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LA JOLLA\u2014El Profesor Em\u00e9rito Walter Eckhart, quien se desempe\u00f1\u00f3 como director del Centro de C\u00e1ncer designado por el Instituto Nacional del C\u00e1ncer del Instituto Salk y jefe del Laboratorio de Biolog\u00eda Molecular y Celular durante m\u00e1s de 30 a\u00f1os, falleci\u00f3 repentinamente el 21 de junio de 2022, en su hogar en La Jolla, California. Ten\u00eda 84 a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n

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Walter Eckhart (2000)
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Cr\u00e9dito: Instituto Salk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWalter fue una persona maravillosa y un miembro estupendo de la comunidad de Salk. Su carrera abarc\u00f3 desde los or\u00edgenes de Salk como un investigador brillante y creativo, hasta los tiempos actuales, donde ofreci\u00f3 generosamente su tiempo y recursos para apoyar al Instituto de muchas maneras\u201d, dice el presidente de Salk. Rusty Gage<\/a>. Lo extra\u00f1aremos mucho.\u201c<\/p>\n

Eckhart se uni\u00f3 a Salk en 1965 como investigador postdoctoral en el laboratorio del investigador del c\u00e1ncer y premio Nobel Renato Dulbecco. Luego, en 1969, se convirti\u00f3 en uno de los primeros profesores asistentes del Instituto.<\/p>\n

\u201cMe atrajo la investigaci\u00f3n de clase mundial que se realiza en el Instituto\u201d, dijo Eckhart en una entrevista reciente para un pr\u00f3ximo n\u00famero de Dentro de Salk<\/em> revista. \u201cEl entorno colaborativo e interactivo fue excepcional\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eckhart fue un l\u00edder en la comprensi\u00f3n de la biolog\u00eda b\u00e1sica subyacente al c\u00e1ncer. Estudi\u00f3 la regulaci\u00f3n del crecimiento celular, incluidos los efectos de los genes que causan c\u00e1ncer (oncogenes), los factores de crecimiento y la comunicaci\u00f3n entre c\u00e9lulas adyacentes (comunicaci\u00f3n intercelular por uniones gap).<\/p>\n

\u201cWalter desempe\u00f1\u00f3 un papel fundamental en los inicios del Instituto, ya que se le encomend\u00f3 la tarea de contratar a la primera promoci\u00f3n de profesores adjuntos a principios de la d\u00e9cada de 1970 y de crear el Laboratorio de Virolog\u00eda Tumoral, que logr\u00f3 numerosos avances en el descubrimiento de las bases moleculares del c\u00e1ncer\u201d, afirma el profesor Tony Hunter<\/a>, quien sucedi\u00f3 a Eckhart como director del Salk Cancer Center de 2008 a 2016. \u201cWalter fue mi asesor postdoctoral en el Instituto y me contrat\u00f3 como profesor asistente en 1974, y sin su tutor\u00eda y apoyo, nunca podr\u00eda haber tenido tanto \u00e9xito. Era un hombre modesto y discreto, pero siempre dispuesto a brindar sabios consejos a quien los pidiera y a ayudar a los nuevos profesores. Se le extra\u00f1ar\u00e1 mucho.\u201d<\/p>\n

Profesor Reuben Shaw<\/a>, actual director del Centro Oncol\u00f3gico del Salk, destaca el enorme impacto que ha tenido Eckhart como l\u00edder del Salk.<\/p>\n

\u201cSin el liderazgo constante de Walter y las d\u00e9cadas que ha dedicado a reclutar a las principales promesas de la investigaci\u00f3n sobre el c\u00e1ncer de todo el mundo, el Centro Oncol\u00f3gico Salk no ser\u00eda el referente en investigaci\u00f3n oncol\u00f3gica que es hoy en d\u00eda\u201d, afirma Shaw.<\/p>\n

Eckhart naci\u00f3 en 1938 en Yonkers, Nueva York, donde creci\u00f3. Asisti\u00f3 a la escuela secundaria Gorton High School en Yonkers, donde fue editor del peri\u00f3dico escolar y se gradu\u00f3 como el mejor alumno de su promoci\u00f3n. Posteriormente, Eckhart ingres\u00f3 a la Universidad de Yale, donde obtuvo una licenciatura en biof\u00edsica en 1960. Al graduarse, le escribi\u00f3 al famoso bi\u00f3logo molecular, biof\u00edsico y neurocient\u00edfico brit\u00e1nico Francis Crick, solicit\u00e1ndole trabajar para \u00e9l en el laboratorio de Crick en la Universidad de Cambridge. Crick le respondi\u00f3, rechazando amablemente a Eckhart, pero eso no detuvo a Eckhart: continu\u00f3 escribi\u00e9ndole a Crick hasta que finalmente cedi\u00f3 y le ofreci\u00f3 un puesto de trabajo.<\/p>\n

