From left: Kevin Sagara, Lisa Cashman and Tony Toranto

Assistant Professor Eiman Azim and neurosurgeon Sharona Ben-Heim, a visiting scientist from UC San Diego, spoke about the neurological basis of movement at the Salkexcellerators‘ spring forum in February. At the fall forum in October, Associate Professor Wolfgang Busch spoke about his research on root growth.

Salkexcellerators are the next generation of community members committed to supporting scientific discovery at the Institute. The program provides social and educational events throughout the year and supports a fellowship fund for the Institute’s post-doctoral researchers.