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Salk Discoveries
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From Liz Hincks
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 Liz Hincks
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 Liz Hincks
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
Salk Podcasts
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From Liz Hincks
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
Tatyana Sharpee is a professor in Salk’s Computational Neurobiology Laboratory. She seeks to understand how the brain and other biological systems work while their…
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 Liz Hincks
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 Liz Hincks
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…