Salk Institute for Biological Studies in July 2019
General information
Type
Institutional
Town or city
San Diego, California, U.S.
Current tenants
Salk Institute
Named for
Jonas Salk
Completed
1965
Technical details
Structural system
Vierendeel trusses
Material
Poured concrete
Floor count
4
Design and construction
Architect(s)
Louis I. Kahn
Structural engineer
August Komendant
Awards and prizes
American Institute of Architects Twenty-five Year Award
Website
salk.edu
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies is a scientific research institute located in the La Jolla community of San Diego, California, U.S.[1] The independent, non-profit institute was founded in 1960 by Jonas Salk, the developer of the polio vaccine; among the founding consultants were Jacob Bronowski and Francis Crick. Construction of the research facilities began in spring of 1962. The Salk Institute consistently ranks among the top institutions in the US in terms of research output and quality in the life sciences.[2] In 2004, the Times Higher Education Supplement ranked Salk as the world's top biomedicine research institute, and in 2009 it was ranked number one globally by ScienceWatch in the neuroscience and behavior areas.[3][4]
As of October 2020, the Salk Institute employs 850 researchers in 60 research groups and focuses its research in three areas: molecular biology and genetics; neurosciences; and plant biology. Research topics include aging, cancer, diabetes, birth defects, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, AIDS, and the neurobiology of American Sign Language.[5] The March of Dimes provided the initial funding and continues to support the institute. Research is funded by a variety of public sources, such as the US National Institutes of Health and the State of California; and private organizations such as Paris-based Ipsen, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Waitt Family Foundation.[6] In addition, the internally administered Innovation Grants Program encourages cutting-edge high-risk research.[7] In 2017 the Salk Institute Trustees elected former president of Booz Allen Hamilton, Daniel C. Lewis, as Board Chairman.[8]
The institute also served as the basis for Bruno Latour and Steve Woolgar's 1979 book Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts.[9]
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^"Heavyweights in Molecular Biology/Genetics: For Some, A High Percentage of Elite Papers". Archived from the original on 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
^"Search | Times Higher Education (THE)". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
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is an American neuroscientist. She is a Professor at the SalkInstituteforBiologicalStudies, where she spearheads a research group at the Computational...
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known for his discovery of stem cells in the adult human brain. Gage is a former president (2018–2023) of the SalkInstituteforBiologicalStudies, where...
American biologist and assistant professor at The SalkInstituteforBiologicalStudies and member of The Salk Cancer Center. Her laboratory focuses on epigenetic...
Laboratory of Genetics at the SalkInstituteforBiologicalStudies and the University of California, San Diego. He is recognized for seminal discoveries in...
president and professor at the SalkInstituteforBiologicalStudies and was previously the director of the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation...
American neuroscientist and professor and Wylie Vale Chair in the SalkInstituteforBiological Sciences. Her research has focused on using optogenetics to...
Australian-American Nobel laureate who is the former president of the SalkInstituteforBiologicalStudies. In 1984, Blackburn co-discovered telomerase, the enzyme...
Participant) University of Arizona Center for Innovation in Brain Science (B.I. Participant) SalkInstituteforBiologicalStudies (B.I. Participant) Second Sight...
in San Diego. De Hoffmann joined the SalkInstituteforBiologicalStudies in 1970 and served as its president for 18 years. He was also the chairman and...
professorship at the SalkInstituteforBiologicalStudies since 1989. She is a member of the Board of Trustees Moscow Center for Consciousness Studies of Philosophy...
methylation. Law is currently an associate professor at the SalkInstituteforBiologicalStudies. Law began her scientific career at the Oregon State University...
at the SalkInstituteforBiologicalStudies and an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. She is the founding director of the Salk Institute’s...
designed. He helped found the SalkInstituteforBiologicalStudies, where he became a resident fellow. Szilard founded Council for a Livable World in 1962...
assistant professor of the regulatory biology laboratory at the SalkInstituteforBiologicalStudies. Engle's research aims at improving detection and treatment...
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