The Salk Institute opens its doors for 3rd annual Explore Salk, a free community open house

April 1, 2015

The Salk Institute opens its doors for 3rd annual Explore Salk, a free community open house

April 1, 2015

The Salk Institute will open its doors to the community Saturday, April 11, for the third annual Erkunde Salk, a once-a-year event featuring staff-guided lab tours, self-guided architectural tours, science booths and talks by eminent Salk researchers. Family friendly activities include a Kids’ Discovery Zone, a mobile science lab with hands-on experiments and a virtual lab tour with a Q&A session for preteens interested in pursuing a career in science.

New to this year’s Explore Salk is a small group, hands-on lab tour. This is a great opportunity for guests who want a more in-depth experience and the chance to ask questions of the researchers. There is a $25 materials fee per person and preregistration is required.

A free general lab tour will give visitors a behind-the-scenes look at two laboratories where research is conducted in neuroscience, genetics, cell and plant biology and related disciplines. Participants for either lab tour must be 16 years of age or older.

Two science talks will be given during the second half of the day, the first by Saket Navlakha, a Salk assistant professor, who will address “How Biology Solves Technology Problems.” Eric Topol, director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute, chief academic officer at Scripps Health and a professor of genomics at Das Scripps Research Institute, will deliver a talk based on his most recent book, “The Patient Will See You Now: The Future of Medicine is in Your Hands.”
Explore Salk begins at 10:00 a.m. and ends by 4:00 p.m. Admission is free, but online preregistration is required for the lab tours. For complete details about the day’s schedule, please visit www.salk.edu/exploresalk or contact exploresalk@salk.edu or (858) 597-0657.

Über das Salk Institute for Biological Studies:
Das Salk Institute for Biological Studies ist eine der weltweit führenden Institutionen für Grundlagenforschung, an der international anerkannte Fakultätsmitglieder in einem einzigartigen, kollaborativen und kreativen Umfeld grundlegende Fragen der Biowissenschaften erforschen. Mit dem Fokus auf Entdeckungen und 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.

Die Leistungen der Fakultät wurden mit zahlreichen Auszeichnungen gewürdigt, darunter Nobelpreise und Mitgliedschaften in der National Academy of Sciences. Gegründet im Jahr 1960 von Jonas Salk, MD, dem Pionier der Polio-Schluckimpfung, ist das Institut eine unabhängige gemeinnützige Organisation und ein architektonisches Wahrzeichen.