimer’s Research

San Diego Metro

Vitamin D shows protective effects for cells in the pancreas

Diabetes.co.uk

Salk Institute’s Joanne Chory Awarded Prestigious Gruber Prize

Scienmag

Boosting the effects of vitamin D to tackle diabetes

Science Daily

Boosting the Effects of Vitamin D to Tackle Diabetes

R&D Magazine

CLASSY Study Shows How Cells Label DNA “Do Not Use”

Technology Networks

Jonas Salk’s recordings will be heard after 50 years, thanks to UC San Diego project

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Understanding how DNA is selectively tagged with ‘do not use’ marks

Science Daily

Understanding how DNA is selectively tagged with ‘do not use’ marks

Archaeology News Network

Interconnected Cells-in-a-dish Let Researchers Study Brain Disease

Science Newsline

Interconnected Cells in a Dish Let Researchers Study Brain Disease

Neuroscience News

Salk researchers clarify relationship of two neuron types to psychiatric and movement disorders

Medical Life Science News

Where brain cells get their information may determine their roles in diseases

Medcial Xpress

Where brain cells get their information may determine their roles in diseases

Science Daily

Single injection treats hemophilia B for life, in proof-of-concept study

Medical Xpress

Single injection treats hemophilia B for life, in proof-of-concept study

Science Daily

April 2018

Biden shakes Salk with powerful plea for more cancer cooperation

La Jolla Light

Ron Evans wins Vallee Awards in Biomedical Science

The Vallee Foundation

Izpisua at the UCLM requested “government” support to bring into fruition the findings that will enable diseases that have been incurable so far to be treated

UCLM

Scientists share innovative cancer research at annual AACR meeting

FOX News

March of Dimes & Salk Institute: where cures begin

ABC 10 News

Human Brain Organoids Thrive in Mouse Brains

GEN News

Miniature human brains grow for months when implanted in mice skulls

STAT

Former Vice President Joe Biden to discuss cancer research during visit to Salk Institute

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Human Brain Organoids Thrive in Mouse Brains

The Scientist

Building a better brain organoid

The Stem Cellar

Miniature human brain implants survive, grow inside mice for months

UPI

Scientists call for more science in forensic science

OPS15

University of Pittsburgh Public Health gets an Iron Lung!

UPMC News

Prominent Academics, Including Salk’s Thomas Albright, Call for More Science in Forensic Science

Science Newsline

Iron lung used to treat polio patients displayed at Pitt school of public health

Trib Live

Pitt’s ‘new’ iron lung is symbol of the Salk achievement there

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Plants are great at storing CO2. These scientists aim to make them even better.

ensia.com

Prominent academics call for more science in forensic science

phys.org

KUSI Previews Salk Science & Music Series

Good Morning San Diego

Superstar cancer researcher Tony Hunter of Salk Institute wins award, makes new finding

The San Diego Union-Tribune

March 2018

Hidden Histidine Phosphoproteome Reveals New Tumor Suppressor

Biocompare

Tumor suppressor protein targets liver cancer

Cancer News

Tumor Suppressor Protein Targets Liver Cancer

Technology Breaking News

Prof Tony Hunter Receives Award for Extraordinary Achievement in Cancer Research

Technology Networks

Timing your meals may help with weight loss. That’s what it seems to do in mice.

The Washington Post

Stress in Your Early Childhood Could Actually Make The Brain’s DNA Remap Itself

Science Alert

In Some Ways, Our DNA Does Change

Front Line Geonomics

Early Life Experiences Influence DNA in the Adult Brain

Neuroscience News

Tony Hunter Receives Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award

Bioengineer.org

Worm Exhibits Fear-Like Response Similar to Humans

R&D Magazine

Fear Response Biochemistry Uncovered

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

Signaling Mechanisms Behind Defensive Responses Identified

Biocompare

Stem Cell Round: Improving memory, building up “good” fat, nanomedicine

The Stem Cellar

Molecule That Gives Energy-Burning Brown Fats Its Identity Could Lead to Drugs for Obesity

ALN Magazine

How Editing RNA—Not DNA—Could Cure Disease in the Future

Gizmodo

Salk scientists adapt powerful gene-editing system to correct dementia in lab

The San Diego Union-Tribune

How brown fat could lead to better weight loss drugs

Medical News Today

Making new memories is a balancing act

ScienceDaily

Making New Memories is a Balancing Act, Study Suggests

Scicasts

The Secret to a Longer Life? Don’t Ask These Dead Longevity Researchers

The New York Times

Scientists find power switch for muscles

Science Daily

Salk Institute reports robust financial health amid hard times for biomedical institutes

The San Diego Union-Tribune

An exercise pill may be in the future for those incapable of working out

The Washington Post

Exercise In A Bottle? The Story Of The ‘Exercise Pill’

The New Yorker

February 2018

CBS Covers March of Dimes High School Science Day Hosted by Salk Institute

CBS 8

Salk and UC San Diego scientists receive $1.5 million to study firefighter health

SD News

How The Brain Tells Our Limbs Apart

Front Line Genomics

How the Human Brain Can Tell Our Arms and Legs Apart

Disabled World

How the brain tells our limbs apart

Science Daily

Aged Astrocytes Prime Brain for Neuroinflammation

ALZ Forum

Our cells have variable schedules

Le Figaro

Salk and UC San Diego Scientists Receive $1.5 Million to Study Firefighter Health

SD Metro

Firefighters to fight heart disease with time-restricted diet

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Researchers Discover How Liver Responds so Quickly to Food

Health Informative

NONO Protein Implicated in Liver’s Response to Feeding/Fasting

Biocompare

Researchers Discover How Liver Responds So Quickly to Food

Laboratory Equipment

Fighting Cancer by Activating Biological Clocks

Sleep Review Magazine

January 2018

Binge Eating at Night? Your Hormones May Be to Blame

The New York Times

Salk Partners with Indiviumed

San Diego Business Journal

Possible Alzheimer’s drug also slows aging

San Diego Union-Tribune

Julie Law nominated to Newsweek’s “Women of the Future” by Elizabeth Blackburn

Newsweek

The Salk Institute and Indivumed Partner to Advance Global Cancer Research

NBC 12

Salk Institute, Indivumed Enter Research Partnership

Genome Web

Activating circadian clock kills cancer cells

Chemical & Engineering News

Curry spice holds clues to Alzheimer’s drug targets

Medical Xpress

Astrocytes Have A Region-dependent Aging Response

Reliawire

Could targeting the body clock stall brain cancer?

Medical News Today

Winding Biological Clock Shortens Cancer’s Meal Time

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

What happens when your brain’s support cells aren’t so supportive?

Science Daily

From Fins to Limbs: New Research Offers Clues to How Animals Left the Sea and Evolved to Walk on Land

Columbia University

Plant Protein Reveals Surprising Immune Response to Bacterial Attack

Technology Networks

Alzheimer’s Drug Turns Back Clock in Powerhouse of Cell

Neuroscience News

Unusual plant immune response to bacterial infection characterized

Science Daily

Self-defense for plants

phys.org

How to reset the body’s biological clocks

CBS 8

Salk Scientists Debate Editing Plant Genes To Fight Climate Change

KPBS

December 2017

Getting straight to the heart of the matter in stem cells

Science Daily

Nup98 Protein Found to Play Critical Role in Blood Cell Differentiation

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

Getting straight to the heart of the matter in stem cells

Medical Xpress

Getting Straight To The Heart Of The Matter In Stem Cells

Scienmag

Multifunctional Protein Contributes To Blood Cell Development

Bioengineer.org

Scientists Are Engineering Carbon-Storing Plants to Fight Climate Change

Futurism

When Your Spinal Cord Takes Charge

Neuroscience News

When your spinal cord takes charge

ScienceDaily

Researchers discover spinal cord neurons that inhibit distracting input to focus on task at hand

Medical Xpress

Adapted Crispr gene editing tool could treat incurable diseases, say scientists

The Guardian

Researchers Advance Techniques To Change Gene Regulation And Treat Disease In Mice

Foebes

Scientists use CRISPR to turn genes on without editing their DNA

Los Angeles Times

Researchers share $22m Breakthrough prize as science gets rock star treatment

The Guardian

The New Plants That Could Save Us From Climate Change

Popular Mechanics

Salk President Elizabeth Blackburn named one of 23 greatest living scientists by CEO World magazine

