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Salk Discoveries
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From ehincks
Insect-eating plants have fascinated biologists for more than a century, but how plants evolved the ability to capture and consume live prey has largely remained a… -
From ehincks
Kay Tye and researchers at the Salk Institute and colleagues have discovered the molecule in the brain responsible for associating good or bad feelings with a memory.… -
From ehincks
Cancer can be caused by genetic mutations, yet the impact of specific types such as structural variants that break and rejoin DNA, can vary widely. The findings,…
Scientific Communications
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From Kent Schnoeker
Neural traveling waves shape dynamics and computation across maps of sensory space
Public Lectures
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From Mike Jeffs
Bridging scientific disciplines with AI
Salk Podcasts
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From ehincks
Nikki Lytle is a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Professor Geoffrey Wahl. She studies protein interactions involved in cancer. On this episode of Where Cures Begin,… -
From Alex Endsley
Joanne Chory is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, professor and director of Salk’s Harnessing Plants Initiative. On this episode of Where Cures…
Faculty Profiles
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From Mike Jeffs
Kay Tye is a professor in the Systems Neurobiology Laboratory and the Wylie Vale Chair. She seeks to understand the neural-circuit basis of emotion that leads to… -
From ehincks
Eiman Azim is an associate professor in the Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory and holds the Williams Scandling Development Chair. He is a neuroscientist who investigates… -
From ehincks
Samuel Pfaff is professor in the Gene Expression Laboratory and Benjamin H. Lewis Chair. He is a neuroscientist who studies how nerve cells are formed and wire up…