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Salk Institute announces historic $100M challenge gift from Irwin and Joan Jacobs
Donation will underwrite construction of the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Science and Technology Center
November 12, 2021
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San Diego Nathan Shock Center announces pilot grant awardees
Six grant recipients received up to $15,000 each for studies on the variability of cellular aging in humans
December 17, 2021
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Statement on the Current Operations at the Salk Institute due to COVID-19
The Salk campus remains closed to the public at this time.
September 20, 2021
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Salk scientists receive the 2021 ASPIRE award to study pancreatic cancer
Professor Ronald Evans and Assistant Professor Dannielle Engle have been granted a 2021 ASPIRE (Accelerating Scientific Platforms and Innovative Research) award.
December 17, 2021
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Inside Salk Magazine
Fall 2021 issue
Explore the latest issue of our magazine featuring recent discoveries and events.
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Pain and anxiety impact breathing on a cellular level
Salk scientists discover that a neural circuit coordinates breathing with negative emotions
December 17, 2021
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Improving drug options for colorectal cancer patients
Salk study could help match colorectal cancer patients with better treatment options
December 14, 2021
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Season Three of Salk’s Podcast “Where Cures Begin”!
"Where Cures Begin" explores the lives of scientists and discoveries at the Institute
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Which side is which?: How the brain perceives borders
Salk scientists have discovered that neurons deep in the brain’s cortex are the first to compute which side of a visual border is an object and which side is background
November 30, 2021
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Reading the mind of a worm
Salk scientists use machine learning to predict smells based on brain activity in worms
November 19, 2021
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Six Salk professors named among most highly cited researchers in the world
The Salk researchers have publications ranking in the top 1 percent by citations
November 16, 2021
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Salk Institute awards Medal for Research Excellence to neurobiologist and geneticist Cori Bargmann
November 12, 2021
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Study shines a light into “black holes” in the Arabidopsis genome
Salk scientists, collaborating with researchers from the University of Cambridge and Johns Hopkins University, have sequenced the genome of the world’s most widely used model plant species, Arabidopsis thaliana, at a level of detail never previously achieved.
November 11, 2021
