June 10, 2015
LA JOLLA, CA–The Salk Institute is pleased to announce the election of neuroscientist Thomas M. Jessell and business leader Daniel Tierney to its Board of Trustees. The Board voted on the appointments in April.
“I am pleased to welcome Tom and Dan to the Salk Board of Trustees,” said Board Chairman Irwin Jacobs. “Tom’s understanding of the Salk’s mission and the importance of basic research, and Dan’s outstanding record of entrepreneurial and business success, will help guide the Institute as we undertake new and important priorities.”
Dr. Jessell has been a Salk Institute Non-Resident Fellow since 2001. He is the recipient of the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience, a member of the Royal Society, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and holds many other distinctions and honors. He is the Claire Tow Professor in the Department of Neuroscience and the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at Columbia University. His research explores the link between the assembly and organization of neural networks and the behaviors they encode.
Mr. Tierney is the cofounder of GETCO (now KCG), one of the world’s leading technology-enabled market makers and agency execution service providers. He currently serves as a board member and advisor at KCG. After stepping down from the co-CEO role at GETCO in 2012, Mr. Tierney became the founder and president of Wicklow Capital. Prior to founding GETCO, Mr. Tierney worked as a market maker on the floor of the Chicago Board Options Exchange. He holds a degree in Economics and Finance from Bentley College in Massachusetts.
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索尔克生物学研究所是世界顶尖的基础研究机构之一，其国际知名的教职员工在一个独特的、合作和富有创造力的环境中，探索生命科学的基本问题。索尔克科学家致力于科学发现和培养下一代研究人员，通过对神经科学、遗传学、细胞和植物生物学以及相关学科的研究，在癌症、衰老、阿尔茨海默病、糖尿病和传染病等领域取得了开创性的贡献，加深了我们对这些疾病的理解。.
教职员工的成就获得了无数荣誉，包括诺贝尔奖和美国国家科学院院士资格。该研究所由脊髓灰质炎疫苗先驱 Jonas Salk 医生于 1960 年创立，是一家独立的非营利组织和建筑地标。.
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