Salk's Year of Brain Health
Frontiers

Salk’s Year of Brain Health
Tim Ball and the Facilities Services Team Maintaining the Life of the Institute
Insights

Tim Ball and the Facilities Services Team: Maintaining the Life of the Institute
Adam Farsheed: Growing brains, shaping minds
Next Gen

Adam Farsheed: Growing brains, shaping minds
Jamie Blum: Three to five pounds of immune decisions every day
Observations

Jamie Blum: Three to five pounds of immune decisions every day
Remembering Suzanne Bourgeois: She cracked one of biology’s earliest codes, then made sure the story of how Salk came to be was never lost
In Memoriam

Remembering Suzanne Bourgeois: She cracked one of biology’s earliest codes, then made sure the story of how Salk came to be was never lost

In This Issue

Frontiers

Salk’s Year of Brain Health

How exercise, cardiovascular health, immune health, metabolic health, and mental health converge to support a healthy brain—and how your daily habits can set you up for a long, healthy life. Read more ➤
Insights

Tim Ball and the Facilities Services Team: Maintaining the Life of the Institute

Ball and his team maintains Salk's campus and helps create the conditions for discovery. Read more ➤
Next Gen

Adam Farsheed: Growing brains, shaping minds

Farsheed works on building and improving brian organiods in Rusty Gage's lab.  Read more ➤
Observations

Jamie Blum: Three to five pounds of immune decisions every day

Blum talks about research, which asks how the body tolerates the things we eat and why that sometimes goes wrong. Read more ➤
In Memoriam

Remembering Suzanne Bourgeois: She cracked one of biology’s earliest codes, then made sure the story of how Salk came to be was never lost

Bourgeois was a prolific scientist, one of Salk's founding members, and an unofficial Institute historian in her later years. Read more ➤

President’s Letter

“While there are no simple answers, there is a path forward: foundational science that starts with a question and, over time, builds the knowledge base from which real solutions emerge.”

Gerald Joyce
President

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Discoveries

Neuroscience
What changes happen in the aging brain?

What changes happen in the aging brain?

Neurodegenerative diseases affect more than 57 million people globally.
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Plant Biology
What keeps thirsty plants alive during drought?

What keeps thirsty plants alive during drought?

For more than 25 years, the American Southwest has faced the severe social and economic consequences of a megadrought, including a $1.1 billion agricultural loss in California in 2021 alone.
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Metabolism
Mitochondrial DNA can impact human health and disease

Mitochondrial DNA can impact human health and disease

Some of your most important life partners are the mitochondria that power all your cells.
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Biochemistry and Physics
Visualizing cellular life with greater precision

Visualizing cellular life with greater precision

Fluorescent proteins have revolutionized science, enabling researchers to tag and visualize individual molecules in living cells, tissues, and animals.
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Immunobiology
Can naked mole rats peacefully hand over power?

Can naked mole rats peacefully hand over power?

Naked mole rats keep kingdoms underground.
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Cancer
From Salk Institute discovery to patient care: Vitamin D analog shuts down pancreatic cancer’s shield in clinical trial

From Salk Institute discovery to patient care: Vitamin D analog shuts down pancreatic cancer’s shield in clinical trial

A small clinical trial led by the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute put a Salk Institute idea to the test in patients: that activating the vitamin D receptor can help reshape the protective environment surrounding pancreatic tumors in ways that could make the notoriously difficult-to-treat cancer more vulnerable to therapeutic treatments.
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Spotlight

Strengthening Salk’s faculty in the fields of cancer, Alzheimer’s, epigenetics, and AI

Strengthening Salk’s faculty in the fields of cancer, Alzheimer’s, epigenetics, and AI 

The Salk Institute welcomed several new faculty members and recognized a key promotion.
Salk Welcomes Sarah Wolf Hallac to Board of Trustees

Salk Welcomes Sarah Wolf Hallac to Board of Trustees

Hallac brings extensive experience across technology, finance, and philanthropy to the Board of Trustees.
Gerald Joyce elected to the American Philosophical Society

Gerald Joyce elected to the American Philosophical Society 

Joyce recognized for both his scientific leadership and the global impact of Salk’s foundational research.
Gerald Shadel and Tatyana Sharpee elected as 2025 AAAS Fellows

Gerald Shadel and Tatyana Sharpee elected as 2025 AAAS Fellows

Shadel and Sharpee recognized for their distinguished scientific and social accomplishments.
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Events

Science Can’t Wait Webinar Series

Science Can’t Wait Webinar Series

Salk partnered with the Del Mar Foundation to launch a three-part webinar series.
Joan Jacobs Science & Music Series

Joan Jacobs Science & Music Series

The Joan Jacobs Science & Music Series is a one-of-a-kind experience that weaves groundbreaking scientific ideas with live musical performance, creating an evening that inspires both the mind and the senses.
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Ask a Scientist
How can friends support my brain health?

How can friends support my brain health?

Advice from Salk neuroscientist Kay Tye. Read more ➤
Community
Rooted in Community: Plant Swap in the Grove

Rooted in Community: Plant Swap in the Grove

The Salk community connected over exchanging plants and gardening tips. Read more ➤