{"id":5352,"date":"2015-10-25T13:11:13","date_gmt":"2015-10-25T20:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vermont.salk.edu\/?page_id=5352"},"modified":"2024-08-31T14:51:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-31T21:51:40","slug":"news-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.salk.edu\/es\/science\/research-centers\/waitt-advanced-biophotonics-center\/news-events\/","title":{"rendered":"News & Events"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
\n

Salk Institute launches Neuroimmunology Initiative with $20 million gift from NOMIS Foundation<\/h2>\n

LA JOLLA\u2014The Salk Institute will receive $20 million over four years from the NOMIS Foundation to launch a new Neuroimmunology Initiative within the Institute\u2019s NOMIS Center for Immunobiology and Microbial Pathogenesis. By funding research programs, faculty recruitment, and pilot grants, the generous gift will enable Salk scientists to develop a deep understanding of the crosstalk between the immune and nervous systems and the role it plays in health and disease.<\/p>\n

Leer m\u00e1s<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
\n

The Salk Institute promotes neuroscientist Axel Nimmerjahn<\/h2>\n

LA JOLLA\u2014In recognition of his notable and innovative contributions to science, the Salk Institute\u2019s Axel Nimmerjahn has been promoted from associate professor to full professor. The promotion is based on Salk faculty and Nonresident Fellow recommendations and was approved by Salk\u2019s president and Board of Trustees on April 19, 2024.<\/p>\n

Leer m\u00e1s<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
\n

Un nuevo modelo para la comprensi\u00f3n de las c\u00e9lulas inmunitarias del cerebro humano y los trastornos neurol\u00f3gicos<\/h2>\n

LA JOLLA\u2014Situated at the intersection of the human immune system and the brain are microglia, specialized brain immune cells that play a crucial role in development and disease. Although the importance of microglia is undisputed, modeling and studying them has remained a difficult task.<\/p>\n

Leer m\u00e1s<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
\n

Los microscopios port\u00e1tiles mejoran la obtenci\u00f3n de im\u00e1genes de la m\u00e9dula espinal en ratones<\/h2>\n

LA JOLLA\u2014The spinal cord acts as a messenger, carrying signals between the brain and body to regulate everything from breathing to movement. While the spinal cord is known to play an essential role in relaying pain signals, technology has limited scientists\u2019 understanding of how this process occurs on a cellular level. Now, Salk scientists have created wearable microscopes to enable unprecedented insight into the signaling patterns that occur within the spinal cords of mice.<\/p>\n

Leer m\u00e1s<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
\n

 <\/p>\n

Axel Nimmerjahn leads research team awarded $11 million by the U19 Team-Research BRAIN Circuit Program<\/h2>\n

LA JOLLA\u2014Salk Associate Professor Axel Nimmerjahn is leading a research team that has been awarded $11.2 million by The Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative, an effort that aims to investigate overarching principles of brain circuit function, including sensation, perception, decision-making and motor control. Nimmerjahn will lead an interdisciplinary five-year project investigating how astrocytes, star-shaped cells in the brain, process and modulate signals from neurons to better understand overall brain function.<\/p>\n

Leer m\u00e1s<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
\n

 <\/p>\n

How neurons get past \u201cno\u201d<\/h2>\n

LA JOLLA\u2014When looking at a complex landscape, the eye needs to focus in on important details without losing the big picture\u2014a charging lion in a jungle, for example. Now, a new study by Salk scientists shows how inhibitory neurons play a critical role in this process.<\/p>\n

Leer m\u00e1s<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
\n

 <\/p>\n

Salk\u2019s Uri Manor to receive over $690,000 from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to advance biological imaging<\/h2>\n

LA JOLLA\u2014Salk Staff Scientist Uri Manor, director of the Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Core Facility, will receive $690,116 over three years from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) as one of 22 CZI Imaging Scientists, to develop new open-source imaging tools and data sets while expanding his educational outreach.<\/p>\n

Leer m\u00e1s<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
\n

 <\/p>\n

Imaging method highlights new role for cellular \u201cskeleton\u201d protein<\/h2>\n

LA JOLLA\u2014While your skeleton helps your body to move, fine skeleton-like filaments within your cells likewise help cellular structures to move. Now, Salk researchers have developed a new imaging method that lets them monitor a small subset of these filaments, called actin.<\/p>\n

Leer m\u00e1s<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
\n

 <\/p>\n

Altered potassium levels in neurons may cause mood swings in bipolar disorder<\/h2>\n

LA JOLLA-People with bipolar disorder experience dramatic shifts in mood, oscillating between often debilitating periods of mania and depression. While a third of people with bipolar disorder can be successfully treated with the drug lithium, the majority of patients struggle to find treatment options that work.<\/p>\n

Leer m\u00e1s<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
\n

 <\/p>\n

Cient\u00edficos de Salk vinculan el r\u00e1pido crecimiento cerebral en el autismo con da\u00f1o en el ADN<\/h2>\n

LA JOLLA-Researchers at the Salk Institute have discovered a unique pattern of DNA damage that arises in brain cells derived from individuals with a macrocephalic form of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The observation, published in the journal Cell Stem Cell, helps explain what might go awry in the brain during cell division and development to cause the disorder.<\/p>\n

Leer m\u00e1s<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
\n

 <\/p>\n

Eight Salk professors named among most highly cited researchers in the world<\/h2>\n

LA JOLLA-Salk Professors Joanne Chory, Joseph Ecker, Ronald Evans, Rusty Gage, Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte, Terrence Sejnowski, Reuben Shaw and Kay Tye have been named to the Highly Cited Researchers list by Clarivate Analytics. The list selects researchers for demonstrating \u201csignificant and broad influence\u201d reflected by the production of multiple highly cited papers that rank in the top 1 percent by citations for field and year.<\/p>\n

Leer m\u00e1s<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
\n

 <\/p>\n

Mysterious microproteins have major implications for human disease<\/h2>\n

LA JOLLA-As the tools to study biology improve, researchers are beginning to uncover details into microproteins, small components that appear to be key to some cellular processes, including those involved with cancer. Proteins are made up of chains of linked amino acids and the average human protein contains around 300 amino acids. Meanwhile, microproteins have fewer than 100 amino acids.<\/p>\n

Leer m\u00e1s<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
\n

 <\/p>\n

Salk scientists awarded $14.3 million to map circuitry for movement, such as reaching and grasping<\/h2>\n

LA JOLLA-A team of Salk scientists led by Professor Martyn Goulding has been awarded $14.3 million over five years by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to create a high-resolution atlas of how the mouse brain generates and controls skilled forelimb movements, such as reaching and grasping.<\/p>\n

Leer m\u00e1s<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
\n

 <\/p>\n

How emotion affects action<\/h2>\n

LA JOLLA-During high stress situations such as making a goal in soccer, some athletes experience a rapid decline in performance under pressure, known as \u201cchoking.\u201d Now, Salk Institute researchers have uncovered what might be behind the phenomenon: one-way signals from the brain\u2019s emotion circuit to the movement circuit. The study, which was published online on September 6, 2019, in eLife, could lead to new strategies for treating disorders with disrupted movement, such as obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety and depression, along with aiding in recovery from spinal cord injuries or physical performance under pressure.<\/p>\n

Leer m\u00e1s<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\n
\n
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
\n

Salk Institute launches Neuroimmunology Initiative with $20 million gift from NOMIS Foundation<\/h2>\n