Salk Institute elects Elizabeth Keadle to its Board of Trustees

October 4, 2013

Salk Institute elects Elizabeth Keadle to its Board of Trustees

October 4, 2013

LA JOLLA, CA—The Board of Trustees of the Salk Institute is pleased to announce the election of Elizabeth Keadle as its newest member.

Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Keadle is an alumna of the Institute who, while a student at the University of California San Diego, worked in the Peptide Biology Laboratory with Salk scientist Wylie Vale. Starting as a volunteer, she was hired to work on several research projects including the corticotropin-releasing factor project.

Following this formative experience at Salk, Ms. Keadle entered the biotech business community, eventually joining Pharmacia AB, the Swedish biotech supply company, where she rose to key technical and business leadership positions. It was during this time that Ms. Keadle became involved in the start-up and launch of the local biotech company, Invitrogen Corporation. The business quickly grew to become the world’s largest biotech research supply company and went public in 1999. Years later, Invitrogen was renamed Life Technologies and was sold in 2013 to Thermo-Fisher for $13.6B.

An ardent supporter of the important science conducted at the Institute, Ms. Keadle is a longtime Symphony at Salk sponsor and also created an endowment in support of the Vale lab in perpetuity. She recently established the Wylie Vale Chair as a lasting legacy to honor the late scientist, which is currently held by Paul Sawchenko, Professor and Head of Salk’s Laboratory of Neuronal Structure and Function.

“Not only has Liz’s extraordinary generosity impacted and furthered our research in many ways, but she has also made a tremendous difference in the lives of countless young scientists by her support of the Institute’s programs over the years,” says Salk President William Brody. “We are delighted that she has joined the Salk Board of Trustees.

关于索尔克生物研究所：
索尔克生物研究所是世界顶尖的基础研究机构之一，其国际知名的教职人员在一个独特、协作和富有创造性的环境中，深入探究生命科学的基本问题。索尔克科学家们致力于发现和指导未来几代研究人员，通过研究神经科学、遗传学、细胞和植物生物学以及相关学科，在癌症、衰老、阿尔茨海默氏症、糖尿病和传染病的认识方面做出了开创性的贡献。.

学院取得了许多成就，获得了包括诺贝尔奖和美国国家科学院院士在内的无数荣誉。该研究所由脊髓灰质炎疫苗先驱 Jonas Salk 博士于 1960 年创立，是一家独立的非营利组织和建筑地标。.