CEO World

Salk Board Chairman Emeritus Irwin Jacobs and wife, Joan, listed #6 of America’s 10 most generous philanthropists

Forbes

UdeM celebrates the exceptional career of one of its graduates, Dr. Roger Guillemin

Université de Montréal

These 12 People Are Changing Science

TIME

Behind the boom in machine learning

Axios

November 2017

Elizabeth Blackburn at TED2017

TED

Saving the Environment Through Art

Forbes

Salk Institute names new chairman

The San Diego Union Tribune

Scientists aim to fight climate change with super plants

Los Angeles Times

Salk Institute unleashes plants on climate issues

The San Diego Union Tribune

How Fruit Fly Brains Could Improve Our Search Engines

Smithsonian

Powerful Search Algorithm Was Inspired by Fruit Fly’s Brain

Seeker

A Pill to Make Exercise Obsolete

The New Yorker

October 2017

Scientists are working on a massive project to map every brain cell

Southern California Public Radio

Salk Institute scientists get $25 million for brain atlas

The San Diego Union Tribune

True Leaders 2017: Nobel Laureate Elizabeth Blackburn

Financial Review

KUSI – Salk Neurobiologist Receives NIH Director’s Innovator Award

YouTube

‘Busybody’ protein may get on your nerves, but that’s a good thing

Science Daily

‘Busybody’ protein may get on your nerves, but that’s a good thing

Medical Press

Salk Neurobiologist Receives NIH Director’s New Innovator Award

SCIENMAG

Salk Neurobiologist Receives NIH Director’s New Innovator Award

Bioengineer.org

September 2017

Elizabeth Blackburn: Influencer of the Year

Next Avenue

Salk scientists find DNA damage safeguard, study chemo potential

The San Diego Tribune

The right way to repair DNA

Science Daily

The right way to repair DNA

Phys Org

The Right Way To Repair DNA

Bioengineer.org

Ed Callaway on Mapping Brain Connectivity, Mentorship, and the Dream Experiment

Inscopix

People in your Neighborhood: Meet Nobel Prize recipient, La Jolla resident Roger Guillemin

La Jolla Light

Salk scientists find how cancer stops immune response

The San Diego Union Tribune

Scientists Gain Deeper Understanding of the Brain With These Two Key Proteins

TrendinTech

Stem Cell Stories That Caught our Eye: Insights into a healthy brain, targeting mutant cancers and commercializing cell therapies

The Stem cellar

2017 Courage & Hope Award: Dr. Fred “Rusty” Gage

Alzheimer's San Diego

Partnership for a Healthy Brain

Science Newsline

Salk Institute President Elizabeth Blackburn Honored by TIME as a ‘Trailblazing Woman’

San Diego Metro

Salk President Blackburn named to list of influential women

The San Diego Union Tribune

Elizabeth Blackburn – First woman to become president of the Salk Institute

TIME

August 2017

The Case for a Breakfast Feast

The New York Times

After the eclipse, check out San Diego’s natural wonders

The San Diego Union Tribune

Brain mapping uncovers neuronal differences

Medical News Today

Making A Better Brain: Scientists Just Discovered a New Kind of Brain Cell

Futurism

Breakthrough Method Yields Trove of Neuron Subtypes, Gene Regulators

NIH

New kinds of brain cells discovered by Salk, UCSD scientists

The San Diego Union Tribune

The Restoration of Louis Kahn’s World-Famous Salk Institute Must Be Seen to Be Believed

Architectural Digest

Nobel Laureate: Please Put Your Disease on Hold as Congress Decides Whether to Cure It

TIME

From one cell to billions: Juan Carlos Izpisúa Belmonte studies all stages of life

The San Diego Union Tribune

U.S. Scientists Able to Alter Genes of Human Embryos

US News

In Breakthrough, Scientists Edit a Dangerous Mutation From Genes in Human Embryos

New York Times

Scientists edit disease-causing gene mutation in human embryos

CNN

First human embryo editing experiment in U.S. ‘corrects’ gene for heart condition

The Washington Post

Salk Scientists Contribute To First Gene Editing Of Human Embryos In US

KPBS

Salk scientist Reuben Shaw wins NCI Outstanding Investigator Award

News Medical

Female scientists share their breakthroughs at Salk Institute lecture in La Jolla

La Jolla Light

July 2017

Salk Institute establishes architecture endowment

Public.

Scientists inject ferrets’ brains with rabies to study…vision?

Wired

Strawberries Might Reduce the Mental Effects of Aging

Yahoo News

Plant compound shows more evidence of cognition-protecting abilities, in animal testing

The San Diego Union Tribune

3D scans reveal similar growth patterns between plants and human brains

3ders

Mathematical rules governing plant growth found to be like how brain cells sprout connections

News-Medical

How Plants Grow Like Human Brains

R&D Magazine

How plants grow like human brains

Phys Org

Dear Dr. Elena: How outreach kills the science stereotype

Nature

How the Brain Understands What the Eye Sees

The Weather Channel

Repurposed asthma drug shows blood sugar improvement among some diabetics

Medical Press

Protein Structures Clarified by Using Novel Technique

Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News

Tilted microscopy technique better reveals protein structures

Bionity News

Jonas Salk’s son steps in to help preserve iconic building

The San Diego Union Tribune

Tilted microscopy technique better reveals protein structures

Phys Org

Salk Institute hires two noted researchers

The San Diego Union Tribune

June 2017

Salk Institute ‘Masterpiece of Modern Architecture’ Restoration Complete

Times of San Diego

The Getty completes major renovation project of Kahn’s Salk Institute

Archinect News

Salk Institute Establishes Architecture Endowment

Design and Home

Salk Institute launches architectural endowment focused on historic preservation

The Architects Newspaper

Solving Salk’s Mystery

Curbed

Salk Researchers Streamline Protein-Protein Interaction Technique

Genome Web

New method to rapidly map the ‘social networks’ of proteins

Phys Org

New Method to Rapidly Map the ‘Social Networks’ of Proteins

Science Newsline Biology

Strong scientific research underpins biotech boom in San Diego

The Korea Herald

Seeding the Field

Howard Hughes Medical Insitute

This Exercise Pill Could Deliver All the Benefits of Working out—Without All the Effort

Readers Digest

What’s Time is Dinner?

BBC World Service

Salk Institute scientist Eiman Azim named Pew Scholar and Aging Brain Scholar

Health Medicine Network

Salk Institute scientist Eiman Azim named Pew Scholar and Aging Brain Scholar

Scienmag

Salk Institute Researchers Study How the Brain Recognizes What the Eyes See

NBC News

13 Buildings That Have Aged Magnificently

ArchDaily

Stem cell stories that caught our eye: brains, brains and more brains!

CIRM, California's Stem Cell Agency

A better dye job for roots — in plants

Health Medicine Network

Running on Empty

The Scientist

Researchers Identify a Key Link Between the Brain’s Immune Cells and Neurodegenerative Disorders

Huntington's Disease News

A better dye job for roots—in plants

Phys Org

A better dye job for roots — in plants

Scienmag

May 2017

Brain’s immune cells linked to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, schizophrenia

Science Daily

Helping Plants ‘Pump Iron’

Laboratory Equipment

Helping plants pump iron

Seed Daily

Helping plants pump iron

Science Daily

California Today: Grabbing Hold of the Life Sciences Industry

The New York Times

Mouse study brings exercise pill a step closer

Reuters

She’s got a radical approach for the age of superbugs: Don’t fight infections. Learn to live with them

STAT

Culture Report: Salk Scientists’ Latest Experiment Is Collaborating With Artists

Voice of San Diego

Creative Minds: Studying the Human Genome in 3D

National Institute of Health

Crean una nueva técnica que ‘apaga’ los genes que provocan cáncer

Redacción médica

Time on Your Side

SETI Institute

Exercise may one day be prescribed in a pill

Quirks and Quarks

‘Exercise in a pill’ helps mice

ABC News

Novel tool confers targeted, stable editing of epigenome in human stem cells

Medical Press

Novel tool confers targeted, stable editing of epigenome in human stem cells

eCancer News

Health Buzz: One Day, A Pill Might Offer You the Same Benefits As Exercise

US News

‘Exercise Without Workout’ Pill Being Tested

Voice of America

‘Second genetic code’ edited in stem cells to study disease-causing changes

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Novel tool confers targeted, stable editing of epigenome in human stem cells

Science Daily

Exercise in a Pill Just Took a Step Closer to Reality

NBC News

With An Injection, Mice Nearly Double Their Endurance

Discover

April 2017

Pittsburgh polio vaccine pioneer dies at 96

Pittsburg Action News

Eat, Sleep, Repeat: How Kids’ Daily Routines Can Help Prevent Obesity

NPR – The Salt

San Diegans Join Global March For Science

KPBS

Human-Pig Hybrids Have Arrived!

