As you prepare to participate in Giving Tuesday tomorrow, please keep us in mind. The Salk Institute has an “A rating” from Charity Watch and has earned 4 out of 4 stars from Charity Navigator nine consecutive times, an achievement only three percent of roughly 10,000 nonprofits evaluated can claim. To give and support Salk science, please click the button below. |
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Salk’s climate change research receives $30 million from the Bezos Earth Fund |
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Salk’s Harnessing Plants Initiative has received a $30 million grant from the Bezos Earth Fund to advance efforts to increase the ability of crop plants to capture and store atmospheric carbon, via their roots, in the soil. This work will explore carbon-sequestration mechanisms directly in six of the world's most prevalent crop species with the goal of increasing the plants’ carbon-storage capacity.
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Additionally, HPI received a $2 million gift from Sempra Energy to fund a five-year project to develop a drought-tolerant, carbon-sequestering grass (sorghum) variety designed to grow on land in Southern California and store carbon in the soil for use with grain production, grazing or bio-energy feed stocks.
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These new efforts to optimize plants’ natural ability to store carbon join the ongoing HPI project focused on model plants that was funded through donations to The Audacious Project, a highly competitive program housed at TED, in 2019. |
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Salk appoints Jesse Dixon as assistant professor |
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The Salk Institute has appointed molecular biologist Jesse Dixon to the rank of assistant professor for his significant work in uncovering how the human genome, the DNA blueprint for life, is organized in three-dimensional space inside of cells.
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Five Salk professors named among most highly cited researchers in the world |
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From left: Joanne Chory, Joseph Ecker, Rusty Gage, Reuben Shaw and Kay Tye |
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Professors Susan Kaech and Alan Saghatelian named 2020 AAAS Fellows |
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Professors Susan Kaech and Alan Saghatelian have been named 2020 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science, for their distinguished efforts to advance science.
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Dannielle Engle awarded over $1 million to study impact of tobacco use on pancreatic cancer |
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Assistant Professor Dannielle Engle has been awarded a New Investigator Award from the Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program to examine how tobacco use promotes cellular changes that lead to pancreatic cancer.
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Professor Kay Tye receives the Daniel H. Efron Research Award |
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The American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) has named Professor Kay Tye as the recipient of the 2020 Daniel H. Efron Research Award. The award recognizes scientists for their high-quality and impactful research contributions to the field of neuropsychopharmacology.
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As you prepare to participate in Giving Tuesday tomorrow, please keep us in mind. The Salk Institute has an “A rating” from Charity Watch and has earned 4 out of 4 stars from Charity Navigator nine consecutive times, an achievement only three percent of roughly 10,000 nonprofits evaluated can claim. To give and support Salk science, please click the button below. |
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Nancy Padilla-Coreano wins L’Oreal USA’s Fellowship |
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Salk Postdoctoral Researcher Nancy Padilla-Coreano, in the lab of Kay Tye, was named one of five recipients of L’Oreal USA’s 2020 For Women in Science Fellowship, which annually awards grants of $60,000 to five female postdoctoral scientists. Her research into how the brain encodes social dominance aims to lead to the development of therapies for social deficits that are common to psychiatric disorders.
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Salk Communications receives 10 awards from San Diego Press Club |
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Sharing the stories of the exciting research conducted by Salk scientists is the mission of a team of communications professionals at the Institute. Last month, Salk won 10 awards in public relations, podcast and website categories from San Diego Press Club, the most of any non-media organization recognized. The San Diego Press Club is one of the largest organizations of its kind in the nation. Included in Salk’s recognitions: first-place wins for best feature story and best audio editing; second-place awards for Inside Salk, website design, and video; and honorable mentions in overall design, one-time publication design, photography, and podcast categories.
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Virtual lecture series focuses on cutting-edge research |
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In the spring, the Salk Institute introduced the Power of Science Lecture series, a new format to allow faculty to share recent research with donors that occurred throughout the year. Faculty speakers have included Professors Janelle Ayres, Ronald Evans, Martin Hetzer, Susan Kaech, Satchin Panda, Reuben Shaw and Assistant Professor Dannielle Engle on topics ranging from collaborative cancer research; circadian biology; infectious disease; and aging. The next Power of Science webinar will occur on February 3rd, with Professor Kay Tye. To watch some of the past lectures, click below.
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Salk participates in virtual PurpleStride event |
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The Salk Cancer Center’s team took part in the PanCan PurpleStride San Diego event, held annually to raise money and awareness for pancreatic cancer. This year’s event was held virtually and the Salk Cancer team raised nearly $4,700. In total, more than $197,000 was raised, far surpassing the goal of $140,000. |
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Inside Salk: Winter Edition |
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The winter issue of Inside Salk lands in mailboxes soon. Learn more about the future of science at Salk from Salk President Rusty Gage.
Interested in getting on our mailing list to receive the print version of Inside Salk?
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Professor Susan Kaech discussed Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine on KUSI
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Professor Ronald Evans talked about his lab’s new diabetes therapy on the Bio Eats World podcast
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Professor Satchin Panda explained in the The Wall Street Journal why the time change is trickier when working from home
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And Panda lab postdoctoral researcher Emily Manoogian spoke to NPR about seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
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The Tye lab’s Austin Coley was interviewed on the KPBS Rad Scientist podcast
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Enjoy Salk architecture on your devices
Looking for a unique background image for your computer, Zoom meeting, iPad or phone?
This month’s image showcases the Salk Institute's unique architecture.
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