Salk Institute among cross-collaborative teams gifted $220 million by Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance
From left: Alan Saghatelian, Joseph Noel, Susan Kaech, Satchin Panda, Dannielle Engle and Joseph Ecker.
A Salk Institute team led by Professor Satchin Panda, along with teams from five other organizations, have been awarded a total of $220 million by the Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation’s Human Performance Alliance, whose philanthropic investment aims to transform human health on a global scale through the discovery and translation of the biological principles underlying human performance. By studying athletes, the HPA seeks to improve the health and fitness of all people, throughout the life span.

The Salk team will map the molecules and gene activity of human performance that can help maximize performance, healing and recovery. It also includes Professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator Joseph Ecker; Assistant Professor Dannielle Engle; and Professors Susan Kaech, Joseph Noel and Alan Saghatelian.
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FACULTY FOCUS
Salk neuroscientist Kay Tye wins Blavatnik National Award for Young Scientists
Professor and Wylie Vale Chair Kay Tye has been named one of three winners of the prestigious Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists, one of the world’s largest unrestricted prizes for early-career researchers. Tye, the laureate in the Life Sciences category, will receive $250,000 for her trailblazing work in studying the neural circuits and behaviors related to anxiety and social interaction. The findings from Tye’s lab may help to inform treatments for a multitude of neuropsychiatric conditions such as anxiety, depression, addiction and impairments in social behavior.
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A conversation about COVID-19 vaccines with Professors Joyce and Kaech
On June 15, Salk Professors Jerry Joyce and Susan Kaech, experts in the immune system, gave a talk to the Salk community discussing COVID-19 vaccines, antibodies, variants and boosters as well as the latest scientific information on the effectiveness, safety and success of the COVID-19 vaccines.
SPOTLIGHT
Jasmin Revanna to receive 2021 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Congratulations to Gage lab graduate student Jasmin Revanna on being named a recipient of the 2021 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program award. The 5-year fellowship recognizes outstanding graduate students in science, technology, engineering and math.
Symphony at Salk
Thank you to our early sponsors for contributing to this not-to-be-missed event, Symphony at Salk. We are looking forward to a thrilling night of music by Grammy Award-nominated singer, songwriter and actor Josh Groban.
QUIZ
Which one of these artists has not performed at Symphony at Salk?
Liza Minnelli
Elton John
Bernadette Peters
Leslie Odom Jr.
David Foster
Enjoy Françoise Gilot art on your devices
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In recognition of the upcoming 25th Annual Symphony at Salk, this month’s wallpaper image is Briar Rose from the 2013 collection of Françoise Gilot, an internationally acclaimed artist and the wife of the late Jonas Salk. She has served as Honorary Chair of Symphony at Salk each year since its inauguration.
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