Dr. Drew

Scientists create new stem cell that can grow into any tissue in the body

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Nobel Scientist: When Did We Start to Value Killing Over Living?

Time

Salk professor criticizes disbanding of federal forensics committee that included scientists

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Sessions orders Justice Dept. to end forensic science commission, suspend review policy

Washington Post

Salk’s research center on aging receives additional $3 million gift from Glenn Foundation

SCIENMAG Science Magazine

Salk book on human values being updated, reissued

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Ability of stem cells expanded to regrow any tissue type

Science Daily

Scientists announce breakthrough in stem cell research

United Press International

Salk Scientists Expand Ability of Stem Cells to Regrow Any Tissue Type

Science Newsline

Scientists announce breakthrough in stem cell research

United Press International

Silicon Valley’s Quest to Live Forever

The New Yorker

March 2017

Announcing the 2017 Searle Scholars

The Searle Scholars Program

How Can You Change the Way Your Genes Behave?

The People's Pharmacy

Biomedicine has enriched Alan Gold — and he has given much back in return

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Lifelong ethic of giving for Irwin and Joan Jacobs

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Young women hear a rallying cry for science, urged to consider it as a career

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Institute architecture showcased in View spread “Where Cement meets Calm”

View

Ursula Bellugi Salk Institute WSA White Nights Tribute

501 (c)inema

Hard choices? Ask your brain’s dopamine

L.A. Biz

Are you really in control of your mind? Scientists discover the power of dopamine to change your decisions

Daily Mail

Can we hit the snooze button on aging?

Chemical Engineering News

February 2017

KUSI covers Salk’s 27th High School Science Day

KUSI

Christopher Reeve’s son in San Diego

KOGO News

Will Reeve speaks at Salk Institute about spinal cord research

KUSI

Salk scientists use mRNA to successfully treat hemophilia B in mice

News Medical

Rhythmic brain circuits built from stem cells

CIRM

Don’t kill the messenger RNA

Phys.org

Big honor for groundbreaking cancer researcher Tony Hunter

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Salk scientists create circuitoids to study rhythmic pattern in neurons

News Medical

Team develops tool that maps functional areas of the genome to better understand disease

Medical Press

Finding our way around DNA

Science Daily

The Internet and your brain are more alike than you think

Science Daily

The Internet and your brain are more alike than you think

Phys.Org

The internet works like a human BRAIN: Researchers traffic flow in both is surprisingly similar

Daily Mail

Three parent babies: Salk researchers study new in vitro procedure

CBS8.com

The benefit of making human-animal hybrids

The Wire

No longer a myth: a part human, part pig chimera

CBC Radio

Human-animal hybrids find their place in medicine

Science Friday

What’s the benefit in making human-animal hybrids?

IFL Science

Scientists create human-pig hybrids to grow organs for transplant

Interesting Engineering

Salmonella makes hosts eat

Nature

January 2017

Research at the Salk Institute suggests simple nutrient support may help cure infections

KPBS

Elizabeth Blackburn on the telomere effect: ‘It’s about keeping healthier for longer’

The Guardian

Embryos that are human-pig hybrids offer hope for patients who need organ transplants

Los Angeles Times

New Insight Describes connection between Salmonella infection and appetite loss

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

Bacteria’s sneaky way to spread by getting you to eat more

New Atlas

Salk scientists’ breakthrough in understanding HIV genetic structure Read more: San Diego Community News Group – Salk scientists’ breakthrough in understanding HIV genetic structure

San Diego News

First human-pig chimera is a step toward custom organs

Wired Magazine

Human-pig hybrid created in the lab—here are the facts

National Geographic

Human muscle cells are growing inside of a pig

Time Magazine

Scientists take first steps to growing human organs in pigs

Associated Press

New prospects for growing human replacement organs in animals

The New York Times

Scientists create a part-human, part-pig embryo — raising the possibility of interspecies organ transplants

The Washington Post

Salmonella encourage appetite to promote spread, Salk Institute study finds

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Microbe that causes food poisoning exerts a sort of mind control over mice

Science Magazine

Feed a cold, starve a fever? Not so fast, study suggests

Science Daily

Why our telomeres matter

AARP

Salk scientists show how microenvironment signals encourage growth of pancreatic tumors

News Medical

Pancreatic cancer cure research 2017: Blocking deadly tumor growth may be possible, scientists say

Medical Daily

Curb your immune enthusiasm

Science Newsline Biology

Curb your immune enthusiasm

Drug Magazine

Pancreatic tumors rely on signals from surrounding cells

Science Daily

Scientists discover how to prevent undesirable immune attacks on therapeutic viruses

Environmental News Network

Have scientists found a way to actually reduce the effects of aging?

Smithsonian

Why you should be patient with your indecisive teen

Science Friday

Scientists turn back the clock on aging

Forbes

A Nobel prize-winning biologist’s advice for aging well and preventing disease

The Huffington Post

Worms have teenage ambivalence, too

Phys.org

Teen worms are just as angsty as teen humans, study suggests

U. S. News & World Report

Worms have teenage ambivalence, too

Science Magazine

Scientists crack the structure of HIV machinery

Phys.org

Scientists crack the structure of HIV machinery

Science Daily

How to control aging

Scientific American

Top 10 tech trends transforming humanity

The Huffington Post

“Telomere Effect”: How exercise, diet and sleep affect aging

CBS News

You may have more control over aging than you think

Business Insider

December 2016

Irwin Jacobs: from telecom mogul to Salk Institute leader

The San Diego Union-Tribune

A brain in a dish: 3D mini-brains prove to be remarkably accurate

Futurism

Salk scientists reverse signs of aging–live on KUSI (Part 1)

KUSI

Salk scientists reverse signs of aging– live on KUSI (Part 2)

KUSI

Salk scientists reverse signs of aging live

Fox 5 News

Scientists take on what was once thought impossible: reversing aging

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Scientists successfully lengthen mice’s lifespan by 30 percent

Popular Mechanics

Aging is reversible—at least in human cells and live mice

Scientific American

Scientists may have found a way to reverse aging

New York Magazine

Scientists say the clock of aging may be reversible

The New York Times

Experiments on mice suggest aging can be reversed

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Ageing process may be reversible, scientists claim

The Guardian

Researchers rejuvenate aging mice with stem cell genes

Science Magazine

Salk Institute president and Nobel prize winner discusses her life in science

La Jolla Light

For Stem Cells to Be Healthy, Telomere Length Has to Be Just Right, Scientists Find

Scicasts

Telomere Elongation Compromises Pluripotency In Stem Cells

ReliaWire

The Goldilocks effect in aging research

Front Line Genomics

Genetic Housekeeping Nowhere without NoBody Microprotein

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

Salk Researchers Say Plant May Hold Key To Drought Resistance

KPBS

Small but mighty: Tiny proteins with big roles in biology (Update)

Phys.Org

Team Discovers Small Protein Important for Cellular Housekeeping

Scicasts

Scientists find new ‘microprotein’ hiding in human genome

UPI

Collaboration uncovers how molecular machines assemble

Phys.org

Multi-institutional collaboration uncovers how molecular machines assemble

Science Daily

November 2016

Scientists Discover Immune Receptors Amplify ‘Invader’ Signals By Turning into Mini-Machines

Scicasts

A vast Louis Kahn retrospective lands at the San Diego Museum of Art

Los Angeles Times

Louis Kahn’s Salk Institute, the building that guesses tomorrow, is aging — very, very gracefully

Los Angeles Times

Salk scientists discover key to amplification of ‘invader’ signals

News Medical

Terry Sejnowski Discusses Salk’s Latest Discover on Brain Waves

KUSI

Helmsley gives Salk Institute $25M to demystify chronic inflammation

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Terry Sejnowski Discusses Salk’s Latest Discover on Brain Waves

