Umbilical Cord Blood As A Readily Available Source For Off-the-shelf, Patient-specific Stem Cells Oct 3, 2009
Umbilical cord blood cells can successfully be reprogrammed to function like embryonic stem cells, setting the basis for the creation of a comprehensive bank of tissue-matched, cord blood-derived induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells for off-the-shelf applications, report researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and the Center for Regenerative Medicine in Barcelona, Spain. "Cord blood stem cells could serve as a safe, "ready-to-use" source for the generation of iPS cells, since... (Science Daily)
A federal Medicare board Sep 30, 2009
William D. Brody, a physician, is president of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. He wrote this article for The Washington Post. (Albany Times Union)
San Diego pins hopes on algae biofuel Sep 21, 2009
The San Diego Center for Algae Biotechnology was launched in 2008 with 16 founding partners the University of California-San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, biofuel companies and more. Until recently, "algae has been this complete backwater of scientific research," said the center's founding director, Steve Kay, dean of biological sciences at UCSD. "But we've all woken up with the realization that we are junking the planet.". (Honolulu Advertiser)
Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Retain Some Gene Expression Of Donor Cells Sep 20, 2009
19, 2009) A team of researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla has developed a safe strategy for reprogramming cells to a pluripotent state without use of viral vectors or genomic insertions ... "In order to take full advantage of reprogramming, it is essential to develop methods to induce pluripotency in the absence of permanent changes in the genome," added Fred H. Gage, PhD, a professor in the... (Science Daily)
Naps Can Give Boost, If They Stay Short Sep 16, 2009
Dr. Sara Mednick, a researcher from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, improved heart function, hormonal maintenance and cell repair as some of the benefits of power napping. Her research also indicates that power naps can lift your moods, lower stress and improve memory and learning. (Click2Houston, TX)
Chemotherapy Resistance: Checkpoint Protein Provides Armor Against Cancer Drugs Sep 7, 2009
Leave the tripwire in place for too long, though, and cancer cells will press on regardless, making them resistant to the lethal effects of certain types of chemotherapy, according to researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies ... D., director of the Razavi-Newman Center for Bioinformatics at the Salk Institute. (Science Daily)
Transplanted Human Stem Cells Prolong Survival In Mouse Model Of Rare Brain Disease Sep 5, 2009
The researchers include Stanley J. Tamaki, StemCells, Inc., Palo Alto, CA; Yakop Jacobs, StemCells, Inc., Palo Alto, CA; Monika Dohse, StemCells, Inc., Palo Alto, CA; Alexandra Capela, StemCells, Inc., Palo Alto, CA; Jonathan D. Cooper, King's College London, London, UK; Michael Reitsma, StemCells, Inc., Palo Alto, CA; Dongping He, StemCells, Inc., Palo Alto, CA; Robert Tushinski, StemCells, Inc., Palo Alto, CA; Pavel V. Belichenko, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA; Ahmad... (Science Daily)
'S' Stands For Surprise: Anticoagulant Plays Unexpected Role In Maintaining Circulatory Integrity Sep 3, 2009
3, 2009) Protein S, a well-known anticoagulant protein, keeps the blood flowing in more than one way, discovered researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. The protein contributes to the formation and function of healthy blood vessels. (Science Daily)
How Life's Code Emerged From Primordial Soup Aug 31, 2009
12, 2004) Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies are reporting a possible answer to a longstanding question in research on the origins of life on Earth--how. (Mar. (Science Daily)
Novel Tumor Suppressor Discovered Aug 13, 2009
D., director of the Salk Institute Cancer Center and a professor in Salk's Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, called the finding an "important" step in advancing understanding of blood cancers. "It's very interesting that this molecule acts in this way independently of its enzyme activity," he said. (Science Daily)
A Cool Way to Make Architecture Pay: Ice Cream! Aug 12, 2009
It is a tricked-out former postal wagon with a Barbie-pink custom roof, shiny wheel rims (acquired at an auto body shop in East L.A.) and lots of photos of famous buildings, including Louis Kahn's concrete-heavy Salk Institute in nearby San Diego. The menu, naturally, is totally architectural: a rotating selection of made-to-order ice cream sandwiches in flavors such as "Mintimalism," "Louis Kahntaloupe" and "Frank Behry" (in honor of the architect who designed the city's luminous Walt Disney... (Time.com)
Tumor suppressor pulls double shift as reprogramming watchdog Aug 10, 2009
LA JOLLA, CAA collaborative study by researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies uncovered that the tumor suppressor p53, which made its name as "guardian of the genome", not only stops cells that could become cancerous in their tracks but also controls somatic cell reprogramming ... About the Salk Institute for Biological Studies ... The Salk Institute for Biological Studies is one of the world's preeminent basic research institutions, where internationally renowned faculty probe... (EurekAlert!)
