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Terrence Sejnowski, PhD, is a professor, head of the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory, and holder of the Francis Crick Chair at Salk, and he’s played a hand…
Terrence Sejnowski chats chatbots and what we can…
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At Salk, we encourage our scientists to ask, what if? And when they do, our Innovation and Collaboration Grants program provides the seed funding they need to pursue…
Igniting the spark with Salk Innovation and…
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Emily Manoogian, PhD, has made a career out of asking when. Manoogian is a chronobiologist—a fancy word for someone who studies circadian rhythms. As we go about…
Emily Manoogian sleeps, eats, and thrives with…
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Salk scientist Christian Metallo, PhD, weighs in on the pros and cons of GLP-1 drugs and gives us a sneak peek into how metabolism research at Salk could inspire the…
What’s next for GLP-1 weight loss drugs?
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While you might not appreciate a shipment of live, wriggling lamprey, Joseph Herdy, PhD, will tell you the parasitic fish can actually teach us quite a bit about our own…
Joseph Herdy talks zombie cells, selfish genes,…
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Tony Hunter, PhD, is a cancer biologist, professor, and holder of the Renato Dulbecco Chair at Salk. 2025 marks Hunter’s 50th year at the Institute—a…
Tony Hunter enters the archives to share 50 years…
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Aksinya Derevyanko is a postdoctoral researcher in Professor Nicola Allen‘s lab at Salk. For Derevyanko, recounting her journey from Russia to Spain to San Diego…
Aksinya Derevyanko talks creative ties between…
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What is my place in the universe? This timeless question set Professor John Reynolds on a path into neuroscience. Today, he explores how the brain turns raw sensory…
John Reynolds on how the brain knows the world
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Joseph Swift is a postdoctoral researcher in Professor Joseph Ecker‘s lab at Salk, but has recently launched his own start-up called CropDiagnostix. Inspired by…
Joseph Swift says we’re more like plants…
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In this special Beyond Lab Walls video podcast episode—part of the Salk Institute's 2026 Year of Brain Health—Salk President Gerald Joyce, MD, PhD, sits…
Salk's Year of Brain Health: Janelle Ayres…
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On October 30, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. PT/12:00 p.m. ET, the Salk Institute holds a special live, video edition of our Beyond Lab Walls podcast as we explore why science…
Salk Institute: Live "Beyond Lab Walls"…
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Jeff Jones is a staff scientist in the lab of Professor Rusty Gage. Jones' journey to science started on a dirt road in Florida and with a slew of questions about…
Jeff Jones shares what we can learn from…
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Beyond Lab Walls - A Salk Insitute Podcast
Irene Lopéz Gutiérrez stresses the…
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Things are changing in Alzheimer's research. We've got new tools and new ideas, and we want you to know about them. To kick off Salk’s “Year of…
Beyond Lab Walls GETTING TO THE ROOT OF…
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Kay Watt was not a scientist when she arrived in the remote jungles of Panama, assigned to help coffee farmers protect their plants from environmental harm. When she…
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What are the things that cause cancer in people? Can we prevent cancer?" These are the questions Assistant Professor Daniel Hollern is asking in his research at…
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