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The Salk Institute for Biological Studies is an independent non-profit educational research organization in La Jolla, California. It was founded in 1960 by Jonas Salk, M.D., the developer of the polio vaccine. Among the founding consultants were Jacob Bronowski and Francis Crick. The institute has 56 labs and focuses its research in three areas: Molecular Biology and Genetics; Neurosciences; and Plant Biology. Research topics include cancer, diabetes, birth defects, Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, AIDS, and plant biology. The March of Dimes provided the initial funding and continues to support the institute to this day. The campus was designed by the renowned architect Louis Kahn. Salk had sought to make a beautiful campus in order to draw the best researchers in the world. The original buildings of the Salk Institute were designated as a historical landmark in 1991. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 838 KB)Salk Institute, La Jolla, California, USA taken on February 9, 2004 by Jim Harper. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 838 KB)Salk Institute, La Jolla, California, USA taken on February 9, 2004 by Jim Harper. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 865 KB)Salk Institute, La Jolla, California, USA taken on February 9, 2004 by Jim Harper. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 865 KB)Salk Institute, La Jolla, California, USA taken on February 9, 2004 by Jim Harper. ...
One of the beaches at La Jolla Cove. ...
1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Jonas E. Salk Jonas Salk (October 28, 1914 - June 23, 1995) is the discoverer/inventor of the eponymous Salk vaccine while a researcher in Pittsburgh(see polio vaccine). ...
Jacob Bronowski Jacob Bronowski (January 18, 1908, Lódź, Poland - August 22, 1974, East Hampton, New York, USA) was the presenter of the BBC television documentary series, The Ascent of Man which inspired Carl Sagans Cosmos series. ...
Photomontage of Francis Crick lecturing Professor Francis Harry Compton Crick, OM FRS (June 8, 1916 – July 28, 2004) was a British physicist, molecular biologist and neuroscientist, most noted for being one of the discoverers of the structure of the DNA molecule. ...
Molecular biology is the study of biology at a molecular level. ...
Genetics (from the Greek genno γεννώ= give birth) is the science of genes, heredity, and the variation of organisms. ...
Neuroscience is a field of study which deals with the structure, function, development, genetics, biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology and pathology of the nervous system. ...
Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern...
When normal cells are damaged or old they undergo apoptosis; cancer cells, however, avoid apoptosis. ...
This article is about the disease that features high blood sugar. ...
The Red Ribbon is the global symbol for solidarity with HIV positive and people living with AIDS. The Red Ribbon was created by the late New York-based painter Frank Moore. ...
March of Dimes is the name of several health charities in the United States and Canada. ...
Louis Isadore Kahn (February 20, 1901 – March 17, 1974) practised as an architect in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and taught architecture there and at Yale University. ...
The Salk Institute currently employs more than 1200 preeminient faculty, researchers and staff.
History
Salk and Kahn approached the city of San Diego in March of 1960 about a gift of land on the Torrey Pines Mesa and were granted their request after a referendum passed in June 1960. Construction began in 1962 and a handful of researchers moved into the first labratory in 1963. San Diego County in the Southwest corner of California. ...
A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) or plebiscite is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. ...
Jonas Salk died in 1995. A memorial lies at the entrance to the Institute and captures his vision: "Hope lies in dreams, in imagination and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality."
Notable faculty Salk faculty have received a total of five Nobel Prizes. Three of the institute's resident faculty members are Nobel laureates. Winners of the Nobel prize are scientists, writers and peacemakers who have been awarded in their field of endeavour, and who are known collectively as either Nobel laureates or Nobel Prize winners. ...
As of 2003, 13 of the Salk's faculty were members of the National Academy of Sciences. Renato Dulbecco (born 1914) was a U.S. (Italian-born) virologist. ...
Sydney Brenner (born 1927 January 13) is a British biologist active in the United States. ...
Roger Guillemin ( born January 11, 1924 in Dijon, France) is a neuroendocrinologist who received the Nobel prize for Medicine in 1977 for his work on neurohormones. ...
Architecture The Salk Institue's campus represents a blend of form and function. Each of the laboratories is built to be spacious, open to ambient lighting, and is completely reconfigurable to meet the changing needs of science. In 1992, the Salk received a 25 Year Award from the American Institute of Architects, and is recognized as the single most significant architectural site in San Diego.
External link - Salk Institute for Biological Studies
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