{"id":54265,"date":"2025-08-13T17:16:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T00:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.salk.edu\/?page_id=54265"},"modified":"2025-09-23T18:19:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T01:19:31","slug":"why-support-salk","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.salk.edu\/de\/support-us\/why-support-salk\/","title":{"rendered":"Warum Salk unterst\u00fctzen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row\" style=\"margin-bottom: 60px;\">\r\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-6 col-lg-6\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive center-block\" src=\"https:\/\/www.salk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25-about-special-legacy.jpg\" \/><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-6 col-lg-6\" style=\"margin-top: 20px;\">\r\n<h2>Distinguished scientific legacy<\/h2>\r\nSince its founding, the Institute has been home to six Nobel Prize winners and numerous history-making discoveries. Salk faculty are global leaders in their fields, including 14 members of the US National Academy of Sciences.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"margin-top: 60px; margin-bottom: 60px;\">\r\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-6 col-lg-6\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive center-block\" src=\"https:\/\/www.salk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25-about-special-cancer-center-1.jpg\" \/><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-6 col-lg-6\" style=\"margin-top: 20px;\">\r\n<h2>An engine of foundational discoveries<\/h2>\r\nUnderstanding the basics of biology is essential for advancing clinical treatments. Salk is home to one of just seven National Cancer Institute-Designated Cancer Centers in the United States that are dedicated to basic laboratory research, and the oldest such center in California.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"margin-top: 60px; margin-bottom: 60px;\">\r\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-6 col-lg-6\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive center-block\" src=\"https:\/\/www.salk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25-about-special-collaborative.jpg\" \/><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-6 col-lg-6\" style=\"margin-top: 20px;\">\r\n<h2>Collaborative and cross-disciplinary research<\/h2>\r\nSalk scientists don\u2019t work in silos. We collaborate and combine expertise to investigate the unexplored spaces where fields intersect, where the real innovation happens.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"margin-top: 60px; margin-bottom: 60px;\">\r\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-6 col-lg-6\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive center-block\" src=\"https:\/\/www.salk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25-about-special-science.jpg\" \/><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-6 col-lg-6\" style=\"margin-top: 20px;\">\r\n<h2>High-risk, high-reward science<\/h2>\r\nOur faculty members have the freedom to explore big ideas. We intentionally invest in the kinds of research that would be too bold and complex for traditional labs to carry out.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"margin-top: 60px;\">\r\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-6 col-lg-6\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive center-block\" src=\"https:\/\/www.salk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25-about-special-architecture.jpg\" \/><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-6 col-lg-6\" style=\"margin-top: 20px;\">\r\n<h2>An architectural marvel<\/h2>\r\nFounder Jonas Salk teamed up with acclaimed architect Louis Kahn to build one of the world\u2019s most renowned architectural landmarks\u2014a \u201ccathedral of science\u201d overlooking the Pacific Ocean in La Jolla, California. Every aspect of the Institute is meticulously designed to facilitate collaboration, innovation, and evolution.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":0,"parent":54522,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"folder":[518],"class_list":["post-54265","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why support Salk - 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\/support-us\/why-support-salk\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta 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