January 2018

Salk Institute for Biological Studies - January 2018

2018 January Wallpaper


Each month the Salk e-newsletter ends with a stunning photo to take your desktop on a journey into scientific discoveries. Pick your favorite images, and download them as your desktop wallpaper.

This month’s image comes from a recent press release from Salk scientist in Nicola Allen’s lab using gene expression to understand how astrocytes change with age. The work suggests that astrocytes may be good therapeutic targets to prevent or reverse the effects of normal aging. The image shows ribosomes in astrocytes labeled red using the ribo-tag method. Green stain indicates the nucleus of the star-shaped support cells.

Just choose an image and right click on a link to download the proper image for your screen size.

Desktop Wallpaper

Installing your wallpaper is easy:

  • Click on the link below.
  • Right click image to show menu of options.
  • Select “Set as Background” or “Set as Desktop Background”.

Tablet Wallpaper

Installing your wallpaper is easy:

  • Click on the “IPad cover photo” link below.
  • Touch and hold the image and select “Save Image”.
  • Navigate to the photo in your photo album.
  • From the “options” menu, select “Use as Wallpaper.”

Facebook Cover Photos

Setting up your cover photo is easy:

  • Click on the link below for the full-sized version.
  • Right-click and download the image, then upload it to Facebook.
  • Select “use as cover photo” option.

Smartphone Wallpaper

Installing your wallpaper is easy:

  • Touch the photo you want to use as wallpaper.
  • Touch and hold the image and select “Save Image”.
  • Navigate to the photo in your photo album.
  • From the “options” menu, select “Use as Wallpaper.”