CW6

Salk Scientists’ New Gene Editing Technique Gives Vision To Blind Rats

KPBS

Breakthrough as gene-editing technique restores sight to blind animals

The Guardian

Researchers discover rotating brainwaves help memory storage during sleep

Scicasts

San Diego scientists help develop new twist on in vitro fertilization

KPBS

Salk Institute Researchers publish new findings on cell membranes

Times of San Diego

Molecular conductors help plants respond to drought

Phys.org

Molecular conductors help plants respond to drought

Science Daily

Here’s why pond scum will live longer than you

Fortune

Ted Waitt named Salk Institute chairman

The San Diego Union-Tribune

October 2016

Artists’ residency settles into Escondido home

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Celebrating a Legend: Louis Kahn

San Diego Magazine

Salk Professor awarded grant for work in organ, tissue generation

San Diego Business Journal

Technology that can help you improve your sleep

ABC News

Salk scientist wants to solve transplant shortage by growing organs in animals

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Salk neuroscientist granted $1 million to harness sound to control brain cells

Science Magazine

Salk Fellow Jesse Dixon receives NIH Director’s Early Independence Award

Science Magazine

Salk Institute Names Martin Hetzer as Chief Science Officer

SD Metro

Symphony at Salk

Giving Back

September 2016

Salk Institute Professor Honored For Groundbreaking Work

SD Metro

Geoffrey Wahl connects local colon cancer patient to resources that give man new hope

Stat

Physicians and physicists join forces to fight pancreatic cancer

The Wall Street Journal

Salk scientist Clodagh O’Shea named recipient of grant from Faculty Scholars Program

News Medical

Stopping fat synthesis shrinks cancers, study finds

The San Diego Union-Tribune

The brain’s stunning genomic diversity revealed

Science Magazine

The brain’s stunning genomic diversity revealed

Medical Xpress

Academia and industry collaborate on $15M initiative to study Bipolar disorder, Schizophrenia

Bioscience Technology

Salk Institute to Co-lead effort to find treatments for Schizophrenia, Bipolar disorder

NBC San Diego

This Facebook executive says fasting for 15 hours a day changed his life

Business Insider

The Salk Institute conservation project

Getty Magazine

What it takes to reach

Discover Magazine

August 2016

Salk Institute to Co-lead effort to find treatments for Schizophrenia, Bipolar disorder

San Diego Business Journal

Women & Science

Giving Back

The end of organ donation? Scientists create method for growing unlimited supply of kidney cells in a lab

Mirror.co.uk

Salk scientists map brain’s action center

Science Newsline

Scientists map brain’s action center

Science Daily

Boosting brain protein eases alzheimer’s symptoms

Newsmax

Boosting brain protein alleviates Alzheimer’s symptoms, study says

UPI

New method creates endless supply of kidney precursor cells

Scienmag.com

Symphony at Salk highlights science and art for 21st year

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Disregarded plant molecule actually a treasure

Phys.org

Olympic athletes still use some Rx drugs as a path to ‘legal doping’

NPR

San Diego researchers offer insight into what makes humans social

KPBS

Human vision depends on timing of neural spikes for recognizing shapes, study says

International Business Times

When it comes to recognizing shapes, timing is everything

Scienmag.com

Vision: When it comes to recognizing shapes, timing is everything

Science Daily

Salk Institute women scientists share progress, results

La Jolla Light

How soaring birds might inspire intelligent, gliding machines

The Christian Science Monitor

The architect who became a diamond

The New Yorker

Next stop: Salk

Food and Travel Magazine

July 2016

San Diego ranks high in rising stars science index

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Salk scientists propose new molecular criteria for generating naïve stem cells

News Medical

Innovative Salk research maps human brain

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Four steps for validating stem cells

Science Codex

Extensive variation revealed in 1001 genomes and epigenomes of Arabidopsis

HHMI News

Extensive variation revealed in 1,001 genomes and epigenomes of Arabidopsis

Science Daily

Stem cell reprogramming allows scientists to model autism development

UPI

Unravelling the mechanism of excess brain growth in autism

Drug Target Review

Stem Cell-derived neurons reveal clues about Autism

ReliaWire

Study shows miR-19 helps new neurons in the adult brain stay on track

News Medical

Role found for microRNA molecule in development of schizophrenia

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

Research reveals small molecule keeps new adult neurons from straying, may be tied to schizophrenia

Scicasts

Marijuana compounds show promise in protecting brain cells from Alzheimer’s

Forbes

Marijuana compound removes Alzheimer’s-Related protein from nerve cells

The Huffington Post

June 2016

Health Buzz: How Marijuana Could Help Alzheimer’s Research

US News & World Report

Focus: Bright minds battling dark diseases

The San Diego Union-Tribune

“Princess Leia” brainwaves may help you learn in your sleep

New Scientist

Salk Institute researchers use super-resolution microscope to image vital receptors in lymph nodes

News Medical

Super-resolution microscopy reveals unprecedented detail of immune cells’ surface

Bionity.com

Salk Recruits Rising Star to Study Neurology of Mental Disorders

Newswise

Human organs grown in pigs may help transplant patients, scientists say

CNN

Seeking effective drugs for Alzheimer’s

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Remembering the bold and brilliant Francis Crick

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Salk nonresident fellow receives Kavli prize

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters

May 2016

Jet lag cure may soon be a reality, thanks to science

Conde Nast Traveler

Salk scientists discover REV-ERBα protein that controls strength of circadian rhythm

News Medical

Creative minds: Breaking size barriers in cryo-electron microscopy

National Institutes of Health

Researchers chart landscape of genetic, epigenetic regulation in plants

Science Daily

Genetic switch turned on during fasting helps stop inflammation

(e) Science News

Genetic switch turned on during fasting helps stop inflammation

Medical Xpress

Why 4 emerging tech hubs are luring startups away from Silicon Valley

Mashable

Adult brain prunes branched connections of new neurons

(e) Science News

An inside look reveals the adult brain prunes its own branches

CIRM

Adult brain prunes branched connections of new neurons

Science Daily

Cellular pruning follows adult neurogenesis

The Scientist

April 2016

Hidden Role of Nervous System Cells Revealed by Tiny Microscopes

Scicasts

Tamping down neurons’ energy use could treat neurodegeneration

Science Daily

How a cell’s ‘fuel gauge’ promotes healthy development

Science Daily

Nobel laureate comments on the importance of investing in science

The Wall Street Journal

Progress toward stem cell treatment for diabetes

National Institutes of Health

Salk makes step toward cellular diabetes treatment

The San Diego Union Tribune

Insulin-producing cells created in the lab

Cosmos Magazine

Brain mapping tool 20 times more powerful than previous version

R&D Magazine

A curated list of the very important proteins San Diego scientists are studying right now

San Diego Magazine

Transforming stem cells into diabetes beaters

Scientific American

Frontline Cancer: Top scientists to tackle cancer challenge

La Jolla Light

This new discovery could lead to a cure for Parkinson’s disease

Yahoo News

How cellular cannibalism protects your brain

Stat

Putting human stem cells in animal embryos? The NIH should get on board.

Los Angeles Times

This new discovery could lead to a cure for Parkinson’s disease

Science Mic

Breaking the test tube ceiling

San Diego Magazine

Eating late at night: The new science of why it’s making you fat

Reader's Digest

March 2016

Scientists identify two enzymes that appear to play role in metabolism, inflammation

News Medical

Scientists find ‘outlier’ enzymes, potential new targets to treat diabetes, inflammation

Phys Org

Salk opens its doors

Ranch & Coast

Ancient Viruses Hidden in Your DNA Fight Off New Viruses

Wired

February 2016

New Salk president promises to protect institute’s mission

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Happy 115th, Louis Kahn! A curbed reader on the amazing architect

Yahoo! Finance

U of M scientists gain clues to stopping HIV

Star Tribune

Protein structure illuminates how viruses take over cells

Phys.Org

Meet San Diego’s 41 most influential scientists

The San Diego Union-Tribune

New estimate boosts the human brain’s memory capacity 10-fold

Scientific American

January 2016

Brain’s Memory Capacity Rivals World Wide Web

Forbes

Salk’s Science & Music Series

Ranch & Coast

Tissue mash-up: a Q&A with Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte

Scientific American

‘Bombshell’ Study Shows Our Brains Are Even More Awesome Than We Knew

Huffington Post

The human brain could store 10 times more memories than previously thought

Popular Science

The human brain can store 10 Times as many memories as previously thought, says study

Daily Mail

Scientists discover how mitochondria recover after damage

Scicasts

Salk study expands brain memory capacity estimate

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Salk Institute working on cure for brain cancer

KUSI

Suspect gene linked to autism, schizophrenia

Forbes

How the cell’s power station survives attacks

Medical Xpress

New target for deadly brain cancer treatment identified: Study

NDTV

Deadly brain cancer glioblastoma multiforme could soon be treatable, thanks to discovery of key growth instigator

Medical Daily

Cancer: Key driver behind deadly form discovered

HNGN

Salk Institute names leading researcher to head the Salk Cancer Center

SD Metro

Reuben Shaw tapped to lead Salk Cancer Center

San Diego Business Journal

Tour Louis Kahn’s magnificent Salk Institute in La Jolla, California

Architectural Digest

December 2015

With everyone away for the holidays, now’s the time to get science done

Stat

The most popular online course teaches you to learn

The New York Times blog

How plants get out of the shade

The San Diego Union-Tribune

A game-changing idea

San Diego Magazine

Salk researchers move one step closer to unlocking how the brain functions

News Medical

Salk scientists discover the function and connections of three cell types in the brain

Health Canal

Year in review: Not all bodies act their age

Science News

Elite older scientists say ‘no thanks’ to retirement

The San Diego Union-Tribune

A learning advance in artificial intelligence rivals human abilities

The New York Times

Creative minds: Applying CRISPR technology to cancer drug resistance

NIH - National Institutes of Health

Salk Institute receives Charity Navigator’s highest rating

San Diego Business Journal

Ron Evans of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies

San Diego Business Journal

Incoming Salk president’s Nobel-winning work

The San Diego Union-Tribune

November 2015

Beverly Emerson was named a 2015 Fellow of the AAAS

Giving Back

Elizabeth Blackburn to lead Salk Institute

Science

San Diego scientists study how lean people can still get diabetes

KPBS

New type of diabetes caused by old age may be treatable

The Stem Cellar

New Type 4 diabetes not linked to obesity

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Nobel laureate Blackburn named Salk president

The San Diego Union-Tribune

San Diego researchers join pancreatic cancer ‘dream team’

KPBS

Study shows molecular “brake” stifles human lung cancer

Scicasts

Geisel Library exhibit celebrates legacy of Jonas Salk

UCSD Guardian

October 2015

Scientists a step closer to understanding chronic itch

ABC News

Discovery of ‘superhero’ bacteria could help in infection survival

HealthlineNews

Research gives clues to why some benefit more from drug for bipolar disorder

US News & World Report

Plants manage cellular damage related to weather

New York Times

Salk scientists discover protein factories hidden in human jumping genes

Health Canal

New study from TSRI and Salk points to cause of debilitating nerve disease

News Medical

Precision mapping

Popular Science

Maps for precision medicine

Popular Science

The Strangers in your brain

The New Yorker

Scientists create ‘old’ cells

Medical News Today

Aged neurons generated for disease research

The San Diego Union-Tribune

A new way to fight aging in the brain

MIT Technology Review

Scientists create ‘old’ brain cells from patients’ skin

Newsweek

NIH Awards $31.8M toward 4D Nucleome Program; Creates Hub at UC San Diego

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

Brain gain

The Scientist

Joan and Irwin Jacobs have received this year’s Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy

Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy

“Inside Salk” takes top award

Folio:

September 2015

10 QUESTIONS: Rebecca Newman raises cash, awareness to help organizations grow

La Jolla Light

Sound waves give San Diego neuroscientists control over brain cells

KPBS

Testing neurons with ultrasound

New York Times

Study looks at relation of organs to aging and disease

The Boston Globe

Americans are eating later, and that may contribute to weight troubles

Smithsonian

Forget three square meals — Americans eat all day long

US News & World Reports

New app shows the longer you’re awake, the more calories you eat

Huffington Post

Researchers receive $13 million NIH grant to develop new stem cell-based assays for studying autism

News Medical

NSF awards $15 million to crack the olfactory code

National Science Foundation

Breast cancer research

KUSI

Does the brain age faster than the liver? Different organs age at different rates

Medical Daily

Sound waves used to activate brain cells in a worm

BBC News

Errant gene turns cells into mobile cancer factories

Health Canal

Targeting breast cancer

San Diego Union-Tribune

Fred Gage’s unending exploration of the brain

San Diego Union-Tribune

Salk Institute researchers find possible new cancer therapy

KUSI News

Scientists visualize motor neuron activity in real time

Scicasts

Symphony at Salk featured guest artists John Pizzarelli and Chris Botti

San Diego Magazine

La Jolla library opens biotech lab

San Diego Union-Tribune

August 2015

Symphony at Salk marks 20th anniversary, $330 million raised

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Temples of the mind: The mysterious neuroscience of holy buildings

CNN Style

Salk Scientist appointed to National Commission on Forensic Science

San Diego Business Journal

Joan and Irwin M. Jacobs receive Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy for 2015

San Diego Business Journal

Andrea Bocelli, Renee Fleming to perform in L.A. Pavarotti benefit concert

Los Angeles Times

Autism research: August 14, 2015 Week in review

Autism Daily Newscast

Salk Professor wins national award, $7.9 million in funding

Times of San Diego

What makes you so smart, computational neuroscientist?

Pacific Standard

Salk celebrates turnaround under Bill Brody

The San Diego Union-Tribune

July 2015

Stem cells could treat mitochondrial disease

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Researching careers in life sciences

The San Diego Union-Tribune

New tools developed to study protein formation

Gen News

New technique maps elusive chemical markers on proteins

Health Canal

Dietary fat intake could potentially ease mitochondrial disease, shows research

News Medical

June 2015

Salk research reveals way to reduce autism symptoms

CW6

New drug prevents cancer cells from staging last stand

Gen News

New approach to starving cancers

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Deprotected telomeres tip cancer cells to crisis, death

Gen News

Cell suicide path further explained

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Nicola Allen Named Pew Scholar

San Diego Business Journal

Plant study illuminates brain

The San Diego Union-Tribune

"Keep Tabs on Your Telomeres: The Role of Chromosome Ends in Aging and Disease."

Del Mar Times

Nucleoporin proteins play significant role in maintaining embryonic stem cells

News Medical

Potential link between diet and autism

KUSI News

Lighting up the brain

Cosmos Magazine

Meet the Author Conchi Estaras

Molecular Cell

Genome-controlling map made

The San Diego Union-Tribune

May 2015

Scientist explores secrets of aging

The San Diego Union-Tribune

What a mouse brain looks like when it rewires itself

Gizmodo

Rewiring of senses in a mouse brain revealed in glorious colour

New Scientist

New type of stem cell could make it easier to grow human organs

Scientific American

The brighter side of rabies

The New Yorker

New stem cell identified

The Scientist

New stem cell may be key to human organs in animals

U-T San Diego

Vital step in stem cell growth revealed

Bioscience Technology

April 2015

Salk Institute for Biological Studies Release: Vital step in stem cell growth revealed

Biospace

How do we age?

U-T San Diego

Vital step in stem cell growth revealed: Finding could aid regenerative and cancer therapies

Phys.Org

Scientists discover an important new driver of aging

The Washington Post

Scientists discover the secret to keeping cells young

Time

Increase funding for public health research

U-T San Diego

Technique aims to cut disease-causing mutations out of eggs and embryos

Science Magazine

Controversial gene-editing approach gains ground

Scientific American

Hopes raised for new genetic therapy to prevent inherited diseases

The Guardian

Salk scientists propose new mitochondrial disease fix

KPBS

Gingrich says "double the NIH budget"

U-T San Diego

Introducing Mrs. Robert Redford

U-T San Diego

Ep. 42: "Neurogenesis" Featuring Dr. Fred Gage

The Stem Cell Podcast

"World’s Smart Cities"

U-T San Diego

Explore Salk 2015 on Channel 8 News

CBS 8

‘Bubble boy’ progress reported

U-T San Diego

Mending a battle scarred mind

Cosmos Magazine

March 2015

Who needs March Madness?