Eckhart tom\u00f3 un barco a Inglaterra y, una vez en el campus de Cambridge, deambul\u00f3 durante dos d\u00edas, demasiado nervioso para conocer a su h\u00e9roe. Finalmente, reuni\u00f3 el coraje y pas\u00f3 a trabajar en el laboratorio de Crick durante un a\u00f1o.<\/p>\n

Tras su paso por Cambridge, Eckhart trabaj\u00f3 en el Instituto Oceanogr\u00e1fico de Woods Hole, en Massachusetts, en 1960. Posteriormente, ingres\u00f3 en la Universidad de California, Berkeley, donde obtuvo su doctorado en biolog\u00eda molecular en 1965.<\/p>\n

Eckhart admiraba a Crick, quien comparti\u00f3 el Premio Nobel de Fisiolog\u00eda o Medicina de 1962 por descubrir la estructura molecular del ADN. Pero fue un famoso investigador del c\u00e1ncer quien lo atrajo al Instituto Salk.<\/p>\n

\u201cCuando pens\u00e9 en con qui\u00e9n quer\u00eda trabajar, un nombre vino a mi mente: Dulbecco\u201d, dijo Eckhart en un art\u00edculo de 2014 en la San Diego Union-Tribune<\/em>. (Crick tambi\u00e9n se incorpor\u00f3 m\u00e1s tarde al cuerpo docente del Instituto Salk.)<\/p>\n

Despu\u00e9s de su jubilaci\u00f3n del Salk en 2009, Eckhart y su esposa Karen Lane, tambi\u00e9n exalumna del Salk, se propusieron apoyar financieramente el progreso cient\u00edfico en el Instituto. Hasta la fecha, Eckhart y Lane han donado m\u00e1s de $1 mill\u00f3n al Instituto, principalmente al fondo sin restricciones del Salk, lo que significa que sus contribuciones se otorgan sin restricciones para permitir que el Instituto las destine a las mayores necesidades.<\/p>\n

En el N\u00famero de invierno de 2020 de Dentro de Salk<\/em><\/a>, Eckhart explic\u00f3 por qu\u00e9, tras d\u00e9cadas de arduo trabajo y excelencia cient\u00edfica como miembro del cuerpo docente del Instituto Salk, sent\u00eda que pod\u00eda hacer m\u00e1s para impulsar la misi\u00f3n del Salk.<\/p>\n

\u201cRecurro a una famosa cita de Jonas Salk: \u2018La recompensa por un trabajo bien hecho es la oportunidad de hacer m\u00e1s\u2019. Pienso en eso a menudo cuando se trata de contribuir\u201d, dijo Eckhart. \u201cHe trabajado en investigaci\u00f3n b\u00e1sica durante toda mi carrera, as\u00ed que puedo decirles que el impacto que tiene la investigaci\u00f3n b\u00e1sica en la sociedad es de gran alcance. Tambi\u00e9n creo que es importante saber que Salk est\u00e1 formando a la pr\u00f3xima generaci\u00f3n de cient\u00edficos\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Eckhart le sobreviven su esposa, Karen Lane; su hija y su yerno, Jasmine Penick y David Penick, y sus hijos, Shane y Emma; la hermana de Eckhart, Elizabeth Nagle, y su esposo, Jack Nagle; su sobrino Rob Nagle y su esposa, Heather Allyn; y su sobrino David Nagle, su esposa, Siana Nagle, y sus hijas, Imogen y Sally; y su primera esposa, Karen Eckhart.<\/p>\n

En lugar de flores o regalos, la familia solicita que se realicen donaciones al Instituto Salk y al Fondo de Dotaci\u00f3n Walter Eckhart<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":35100,"template":"","faculty":[],"disease-research":[46],"class_list":["post-35093","disclosure","type-disclosure","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","disease-research-cancer-biology"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSalk Institute mourns the loss of Professor Emeritus Walter Eckhart - 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\/es\/news-release\/salk-institute-mourns-the-loss-of-professor-emeritus-walter-eckhart\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Salk Institute mourns the loss of Professor Emeritus Walter Eckhart - Salk Institute for Biological Studies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LA JOLLA\u2014Professor Emeritus Walter Eckhart, who served as director of the Salk Institute\u2019s National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center and head of the Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory for more than 30 years, died suddenly on June 21, 2022, at his home in La Jolla, California. 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