'Jumping Genes' Create Diversity In Human Brain Cells, Offering Clues To Evolutionary And Neurological Disease Aug 6, 2009
6, 2009) Rather than sticking to a single DNA script, human brain cells harbor astonishing genomic variability, according to scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies ... (Credit: Courtesy of Jamie Simon, Salk Institute for Biological Studies). (Science Daily)
USD Toreros Support San Diego Swing & Soiree Jul 30, 2009
The Salk Institute of La Jolla recently published a study focused on correcting defective genes in Fanconi Anemia patients' cells using gene therapy techniques. Father Joe's Villages () have been meeting the needs of San Diego's homeless for more than 50 years. (Usdtoreros.com)
New Science Of Learning Offers Preview Of Tomorrow's Classroom Jul 27, 2009
D., professor and head of the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and co-director of the Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center (TDLC) at the University of California, San Diego, which is sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Our brains have evolved to learn and adapt to new environments; if we can create the right environment for a child, magic happens. (Science Daily)
Timing Is Everything: Growth Factor Keeps Brain Development On Track Jul 19, 2009
ScienceDaily (July 18, 2009) Just like a conductor cueing musicians in an orchestra, Fgf10, a member of the fibroblast growth factor (Ffg) family of morphogens, lets brain stem cells know that the moment to get to work has arrived, ensuring that they hit their first developmental milestone on time, report scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in the July 16, 2009, edition of the journal Neuron. See also. (Science Daily)
Why Neural Stem Cells Divide And Differentiate Jul 18, 2009
Now, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies achieved. . (Science Daily)
BIOTECH: ExxonMobil to fund $600 million biofuel partnership with La Jolla firm (29) Jul 16, 2009
The members are Scripps Research Institute, UC San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the Salk Institute and San Diego State University. Big plans from small creatures. (North County Times)
Newborn Brain Cells Improve Navigation Jul 11, 2009
D., a professor in the Laboratory for Genetics at the Salk Institute and the Vi and John Adler Chair for Research on Age-Related Neurodegenerative Diseases, who co-directed the study with Timothy J. Bussey, Ph ... Researchers who also contributed to the work include M. Choi, A. Fragniere, and P. Tyers in the Centre for Brain Repair at the University of Cambridge, UK, C. Romberg and L. M Saksida in the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Cambridge, UK, graduate student G.... (Science Daily)
Why Some Tumors Don't Respond To Radiation And Chemotherapy Jul 8, 2009
In their latest study, scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies suggest just how finely tuned the system is and how little it takes to tip the balance. See also. (Science Daily)
Exercise In A Pill? Jul 3, 2009
Back in 2004, the researchers -- who included professor Ronald M. Evans, PhD, of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in La Jolla, Calif. -- reported that they boosted endurance in mice by tweaking a mouse gene to boost the activity of a protein called PPAR-delta. (CBS News -- Health)
Hungry Cells: Tumor Metabolism Discovery Opens New Detection And Treatment Possibilities For Rare Form Of Colon Cancer Jul 2, 2009
Carefully tracing the cellular chain-of-command that links nutrient intake to cell growth (and which is interrupted in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome), allowed researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies to exploit the tumors' weak spot. See also. (Science Daily)
Salamanders Retain Memory Of Lopped-Off Limbs Jul 2, 2009
Now, a research team at the Salk Institute for Biological. (Apr. (Science Daily)
Alcohol-binding site in brain identified Jun 30, 2009
LONDON: Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have a step closer to understanding how alcohol alters the way brain cells work ... "There's been a lot of interest in the field to find out how alcohol acts in the brain," Nature magazine quoted Dr. Paul A Slesinger, an associate professor in the Peptide Biology Laboratory at the Salk Institute, as saying. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
Site For Alcohol's Action In Brain Found Jun 29, 2009
A new study by researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies brings us closer to understanding how alcohol alters the way brain cells work ... D., an associate professor in the Peptide Biology Laboratory at the Salk Institute, who led the study ... This work was supported by National Institutes on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and on General Medical Sciences, the H.N. & Frances Berger Foundation and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. (Science Daily)
Why Low-Calorie Diet Extends Lifespans Jun 28, 2009
Now, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have identified a pivotal role for two enzymes that work together to determine the health benefits of diet restriction ... (Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Andrea C. Carrano, Salk Institute for Biological Studies). (Science Daily)
The battle for CRTC2: How obesity increases the risk for diabetes Jun 22, 2009
Marc Montminy (left) and Yiguo Wang are researchers with the Salk Institute for Biological Studies ... Now, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have filled in the gap and identified the missing link between the two ... About the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. (EurekAlert!)
