Salk Institute board of trustees elects neuroscientist Thomas M. Jessell and business leader Daniel Tierney

June 10, 2015

Salk Institute board of trustees elects neuroscientist Thomas M. Jessell and business leader Daniel Tierney

June 10, 2015

LA JOLLA, CA–The Salk Institute is pleased to announce the election of neuroscientist Thomas M. Jessell and business leader Daniel Tierney to its Board of Trustees. The Board voted on the appointments in April.

“I am pleased to welcome Tom and Dan to the Salk Board of Trustees,” said Board Chairman Irwin Jacobs. “Tom’s understanding of the Salk’s mission and the importance of basic research, and Dan’s outstanding record of entrepreneurial and business success, will help guide the Institute as we undertake new and important priorities.”

Dr. Jessell has been a Salk Institute Non-Resident Fellow since 2001. He is the recipient of the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience, a member of the Royal Society, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and holds many other distinctions and honors. He is the Claire Tow Professor in the Department of Neuroscience and the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at Columbia University. His research explores the link between the assembly and organization of neural networks and the behaviors they encode.

Mr. Tierney is the cofounder of GETCO (now KCG), one of the world’s leading technology-enabled market makers and agency execution service providers. He currently serves as a board member and advisor at KCG. After stepping down from the co-CEO role at GETCO in 2012, Mr. Tierney became the founder and president of Wicklow Capital. Prior to founding GETCO, Mr. Tierney worked as a market maker on the floor of the Chicago Board Options Exchange. He holds a degree in Economics and Finance from Bentley College in Massachusetts.

Über das Salk Institute for Biological Studies:
Das Salk Institute for Biological Studies ist eine der weltweit führenden Institutionen für Grundlagenforschung, wo international anerkannte Fakultätsmitglieder in einem einzigartigen, kooperativen und kreativen Umfeld grundlegende Fragen der Lebenswissenschaften erforschen. Mit Fokus auf sowohl Entdeckungen als auch die Ausbildung zukünftiger Forschergenerationen leisten Salk-Wissenschaftler bahnbrechende Beiträge zu unserem Verständnis von Krebs, Altern, Alzheimer, Diabetes und Infektionskrankheiten durch die Erforschung von Neurowissenschaften, Genetik, Zell- und Pflanzenbiologie sowie verwandten Disziplinen.

Faculty achievements have been recognized with numerous honors, including Nobel Prizes and memberships in the National Academy of Sciences. Founded in 1960 by polio vaccine pioneer Jonas Salk, MD, the Institute is an independent nonprofit organization and architectural landmark.