The Journal of the American Institute of Architects

Salk scientist weighs in on gene engineering technology

KUSI News

The miracle of the 12-hour fast

Men's Fitness

Changing the way cancer is treated

San Diego 6 News

Salk’s molecular scissors chop up HIV

U-T San Diego

Salk Nobel Laureate receives France’s highest honor

Times of San Diego

Dean’s Medal awarded to three Stanford alumni

The Stanford Daily

February 2015

Salk celebrates 25 years of mentoring

U-T San Diego

Why you slip but don’t fall walking on ice

ABC News

When scientific research can’t get federal funds, private money steps in

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Scientists want to trick the gut into burning fat without food

NPR News

Researchers say when you eat each day may be crucial to weight loss

The Wall Street Journal

January 2015

Eyewitnesses aren’t as reliable as you might think

The Washington Post

‘Mini-brain’ in spinal cord helps brain keep body balanced

Computer World

Salk scientists discover new diet pill

KPBS

A 12-hour window for a healthy weight

New York Times

Diet pill mimics the effects of eating

Science Friday

Scientists develop a weight-loss pill that fools the stomach

LA Times

‘Imaginary Meal’ drug aims to curb your appetite, drop pounds

NBC 7 San Diego

Pill works as ‘imaginary meal’ to aid weight loss

USA Today

This pill can trick the body into losing weight, study finds

Time

New drug tricks metabolism into burning fat as if you’ve just finished a meal

The Washington Post

Distributed information processing in biological and computational systems

Communications of the ACM

December 2014

Worms’ mental ‘GPS’ helps them find dinner

Science World Report

Navigating the stage with a disability

The Wall Street Journal

November 2014

Itzhak Perlman at the Salk Institute

KUSI News

U-T event honors Salk’s life, legacy

U-T San Diego

Itzhak Perlman charms the Salk

U-T San Diego

The brain on architecture

The Atlantic

Billion-Dollar campaigns roar back

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

October 2014

Eldar will fuse jazz & neurobiology Sunday

U-T San Diego

Researchers find entirely new type of ‘good’ fat in the human body – and say it can fight diabetes

The Daily Mail

Diabetes prevention Is hope of Salk discovery of ‘Good Fat’

Times of San Diego

September 2014

A vitamin D variant may be key to treating deadly pancreatic cancer

Los Angeles Times

Scientists ID an on/off switch for aging cells

R & D

More than 750 cyclists ride in Pedal the Cause

CBS 8

Getty Foundation announces grants for 20th-century buildings

New York Times

How the ‘Garbage Men’ of our bodies remove dead cells in different environments

Science World Report

August 2014

Researchers discover genetic trigger that could lead to new autoimmune, cancer treatments

Vaccine News Daily

The brainwave that lets you recognize what’s new in the world

Scientific American

Science mecca blooms on La Jolla mesa

U-T San Diego

Drug sought from African tree

Voice of America

San Diego scientist illuminates link between light and health

KPBS

Wooing the big bucks

U-T San Diego

Spotlight on women

San Diego Magazine

Inside the Icon

San Diego Magazine

July 2014

Protein Temporarily Reversed Type 2 Diabetes in Mice

US News and World Report

San Diego home to 49 of world’s top scientists

U-T San Diego

Not All Stem Cells Created Equal

The Scientist

June 2014

Five insights challenging science’s unshakable ‘truths’

The Guardian

Computing a cure for HIV: 9 ways supercomputers help scientists understand and treat the virus

National Science Foundation

Blocking pain receptors could increase life and metabolism

Liberty Voice

Research helps clarify how obesity leads to Type 2 diabetes, cancer

Medical News Today

How biological time flies

USC News

It’s Personal: Why this real estate mogul is funding disease research

Inside Philanthropy

Biocom partners with San Diego International Air

GlobeAdvisor.com

Prebys gives $25M to Salk endowment drive

UT San Diego

May 2014

The Light Therapeutic

The Economist

Salk professor named grantee in new pancreatic cancer research program

Phys.org

Bike benefit funds sisters’ breast cancer study

UT San Diego

Why do you feel hungry in the night? It could be down to a faulty gene

The Huffington Post UK

Genes discovered linking circadian clock with eating schedule Health Canal

BBC

Salk’s Glenn Center Receives $3 Million Donation

San Diego Metro Magazine

Meet the man who is trying to make humans immortal by recreating their brains on computers

Business Insider

Beyond the cut: Exploring the future of movies with neuroscience, virtual reality and architecture

Fastcocreate.com

Early indicators of schizophrenia indicated by new stem cell research

Medical News Today

Cancer researcher describes breakthrough

UT San Diego

Taking a chance for Jonas Salk

U-T San Diego

Scientists reveal network of fundamental motor circuitry

Medical Design Technology

Walk for Salk 5k event headlines free laboratory tours with ‘Shrek’

San Diego Community News Group

Salk Institute study identifies novel regulator of key gene expression in cancer

Biocompare

April 2014

Salk Institute study identifies novel regulator of key gene expression in cancer

News Wise

Seen and Unseen: Could there ever be a "Cinema Without Cuts"?

Scientific American

The Salk Institute is featured on KUSI’s World of Wonder

KUSI News San Diego

Salk Researchers’ Work Explains How Brain Selects Memories

Times of San Diego

Research by UCI, Salk Institute points to novel therapies for minimizing stroke-induced brain damage

News Medical

New memory model explains how neurons select memories

Before It's News

New cause of brain bleeding immediately after stroke identified

Science Daily

Going Long

The Scientist

March 2014

Cancer-fighting gene needed in brain

UT San Diego

A dedicated circuit links direction-selective retinal ganglion cells to the primary visual cortex

Nature Journal

Famous Breast Cancer Gene Could Affect Brain Growth

Science Magazine

Acclaimed biologist fosters next generation of women in science

San Diego Source

Budding scientists get rare look inside Salk labs

U-T San Diego

February 2014

Gathering Of Great Minds: Creating San Diego’s Salk Institute

KPBS

Salk, Stanford partner in genomics program

U-T San Diego

January 2014

Factors that trigger "ALT-ernative" cancer cell growth

Chemotherapy Advisor

San Diego Will Play A Role In California’s New Stem Cell Genomics Center

KPBS

Genomics and Epigenomic Variations in Arabidopsis

PacBio Blog

Strawberry, Cucumber Nutrient May Prevent Alzheimers Memory Loss

Drug Discovery & Development

How Does The Brain Create Sequences?

RedOrbit

December 2013

Scientists see relief in budget deal

U-T San Diego

Salk Institute Names Alan Gold and David Hale to Its Board

San Diego Business Journal

New method for determining structure of key cellular receptors could speed drug development

Medical News Today

New Method for Determining Structure of GPCRs

Drug Discovery and Development

November 2013

Unique Gene Combinations Reshape Our Brains and Behaviors

Psychology Today

BIOPHOTONICS RESEARCH FUNDING: Flexible funding options for biophotonics

BioOptics World

Lab-Grown Kidney Buds

The Scientist

Next Wave In Stem Cells

San Diego Business Journal

First-ever ‘mini-kidney’ organs created from human stem cells

Fierce Biotech

SCI Detour

PVA Magazine

San Diego ‘brainiest’ city in US

San Diego Union Tribune

Our Speckled Brains

National Geographic

Scientists Find Surprising Degree Of Genetic Variation In Human Brain

International Business Times

October 2013

Genetic Diversity in the Brain

The Scientist

A clear mechanistic link

Drug Discovery News

Remembering Jonas Salk on the Anniversary of His Birthday

Patch

Human genetic similarity explained

UT San Diego

Genome Digest

The Scientist

Humans Restrain Jumping DNA That Chimps Allow To Run Free

National Geographic

A Light Switch changes the Shape of Brain Proteins

Austrian Tribune

Optogenetics controls protein activity in living neurons

BioOptics

5 free things in San Diego, beyond surf and sand

Yahoo News

Salk Scientists Create A Light Switch For Brain Proteins

KPBS

Neuroscience: Through the eyes of a mouse

Nature

Salk initiates new music series

U-T San Diego

Salk Institute appoints new communications chief

The Daily Transcript

How the brain handles big data

Phys Org

September 2013

National Neuroscience Effort Zooms In On Brain Circuits

KPBS

A Detailed Map Of Neural Connections in Human Brain Is Being Developed by Scientists

MedIndia

Hope for sufferers of Alzheimer’s disease now closer to reality

ZeeNews

Gut Bacteria Might Contribute to Obesity

Voice of America

Salk researchers develop new model to study schizophrenia and other neurological conditions