Stem cell research shows a promising, if tiny, breakthrough Jun 5, 2009
Here is some good news amid the general gloom: Scientists at the Salk Institute in La Jolla say they have cured a cell ... "We haven't cured a human being, but we have cured a cell," Salk Institute professor Juan-Carlos Izpisa Belmonte told the San Diego Union-Tribune. (Fresno Bee)
Editorial: Promising news on stem cell research Jun 3, 2009
Here is some good 00004000 news amid the general gloom: Scientists at the Salk Institute in La Jolla say they have cured a cell ... "We haven't cured a human being, but we have cured a cell," Salk Institute professor Juan-Carlos Izpis;a Belmonte told the San Diego Union-Tribune. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
Stem Cell-Gene Therapy Cures A Disease In Vitro Jun 1, 2009
ScienceDaily (June 1, 2009) A study led by researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, has catapulted the field of regenerative medicine significantly forward, proving in principle that a human genetic disease can be cured using a combination of gene therapy and induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell technology ... (Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Juan-Carlos Belmonte, Salk Institute for Biological Studies). (Science Daily)
Unusually large family of green fluorescent proteins discovered in marine creature May 21, 2009
Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have discovered a family of green fluorescent proteins (GFPs) in a primitive sea animal, along with new clues about the role of the proteins that has nothing to do with their famous glow ... New hints have emerged as Erin Bomati, a former postdoctoral researcher at Scripps Oceanography, Gerard Manning of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and Scripps lead-scientist Dimitri... (EurekAlert!)
Even In Our Genome, Good Fences Make Good Neighbors May 16, 2009
Breaking down just a few of the molecular fences that separate them blurs the lines and leads to the inactivation of at least two tumor suppressor genes, according to researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies ... (Credit: Courtesy of Michael Witcher, Salk Institute for Biological Studies). (Science Daily)
Protein That Makes Phosphate Chains In Yeast Revealed; Implications On Crops, Human Diseases Apr 30, 2009
"This study emphasises the importance of structural biology not just to show what molecules look like and how they work but also what that function is," says Michael Hothorn from Scheffzek's group at EMBL, who is presently at The Salk Institute for Biological Studies in California. Since polyphosphate is a ubiquitous, multi-tasking molecule with many different functions, discovering how it is produced could have implications for many different fields. (Science Daily)
BIOTECH: Local stem cell scientists get $36M from state Apr 30, 2009
-- Inder Verma of the Salk Institute to develop treatments for incurable blood and immune system diseases. One of those is X-linked Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, or "bubble boy disease.". (North County Times)
How Room Designs Affect Your Work and Mood Apr 28, 2009
He came to believe so strongly in architecture s ability to influence the mind that he teamed up with renowned architect Louis Kahn to build the Salk Institute in La Jolla, Calif. as a scientific facility that would stimulate breakthroughs and encourage creativity. (Scientific American)
Neuronal Growth Factor Receptor -- Long Implicated In Alzheimer's Disease -- May Actually Protect The Neuron Apr 28, 2009
27, 2009) New research at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies casts the role of a neuronal growth factor receptor long suspected to facilitate the toxic effects of beta amyloid in Alzheimer's disease in a new light, suggesting the molecule actually protects the neuron in the periphery from beta amyloid-induced damage ... D., of the Salk Institute's Clayton Foundation Peptide Biology Laboratory, and Eliezer Masliah, Ph ... (Credit: Lee Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies). (Science Daily)
Biological Basis For The Eight-hour Workday? Apr 28, 2009
Now, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies found that some genes are switched on once every 12 or 8 hours, indicating that shorter cycles of the circadian rhythm are also biologically encoded ... Co-first authors on the paper are Michael E. Hughes of Penn and Luciano DiTacchio of the Salk Institute for Biological Sciences, La Jolla, CA. Other co-authors included Kevin R. Hayes and Julie E. Baggs of Penn, and Christopher... (Science Daily)
