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Salk Discoveries
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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…
The best offense is a great defense for some…
From ehincks
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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.…
Making a memory positive or negative
From ehincks
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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,…
Flipping the switch - Salk scientists shed light…
From ehincks
Scientific Communications
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Neural traveling waves shape dynamics and computation across maps of sensory space
Lyle Muller-Neural traveling waves shape dynamics…
From Kent Schnoeker
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Public Lectures
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High School Science Day 2025
Agnieszka Kendrick - My Journey to Salk
From Mike Jeffs
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Bridging scientific disciplines with AI
Donor Appreciation - Talmo Pereira
From Mike Jeffs
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February 3, 2021 How do our brains adapt to changes in social contact? Acute social isolation produces prosocial behaviors and increases the motivation to seek social…
Neuroadaptations of Social Isolation - Professor…
From ehincks
Salk Podcasts
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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"…
From Mike Jeffs
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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…
From Mike Jeffs
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Beyond Lab Walls - A Salk Insitute Podcast
Irene Lopéz Gutiérrez stresses the…
From Mike Jeffs
Faculty Profiles
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From Then to When | Meet Salk Scientists | Joe…
From Mike Jeffs
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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 Then to When | Meet Salk Scientists | Kay Tye
From Mike Jeffs
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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 Then to When | Meet Salk Scientists | Eiman…
From ehincks