About Women & Science
The vision of Salk Women & Science is to create an ongoing program that will engage women in the community with leaders in biological science and technology. The program is designed to provide a dynamic and vibrant forum in which community and business leaders and Salk’s women of science have an opportunity to gather as friends, entrepreneurs and researchers to discuss the latest discoveries in science and technology while inspiring more women to embrace scientific research as a focus of personal and philanthropic interest.
For additional information, please contact:
Elizabeth (Betsy) Reis
Director, Donor Relations
Phone: 858 453-4100 ext. 1426
E-mail: breis@salk.edu
Faculty
Nicola J. Allen Janelle S. Ayres Ursula Bellugi Suzanne Bourgeois Joanne Chory Beverly M. Emerson | Katherine A. Jones Julie A. Law Vicki Lundblad Clodagh O'Shea Catherine Rivier Tatyana Sharpee |
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Faculty Videos
Cold viruses point the way to new cancer therapies - Clodagh O'Shea
Adenovirus, a type of cold virus, has developed molecular tools—proteins—that allow it to hijack a cell's molecular machinery, including large cellular machines involved in growth, replication and cancer suppression. The Salk scientists identified the construction of these molecular weapons and found that they bind together into long chains (polymers) to form a three-dimensional web inside cells that traps and overpowers cellular sentries involved in growth and cancer suppression. The findings, published October 11 in Cell, suggest a new avenue for developing cancer therapies by mimicking the strategies employed by the viruses. Read more>>
Fruit fly intestine may hold secret to the fountain of youth - Leanne Jones
One of the few reliable ways to extend an organism's lifespan, be it a fruit fly or a mouse, is to restrict calorie intake. Now, a new study in fruit flies is helping to explain why such minimal diets are linked to longevity and offering clues to the effects of aging on stem cell behavior. Read more>>
