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Salk’s Year of Brain Health<\/h1>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n
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\n Insights<\/span>\n

Tim Ball and the Facilities Services Team: Maintaining the Life of the Institute<\/h1>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n
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Adam Farsheed: Growing brains, shaping minds<\/h1>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n
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Jamie Blum: Three to five pounds of immune decisions every day<\/h1>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n
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Remembering Suzanne Bourgeois: She cracked one of biology\u2019s earliest codes, then made sure the story of how Salk came to be was never lost<\/h1>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n\n\n\n
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\n Salk’s Year of Brain Health<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n
\n How exercise, cardiovascular health, immune health, metabolic health, and mental health converge to support a healthy brain\u2014and how your daily habits can set you up for a long, healthy life.\n \n Read more ➤<\/a>\n <\/span>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n
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\n Tim Ball and the Facilities Services Team: Maintaining the Life of the Institute<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n
\n Ball and his team maintains Salk's campus and helps create the conditions for discovery.\n \n Read more ➤<\/a>\n <\/span>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n
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\n Adam Farsheed: Growing brains, shaping minds<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n
\n Farsheed works on building and improving brian organiods in Rusty Gage's lab. \n \n Read more ➤<\/a>\n <\/span>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n
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\n Jamie Blum: Three to five pounds of immune decisions every day<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n
\n Blum talks about research, which asks how the body tolerates the things we eat and why that sometimes goes wrong.\n \n Read more ➤<\/a>\n <\/span>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n
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\n Remembering Suzanne Bourgeois: She cracked one of biology\u2019s earliest codes, then made sure the story of how Salk came to be was never lost<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n
\n Bourgeois was a prolific scientist, one of Salk's founding members, and an unofficial Institute historian in her later years.\n \n Read more ➤<\/a>\n <\/span>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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President\u2019s Letter<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

“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.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n What changes happen in the aging brain? <\/h3>\n\n
\n Neurodegenerative diseases affect more than 57 million people globally.\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n What keeps thirsty plants alive during drought? <\/h3>\n\n
\n 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.\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n Mitochondrial DNA can impact human health and disease <\/h3>\n\n
\n Some of your most important life partners are the mitochondria that power all your cells.\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n Visualizing cellular life with greater precision <\/h3>\n\n
\n Fluorescent proteins have revolutionized science, enabling researchers to tag and visualize individual molecules in living cells, tissues, and animals.\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n Can naked mole rats peacefully hand over power? <\/h3>\n\n
\n Naked mole rats keep kingdoms underground.\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n From Salk Institute discovery to patient care: Vitamin D analog shuts down pancreatic cancer\u2019s shield in clinical trial <\/h3>\n\n
\n 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.\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n Strengthening Salk\u2019s faculty in the fields of cancer, Alzheimer\u2019s, epigenetics, and AI\u00a0 <\/h3>\n\n
\n The Salk Institute welcomed several new faculty members and recognized a key promotion.\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n
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\n Salk Welcomes Sarah Wolf Hallac to Board of Trustees <\/h3>\n\n
\n Hallac brings extensive experience across technology, finance, and philanthropy to the Board of Trustees.\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n
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\n Gerald Joyce elected to the American Philosophical Society\u00a0 <\/h3>\n\n
\n Joyce recognized for both his scientific leadership and the global impact of Salk\u2019s foundational research.\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n
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\n Gerald Shadel and Tatyana Sharpee elected as 2025 AAAS Fellows <\/h3>\n\n
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\n Science Can\u2019t Wait Webinar Series <\/h3>\n\n
\n Salk partnered with the Del Mar Foundation to launch a three-part webinar series.\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n
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\n Joan Jacobs Science & Music Series <\/h3>\n\n
\n 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.\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n\n<\/div>\n\n