Medical News Today

Out of Sync

The Scientist

August 2013

New model to study schizophrenia has been developed

Dr. Tipster

New Drug Could Save Migraine Sufferers From Horrors Of Bright Light

Gizmodo

Scientists discover drug that could combat migraines

Medical News Today

New Drug Could Save Migraine Sufferers From Horrors of Bright Light

Gizmodo

Charting the Chemical Choreography of Brain Development

NIH Directors Blog

Katharine McPhee taking Salk stage

San Diego Union Tribune

Researchers find mechanism viruses use to shut down the body’s defenses

Vaccine News Daily

New study shows why the flu is so virulent

Digital Journal

Salk scientists add new bond to protein engineering toolbox

Phys Org

New Tool to Add Strong, Unbreakable Bonds Between Two Points in Proteins

A to Z Nanotechnology

Smoke Detectors: Ancient receptors in seeds bind a small molecule in smoke that promotes germination

The Scientist

July 2013

Novel Mechanism in Spinal Cord Injury Discovered

Science Daily

Mouseunculus: How The Brain Draws A Little You

National Geographic

Scientists explore the mind with epigenomic maps

University World News

Researchers Take More Nuanced Approach To Making Stem Cells

RedOrbit

More Versatile Approach to Creating Stem Cells Discovered

Science Daily

Cancer-causing pathway explained

San Diego Union Tribune

Salk Researchers Identify Potential Biomarker For Cancer Diagnosis

Red Orbit

Brain Methylation Map Published

The Scientist

Salk studies pave way to better computer object recognition and therapies for visual disorders

NewsMedical

Object Recognition Requires Stability

The Scientist

June 2013

EXCLUSIVE: Singing Star Katharine McPhee Lends Her Talents to Salk Institute’s Groundbreaking Cancer Research

The Reno Dispatch

Katharine McPhee to Play La Jolla

The La Jolla Patch

Foundation Places a $42-Million Bet on Cutting-Edge Scientific Research

Chronicle of Philanthropy

Ripening Genes Pegged

The Scientist

The Fire of Life

BioScience Technology

Mechanism Identified That Allows Cancer Cells to Survive Metabolic Stress and Chemotherapy

BiotechDaily

May 2013

How to defeat Alzheimer’s

Los Angeles Times

Salk researchers find breast cancer trigger

San Diego Union Tribune

New Research Shows Cancer Cells Could Be Prevented Before They Even Develop

The Reno Dispatch

Hair’s Circadian Clock May Help Reduce Hair Loss In Chemo Patients

Red Orbit

Radiation hair loss cut by circadian timing

San Diego Union Tribune

Salk Researchers Halt The Progression Of Alzheimer’s In Very Old Mice

KPBS

Salk researchers chart epigenomics of stem cells that mimic early human development

Space Daily

Breakthrough in Alzheimer’s Treatment

NBC 7 San Diego

Alzheimer’s drug candidate reverses disease in mice

UT San Diego

Potential Therapeutic Target for Cushing’s Disease Identified

MD India

Epigenomics of Stem Cells That Mimic Early Human Development Charted

Science Daily

Potential Therapeutic Target for Cushing’s Disease Found

Scicasts

April 2013

Smoke signals: How burning plants tell seeds to rise from the ashes

Phys Org

Mapping the Human Brain

IEEE

Salk neuroscientists propose how visual system automatically adapts to new environments

News Medical

First Ever 5K Walk for Salk and Explore Salk

La Jolla Patch

Your Brain Is Good At Math, Even If You Aren’t

Science 2.0

Brain Mapping Like Moon Race: La Jolla Scientist

NBC (Los Angeles)

Salk Institute key player in Obama’s BRAIN initiative

Fox5 San Diego

Obama to Unveil Initiative to Map the Human Brain

New York Times

Walk for Salk

San Diego Magazine

March 2013

AACR recognizes scientists whose contributions to cancer field have extraordinary impact

News-Medical

Canker sore drug reverses weight gain in mice

FierceBiotech

The Brainy Science of Finding Your Car Keys

Yahoo News

Fueling San Diego’s engine of biotech

San Diego Union Tribune

Salk develops new way to look at disease

San Diego Union Tribune

Salk epigenetic findings may aid in crop production and study of human diseases

The Medical News

Hidden Layer Of Genome Unveils How Plants May Adapt To Environments Throughout The World

Red Orbit

Sequester Cuts Put More Cancer Patients at Risk of Dying, Researchers Say

The Daily Beast

February 2013

Federal Cuts Akin to Amputation: Cancer Researchers

NBC San Diego

Plants Cut the Mustard for Basic Discoveries in Metabolism

Science Daily

Cloud helps image molecules in detail

Zee News

The Salk Institute Remains A Modernist Beacon

Architectural Digest

January 2013

Tracking Telomeres to the Edge

LiveScience

Salk Scientists Find Diabetes Drug Treats Lung Cancer

KPBS

Salk Institute Receives $42 Million Grant For Genomic Center

KPBS

Salk gets record $42M for genomics

UT San Diego

December 2012

How confident are San Diegans about COVID-19 vaccine?

NBC 7 San Diego

Chromosome ‘Anchors’ Organize DNA During Cell Division

Science Daily

Microscopy: Two microscopes are better than one

Nature

More than 3,000 epigenetic switches control daily liver cycles

Biology News Net

Faster, Safer Method For Producing Stem Cells Developed By Scientists

Red Orbit

Obesity finding turns diet advice on its head

Vancouver Sun

November 2012

Here’s how the Biden Presidency will impact markets, climate and energy

Forbes

San Diego Foundation announced $750,000 in STEM grants for minority students

CBS 8

Salk Institute Fundraising

KPBS

Science Finds Possible Connection Between Diabetes and Alzheimer’s

Hive Health Media

Corridors of the Mind

Pacific Standard

Salk study finds diabetes raises levels of proteins linked to Alzheimer’s features

San Diego Daily Transcript

La Jolla researchers continue to amaze with scientific advancements

SDNews.com

Salk study finds diabetes raises levels of proteins linked to Alzheimer’s features

San Diego Daily Transcript

October 2012

Ma Yasong picks his Great Buildings (Salk Institute)

CNN

Stem Cells Not Needed for Cancer

The Scientist

Why Brain Tumors Are So Hard to Destroy

Yahoo News

Cold viruses point way to new cancer therapies

Yahoo News India

Common Cold Could Kick Cancer’s Keister

Geek O System

How a Salk scientist beat her own cancer

U-T San Diego

Cold Dinners and Hot Buildings

Psychology Today

September 2012

Mexican Axolotl Provides Insights into Potential of Human Regenerative Medicine

Sci-News.com

Salk study findings could address crop growth, human hunger

sdnews.com

Major advance reported in reading people’s genes

UT San Diego

"Occupy" comes to DNA: A genome for the 99 percent

Reuters

ENCODE project sheds light on human DNA and disease

Los Angeles Times

August 2012

Salk scientist gets funding from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

La Jolla Light

Doped genes the next go-good tool

The Australian

Is it when you eat, not just what you eat?

Tampa Bay Times

The truth about LeAnn Rimes

U-T San Diego

Planting the Seeds of Defense: Stress Triggers Widespread Epigenetic Changes That Aid in Disease Resistance

Science Daily

Discovery Of Molecular Link Between Circadian Clock Disturbances and Inflammatory Diseases: Scientists

MED India

July 2012

Rusty Gage is quoted in Newsweek article about Alzheimer’s disease

Newsweek

Salk’s Uri Manor to receive over $690,000 from Chan Zuckerberg to advance biological imaging

San Diego Metro Magazine

Genetically modified athletes: Forget drugs.

