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LA JOLLA\u2014Three Salk Institute faculty members have been promoted for their notable, innovative contributions to science. Associate Professors Nicola Allen<\/a> und Diana Hargreaves<\/a>\u00a0were promoted to full professors, and Assistant Professor Jesse Dixon<\/a> was promoted to associate professor. The promotions were based on Salk faculty and nonresident fellow recommendations and approved by Salk\u2019s president and Board of Trustees on April 4, 2025.<\/p>\n

\u201cNicola, Diana, and Jesse are all pushing the boundaries of what is known and what is considered possible in their respective fields,\u201d says Salk President\u00a0Gerald Joyce<\/a>. \u201cNicola has also made critical contributions to Salk\u2019s programs in neuroimmunology and Alzheimer\u2019s disease, and both Diana and Jesse have made important advances in cancer research. We are excited to see how their leadership and innovation will continue to shape the Institute\u2019s success.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Nicola Allen <\/strong>is a member of the Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, where she studies astrocytes, a major cell type in the nervous system. Astrocytes were long considered to be the mere scaffolding for neurons, but Allen and her colleagues have shown that these cells do so much more. Allen discovered that astrocytes play a key role in creating and stabilizing the synaptic connections<\/a> between neurons. She has also described how this process can go wrong in aging and disease<\/a>. Her lab is now identifying new ways to reverse these processes in neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer\u2019s disease. Allen is also a leader in Salk\u2019s Neuroimmunology Initiative, which aims to enrich our understanding of the crosstalk between the immune and nervous systems, and she recently earned an NIH Director\u2019s Pioneer Award<\/a> to fund a new project exploring brain plasticity.<\/p>\n

Diana Hargreaves<\/strong> is a member of the Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, where she studies how proteins called epigenetic regulators can turn specific genes on or off to produce different kinds of cells. Her work also explains how this process can go awry in cancer and immune disorders. Her research on the BAF complex<\/a> has revealed critical insights into how the body regulates inflammation and tumor immunity, and her recent discoveries could help make immunotherapy<\/a> more effective for people with difficult-to-treat cancers. Hargreaves is also a leader in the Institute\u2019s Neuroimmunology Initiative, and she was named the American Cancer Society\u2019s Early-Career Researcher of the Year in 2024, and a Pew-Stewart Scholar for Cancer Research<\/a> in 2019.<\/p>\n

Jesse Dixon<\/strong> is a member of the Gene Expression Laboratory, and he holds the Helen McLoraine Developmental Chair at Salk. His research uses molecular and computational approaches to explore how our genetic information is organized within our cells, and how abnormal genome folding leads to disease. His team has already found\u00a0several genetic mutations<\/a>\u00a0that can cause cancer genes to be turned on. He also identified a protein<\/a> that reshapes the genome to control the activity of important cancer-fighting immune cells. His latest work is taking advantage of innovations in artificial intelligence to develop new approaches for detecting and treating cancer. Jesse is a member of Salk\u2019s Cancer Center<\/a>, and he was named a 2024 Pew Biomedical Scholar<\/a> and a 2023 Rita Allen Scholar<\/a> for his outstanding promise to advance human health through his research.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","faculty":[74,378,81],"disease-research":[279,449,122,124],"class_list":["post-53124","disclosure","type-disclosure","status-publish","hentry","faculty-diana-hargreaves","faculty-jesse-dixon","faculty-nicola-allen","disease-research-awards","disease-research-biochemistry-and-biophysics","disease-research-immune-system-biology","disease-research-neuroscience-and-neurological-disorders"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSalk Institute promotes three faculty members in neuroscience, immunology, and cancer research - Salk Institute for Biological Studies<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.salk.edu\/de\/news-release\/salk-institute-promotes-three-faculty-members-in-neuroscience-immunology-and-cancer-research\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Salk Institute promotes three faculty members in neuroscience, immunology, and cancer research - Salk Institute for Biological Studies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LA JOLLA\u2014Three Salk Institute faculty members have been promoted for their notable, innovative contributions to science. 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