Key Decision-point At Which Cells With Broken DNA Repair Themselves Or Die Identified Apr 18, 2009
24, 2005) Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies discovered that cells co-opted the machinery that usually repairs broken strands of DNA to protect the integrity of chromosomes. This finding. (Science Daily)
Scripps research scientists model 3D structures of proteins that control human clock Apr 11, 2009
In addition to Getzoff and Hitomi, authors of the paper, "Functional motifs in the (6-4) photolyase crystal structure make a comparative framework for DNA repair photolyases and clock cryptochromes," include Luciano DiTacchio and Satchidananda Panda (a former Scripps graduate student) of the Salk Institute, Junpei Yamamoto and Shigenori Iwai of Osaka University, Sang-Tae Kim and Takeshi Todo of Kyoto University, and Andrew S. Arvai and John A. Tainer of Scripps Research. For more information,... (EurekAlert!)
How The Retina Works: Like A Multi-layered Jigsaw Puzzle Of Receptive Fields Apr 8, 2009
Receptive fields fit together like pieces of a puzzle, preventing "blind spots" and excessive overlap that could blur our perception of the world, according to researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies ... (Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Jeffrey Gauthier, Salk Institute for Biological Studies). (Science Daily)
Workhorse Immune Molecules Lead Secret Lives In The Brain Apr 8, 2009
First author Mike McConnell, a postdoctoral researcher now at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, Calif. put two batches of mice - normal ones, and bioengineered mice that lacked the "K" and "D" proteins - through their paces on the rotarod without knowing which batch was which. (Science Daily)
Protein Protects Neurons In Brain From Damage Due To Inflammation Apr 7, 2009
A research team from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla has identified a protein in the brain of mice that protects neurons from excessive inflammation, which can lead to neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's disease ... Working in mice, researchers in the Laboratory of Genetics headed by Fred H. Gage, PhD, professor at the Salk Institute, reduced the expression of Nurr1 in the brain to see how it... (Science Daily)
Visual Attention: How The Brain Makes The Most Of The Visible World Apr 7, 2009
Two recent studies by researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, one study employing computational modeling techniques and the other experimental techniques, have helped to unravel the mechanisms underlying attention ... D., an associate professor in the Systems Neurobiology Laboratory at the Salk Institute, who led the study published in the March 26, 2009 issue of the journal Neuron ... (Credit: Courtesy of Salk Institute for Biological Studies). (Science Daily)
Salk Institute signs strategic alliance with sanofi-aventis Mar 27, 2009
La Jolla, CA -- The Salk Institute today announced that it has signed a strategic alliance agreement with sanofi-aventis, establishing a joint program that supports cutting-edge research and promotes an exchange of discoveries focused on scientific advances and therapeutic applications ... "This is a collaborative relationship without restrictive preconditions between two leading organizations," said William R. Brody, president of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies ... SARP is an... (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Biochemical Pathway For Blocking Worst Fears? Mar 25, 2009
24, 2009) A receptor for glutamate, the most prominent neurotransmitter in the brain, plays a key role in the process of "unlearning," report researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. See also. (Science Daily)
Stem Cells Yield New Clues To Glut Of Glial Cells In Down's Syndrome, Glioblastoma, And Alzheimer's Disease Mar 23, 2009
22, 2009) A newly identified molecular pathway that directs stem cells to produce glial cells yields insights into the neurobiology of Down's syndrome and a number of central nervous system disorders characterized by too many glial cells, according to a recent study by researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies ... (Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Federico Herrera, Salk Institute for Biological Studies). (Science Daily)
