A fundraiser featuring remarks by Salk President Elizabeth Blackburn, and entertainment by rock violinist Lili Haydn and Jon Batiste, bandleader of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” was hosted by the William H. Isacoff MD Research Foundation for Gastrointestinal Cancer. Proceeds of the May 6 event at the Intercontinental Hotel in Los Angeles will benefit pancreatic cancer research as well as other areas at the Salk Institute.