Daily Mail

Salk Professor Terrence Sejnowski receives IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award

PhysOrg

Cord blood cells may prove valuable for treatment of neurological diseases

Yahoo News

Neurons Derived from Cord Blood Cells May Represent New Therapeutic Option

Science Daily

Female Scientists Blazing New Trails

Union Tribune

June 2012

Rare Genetic Illness May Shed Light on Role of Hormones in Autism, Anxiety

Psych Central

We are viral from the beginning

Discover Magazine

New 3D protein-mapping technique may solve the structure of targets for half of all drugs

Kurzweilal.net

May 2012

Speeding Up Drug Discovery With Rapid 3-D Mapping of Proteins

Science Daily

Microglia: The constant gardeners

Nature

Method to Delay Aging of Stem Cells Developed

Science Daily

Nighttime Fasting may foster weight loss

LA Times

Salk Study May Offer Drug-Free Intervention To Prevent Obesity

KPBS

It’s Not Just What You Eat, It’s When You Eat, Mouse Study Finds

US News and World Report

Leaves guide plant’s battle for sunlight

Thaindian News

Plant Fatty Acid Production Cellular Secrets Understood

Kansas City infoZine

Discovery of Plant Proteins May Boost Agricultural Yields and Biofuel Production

Renewable Energy World.com

SDG&E Lauds Green Energy, Clean Transportation ‘Champions’

San Diego Business Journal

Molecular Switch Could Be Key for Type 2s

Diabetes Health

How Working the Muscles May Boost Brainpower

New York Times

Salk poised to break fundraising record

UT San Diego

April 2012

Down to Earth: Plant power

NBC 7 San Diego

Scientists find how plants grow to escape shade

PHYS.ORG

Salk’s polio vaccine called safe 57 years ago today

UT San Diego

Cellular Switches Responsible For Maintaining Balanced Sleeping Pattern Found

FrenchTribune.com

Finding of genetic ‘fasting switch’ could lead to new diabetes treatment

Scienceblog.com

March 2012

Salk Professors Named 2020 AAAS Fellows

KUSI

Salk Scientists Discover Chemotherapy Pathway

KPBS

Salk discovers how chemotherapy works

San Diego Union Tribune

Mice Study Shows Brain’s Natural Resistance to Drugs

PsychCentral

Discovery of Brain’s Natural Resistance to Drugs May Offer Clues to Treating Addiction

Science Daily

Students Play Scientists At Salk Labs

KPBS

Salk to hold high school science day

San Diego Union Tribune

February 2012

Reversal of biological clock restores vision in old mice

Nature

Does your brain produce new cells?

Guardian

Renato Dulbecco, 97, Dies; Won Prize for Cancer Study

New York Times

Renato Dulbecco dies at 97; 1975 Nobel Prize winner in medicine

LA Times

Embryo link could lead to new breast cancer treatments

Private Healthcare UK

Brain Proteins May Be Key to Aging

The Scientist

Old theory helps discover new targets in fight against breast cancer

News Track India

Are we merely the sum of our neurons?

New Scientist

Cell Aging Process may be Understood by Studying Extremely Long-Lived Proteins

MED India

Why Do Cells Age? Discovery of Extremely Long-Lived Proteins May Provide Insight Into Cell Aging and Neurodegenerative Diseases

Science Daily

The 16 Best Science Visualizations of 2011

Wired

January 2012

Joe Noel speaks with KPBS about the importance of wetlands [starts at 04:30]

KPBS

2 Salk professors are 2020 fellows of American Association for the Advancement of Science

La Jolla Light

Salk biologist wins Israel’s top science prize

UT San Diego

Wylie W. Vale Jr. dies at 70; researcher helped discover stress hormone

Los Angeles Times

Wylie Vale Jr., Groundbreaking Endocrinologist, Dies at 70

New York Times

Scientists Map the Frontiers of Vision

Science Daily

Top 100 Stories of 2011 #64: Stem Cell Research Hits More Painful Setbacks

Discover Magazine

December 2011

Journal Club: Defeating type 1 diabetes

Bio Eats World Journal Club

Salk Findings can Lead to Safer Asthma, Allergies and Arthritis Treatments

Med India

Discovery May Lead to Safer Treatments for Asthma, Allergies and Arthritis

Science Daily

Local Researchers Develop Drug To Battle Alzheimer’s

10 News

Salk Stem-Cell Research Shows Promise in Sickle-Cell Disease

La Jolla Patch

Safe Way to Repair Sickle Cell Disease Genes, Study Suggests

Science Daily

November 2011

Stem cell science gets new home in La Jolla: Scientists from three San Diego research institutions will combine forces at new center

SignOn San Diego

Tweaking a Gene Makes Muscles Twice as Strong: New Avenue for Treating Muscle Degeneration in People Who Can’t Exercise

Science Daily

Research on fruit fly intestines by San Diego scientists — may reveal the secret to vitality

KPBS

Brain cell genomes show their individuality

Nature Blogs

Understanding the Human Brain

sciencemag.org

October 2011

Salk Institute scientist receives award to fund research on tobacco use, pancreatic cancer connection

Del Mar Times

Check It Out: Salk Institute

UnionTribune/SignonSanDiego

Williams syndrome shows gene-behavior links: Key to autism?

CBS News

Eyes Are the Windows to the Soul; Skin Is a Window to the Brain

Discover Magazine

Salk biologist named editor of a top science journal

SignOn San Diego

Salk finds possible way to combat deadly infant disorder

San Diego Union Tribune/SignonSan Diego

Salk Gets $4.5M Grant for Brain Research Center

San Diego Business Journal

Growing Schizophrenic Brain Cells In A Dish Helps Neuroscientists Study Mental Illness Up Close

Popular Science

Genetic Alarm Clock – Researchers identify a gene that wakes people up from sleep each day

The Scientist

What Wakes You Up – There’s A Gene For That

KPBS

How your internal alarm clock works

Globe and Mail

September 2011

Expert from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies discusses Pfizer’s COVID vaccine

KUSI

Salk finds gene that helps wake people up

San Diego Union Tribune/SignonSanDiego

Bionic Bacteria: Superbug Potential For Organic Drugs And Biofuel

KPBS

Salk scientist garners grant to study how astrocytes impact neural behavior

BioOptics World

Salk scientist earns Whitehall Foundation grant

The Daily Transcript

Research explains mystery of the BRCA1 breast cancer gene

SignOn San Diego

Salk Researchers Discover How Defective Gene Leads To Cancer

KPBS

Breast-cancer gene keeps DNA under wraps

Nature

Salk Institute Announces New Cancer Findings

10 News

August 2011

Fluorescent tags enable high-resolution imaging of the interactions inside cells

Biomedical Picture of the Day

Gleek$ Turn out at Salk Institute

NBC San Diego

Halfway point for 1,001 genomes quest

NatureNews

Symphony tunes up for evening with Idina

Sign On San Diego

Read, delete and grow

Innovations Report

San Diego’s Salk Institute – Paving Way To Feed World

KPBS

Double-duty discovery

Nature Medicine

Mapping proteins in a mustard plant

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

July 2011

Largest-ever Map of Interactions of Plant Proteins Produced

Kansas City InfoZine

Blood Cell Production Enhanced with New Method

Top News

Stem Cells: Nearing Goal of Using Patient’s OwnCells to Make Stem Cells to Replace Lost or Diseased Tissue

Science Daily

‘Unnatural’ chemical helps reveal protein action in brain cells

R & D Mag

June 2011

Strawberries can reduce kidney failure in diabetics

San Diego Union Tribune/SignonSanDiego

Study: Strawberries Offer Many Health Benefits

Channel 10/KGTV

Salk Institute Professor Receives Trio of Honors

San Diego Metropolitan Magazine

An Honor for Genome Work on ‘Not Just Another Weed’

San Diego Metro

May 2011

Cover-crop development pact formed

Agri-View

Salk Institute Researcher Receives Royal Honor

San Diego Metro

Local researchers discover how to replace defective genes

KFMB-TV

Salk discovery could lead to new diabetes drugs

San Diego Union

Salk researchers announce diabetes breakthrough

San Diego Daily Transcript

April 2011

Salk Institute and BridgeBio Pharma collaborate to advance therapies for genetically driven disease

San Diego Metro Magazine

Schizophrenia Breakthrough By Salk Institute

KPBS

Salk Institute Rewards Six Researchers

San Diego Metropolitan Magazine

What Schizophrenia Looks Like

BigThink

Schizophrenia ‘in a dish’

NatureNews

Salk Institute is keeping a secret

San Diego Union Tribune

Engineered Mice Make Better Choices

Technology Review/MIT

How Do Neurons in the Retina Encode What We ‘See’?

Science Daily

Salk researcher wins major award from Indiana University

San Diego Daily Transcript

March 2011

Salk Institute pushes limits of biological imaging

Optics.org

New hardware to enable a computational brain

ITnews - Australia