The new partnership, supported by a $5 million grant, is focused on identifying and validating potential targets for new pancreatic cancer drugs. The effort will be led by four co-principal investigators, all prominent cancer researchers in the Salk Dedicated Program in Pancreatic Cancer: Professors Reuben Shaw, Ronald Evans, Tony Hunter and Assistant Professor Dannielle Engle.

With this challenge, the Jacobs will contribute $1 for every $2 donated—up to $100 million—for gifts or pledges made toward the capital construction.

The Salk Institute invites you to attend the eighth season of the Salk Science & Music Series. The series consists of four remarkable Sunday afternoons that bring together virtuosos from the worlds of science and music. Each concert features stunning performances by some of the finest instrumentalists in the world of classical music in addition to riveting talks about new discoveries by the Institute’s world-renowned scientists. You will be amazed and inspired!

All high school students are invited to join us for March of Dimes High School Science Week, a free virtual program. The interactive webinars will give participants a glimpse of a day in the lives of scientists and provide students with an opportunity to interact with Salk researchers. The event will emphasize both the process of science and the people behind it. Students can choose to attend one session or all of them; interactive webinars will be streamed daily.​ Registration closes March 2, 2022.

“Sonogenetics” is a powerful, non-invasive tool that allows researchers to control brain cells with sound waves. Associate Professor Sreekanth Chalasani coined the term and pioneered this technology, which could one day be used to treat neurological conditions, such as epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease.