Frontiers
Building a More Resilient World: Salk’s Campaign for the Future
The world is facing an array of health-related crises: COVID-19 and other infectious diseases, climate change, neurodegenerative conditions, cancers and many more. To tackle these daunting challenges, the Institute is embarking on a philanthropic campaign to focus on resilience: the biological adaptability that mitigates the effects of aging, resists disease and restores global wellness.
Observations
Susan Kaech – How T cells remember
Salk Professor Susan Kaech, director of the NOMIS Center for Immunobiology and Microbial Pathogenesis, has made it her mission to gain a better understanding of how T cells form, how they exchange molecular signals with the surrounding tissue, and how we can use this knowledge to prevent or treat infections.
Insights
Carl Procko – Lessons from carnivorous plants
Staff Scientist Carl Procko studies Venus flytraps and their close relatives, Sundew plants, to gain insight into the ultra-fast biochemistry of plants and how they can sense touch. It doesn’t hurt that these bug-eating plants are a great way to get kids—and adults—interested in science.
President’s Letter
“Our focus on resilience is a shift from studying just the causes of disease to a more holistic approach that focuses on understanding the mechanisms animal and plant biology use to resist disease and protect health.”
Discoveries
Spotlight

Salk’s Sreekanth Chalasani wins 2021 NPA Gallagher Mentor Award

Uncommon sense teaching: practical insights in brain science to help students learn

San Diego Nathan Shock Center announces first grant awardees
Events

A Milestone Evening to Remember — Symphony at Salk

Salk alumni program hosts virtual webinar

Institute Council virtual event
