Salk Institute for Biological Studies • November 13th, 2025

Eight Salk scientists named among the most Highly Cited Researchers in the world

Salk faculty members Joseph Ecker, Ronald Evans, Rusty Gage, Christian Metallo, Satchin Panda, Reuben Shaw, and Kay Tye have all been named in this year’s Highly Cited Researchers list by Clarivate.

Salk Institute for Biological Studies • October 24th, 2025

How HIV’s shape-shifting protein reveals clues for smarter drug design

Salk Institute researchers determine structure of HIV protein during newly discovered function, enabling development of better HIV therapeutics

Salk Institute for Biological Studies • September 24th, 2025

Salk scientist Deepshika Ramanan receives NIAID New Innovators Award

The five-year, $1.5 million grant will support Ramanan’s pioneering research on maternal immunity during pregnancy and lactation.

Salk Institute for Biological Studies • July 11th, 2025

From injury to agony: Scientists discover brain pathway that turns pain into suffering

Salk scientists uncover a key neural circuit in mice that gives pain its emotional punch, opening new doors for treating fibromyalgia, migraine, and PTSD

Salk Institute for Biological Studies • May 13th, 2025

Estrogen-related receptors could be key to treating metabolic and muscular disorders

Salk scientists find estrogen-related receptors regulate energy production in mouse muscles, making them a promising therapeutic target for metabolic disorders

Salk Institute for Biological Studies • April 21st, 2025

Salk Institute promotes three faculty members in neuroscience, immunology, and cancer research

Three Salk Institute faculty members have been promoted for their notable, innovative contributions to science. Associate Professors Nicola Allen and Diana Hargreaves were promoted to full professors, and Assistant Professor Jesse Dixon was promoted to associate professor.

Salk Institute for Biological Studies • February 14th, 2025

New study explains how antidepressants can protect against infections and sepsis

Salk scientists discover SSRI Prozac regulates immune response and prevents sepsis in mice, demonstrating potential new use for the popular drug.

Salk Institute for Biological Studies • October 22nd, 2024

Through the looking glass: A cross-chiral reaction challenges our definition of life

Salk scientists achieve cross-chiral exponential amplification, potentially enabling a new form of artificial life and innovative drug development strategies

Salk Institute for Biological Studies • September 30th, 2024

New brain-mapping tool may be the “START” of next-generation therapeutics

Salk scientists debut a method for identifying connectivity between brain cell types with unprecedented resolution.

Salk Institute for Biological Studies • September 30th, 2024

One in three Americans has a dysfunctional metabolism, but intermittent fasting could help

A clinical trial from the Salk Institute and UC San Diego School of Medicine showed time-restricted eating improved cardiometabolic health in adults with metabolic syndrome.

Salk Institute for Biological Studies • September 3rd, 2024

Fuel level low! Energy deficits harm athletes’ health, new research tool reveals how

Salk scientists created a mouse model to study relative energy deficiency in sport (REDs), revealing the syndrome impacts the entire body and affects males and females differently.

Salk Institute for Biological Studies • August 1st, 2024

Salk awarded $3.6 million by CIRM

The funding will help Salk scientists, led by Professor Rusty Gage, share their stem cell technologies with other institutions across the state.

Salk Institute for Biological Studies • July 23rd, 2024

Salk Professor Janelle Ayres named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator

Salk Professor Janelle Ayres has been selected as a 2024 Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigator.

Salk Institute for Biological Studies • June 18th, 2024

Salk scientist Jesse Dixon named 2024 Pew Biomedical Scholar

Salk Institute Assistant Professor Jesse Dixon has been named a 2024 Pew Biomedical Scholar by The Pew Charitable Trusts.

Salk Institute for Biological Studies • June 18th, 2024

Unveiling Telo-seq: A breakthrough in telomere research on aging and cancer

Salk scientists debut a method for determining the length and sequence of telomeres on individual chromosomes, revealing new insights into their dynamics in health and disease

Salk Institute for Biological Studies • April 18th, 2024

Salk Professor Satchin Panda named 2023 AAAS Fellow

Salk Institute Professor Satchidananda Panda has been named a 2023 AAAS Fellow for his contributions to the field of chronobiology.

Salk Institute for Biological Studies • March 6th, 2024

A step towards clinic-ready patient-derived organoids

Salk scientists test whether different commercial cell culture products affect organoid development and response to pancreatic cancer drugs

Salk Institute for Biological Studies • March 4th, 2024

Modeling the origins of life: New evidence for an “RNA World”

Salk scientists unveil RNA capabilities that enable Darwinian evolution at a molecular scale, and bring researchers closer to producing autonomous RNA life in the laboratory

Salk Institute for Biological Studies • February 20th, 2024

Salk scientists discover new target for reversible, non-hormonal male birth control

Oral administration of HDAC inhibitor blocked sperm production and fertility in mice without affecting libido

UC San Diego • October 2nd, 2023

UC San Diego Human Milk Institute Names its Executive Director

Mitra Hooshmand, PhD, will lead strategy and operations at the innovative research institute

UC San Diego • August 9th, 2023

Stem Cell Therapy Rescues Symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease

In the ongoing search for a cure for Alzheimer’s disease, a burgeoning branch of medicine is bringing new hope. Stem cell therapies are already being used to treat various cancers and disorders of the blood and immune system. In a new proof-of-concept study, scientists at University of California San Diego show stem cell transplants may also be a promising therapeutic against Alzheimer’s. In the study, published August 8, 2023 in Cell Reports, the researchers demonstrate that transplanting hemat

UC San Diego • August 2nd, 2023

Can Field Sobriety Tests Identify Drivers Under the Influence of Cannabis?

UC San Diego scientists evaluate how accurate law-enforcement administered field sobriety tests are at measuring cannabis exposure and impairment

La Jolla Institute for Immunology • July 28th, 2023

Asymptomatic infections may underlie recent rise in whooping cough

In a new study published in Cell Host & Microbe, scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) compared the immune response of individuals who received older versus newer versions of the whooping cough vaccine. The unexpected findings may help explain the recent rise in whooping cough cases and point to potential targets for the next generation of vaccines.

UC San Diego • July 27th, 2023

New Resource Harmonizes 16S and Shotgun Sequencing Data for Microbiome Research

UC San Diego scientists debut Greengenes2, a massive reference database that could be used to reconcile years of microbiome studies