Cause For Severe Pediatric Epilepsy Disorder Identified Mar 23, 2009
Additional contributors to the study include Edward B. Han and Stephen F. Heinemann, the Salk Institute; Celine M. Dub; and Tallie Z. Baram, UC Irvine; and Stevan N. Djakovic and Gentry N. Patrick, UC San Diego Department of Neurobiology. The study was funded in part by the National Institutes of Health, the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Epilepsy Foundation. (Science Daily)
Critical Switch In Eye Development Discovered Mar 16, 2009
That's why researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies were. (Feb. (Science Daily)
Therapeutic path for Down's syndrome Mar 15, 2009
WASHINGTON: Researchers from Salk Institute for Biological Studies have identified a molecular pathway that can be a potential therapeutic target for Down's syndrome, the most frequent cause of mental retardation. The study showed that synaptojanin-1, a central component of the pathway, is essential to production of glia, brain cells that act as neurons' personal assistants. (India Times, India)
Potential pathway for drug intervention Mar 14, 2009
LA JOLLA, CAA newly identified molecular pathway that directs stem cells to produce glial cells yields insights into the neurobiology of Down's syndrome and a number of central nervous system disorders characterized by too many glial cells, according to a recent study by researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies ... The Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California, is an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to fundamental discoveries in the life sciences,... (EurekAlert!)
Drugs That Act On 'Fasting Signal' May Curb Insulin Resistance In Obese Mar 12, 2009
11, 2009) A molecular switch found in the fat tissue of obese mice is a critical factor in the development of insulin resistance, report scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies ... Other scientists contributing to this study were Yiguo Wang, Judith Altarejos, Renaud Dentin and Susie Hedrick at the Salk Institute, Erik Zmuda and Tsonwin Hai of the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Ohio State University, Xinmin Zhang at NimbleGen and Gautam Bandyopadhyay and Jerry... (Science Daily)
Local Researchers React To Stem Cell Decision Mar 10, 2009
"I think it's something we've been hoping for, for quite awhile, "said Dr. Travis Berggren of the Salk Institute in San Diego ... While this executive order won't lead to immediate cures of Alzheimer's or diabetes, researchers here at the Salk Institute are saying is that it will lead to a better understanding of the biological process. (TheSanDiegoChannel.com, CA)
Converting cells shows promise for Parkinson's Mar 7, 2009
Fred Gage, a nerve cell expert at the Salk Institute in San Diego, called the new finding "a good technical advance," but noted that the new dopamine-producing cells still contained a few DNA sequences left over from their construction, even after the virus and the three genes had been snipped out. Anders Bjorklund, a pioneer in using cell therapy to treat Parkinson's, called the Whitehead team's work "an important new step" in the development of the cell reprogramming technology. (International Herald Tribune -- Health)
'Fasting Signal' Offers Clues to Insulin Resistance in the Obese Mar 5, 2009
In this new study, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies investigated whether CREB was important in mature fat tissues as well. They found that CREB activity in fat cells in obese mice encourages insulin resistance by lowering the production of a hormone called adiponectin and the insulin-sensitive glucose transporter 4 (GLUT4). (MEDLINEplus)
World's experts identify the hottest trends in biology and medicine Mar 4, 2009
Charles Stevens, Professor and Vincent J. Coates Chair in Molecular Neurobiology at the Salk Institute, adds: "F1000 Reports is the logical extension to F1000 in that it identifies hot themes based on hot papers". The rise of online publishing has given academics a completely new platform for publishing their findings, which has been beneficial in some respects but has also contributed greatly to doctors' and scientists' sense of information overload. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Light Or Fight? How Plants Make Tough Survival Choices Mar 3, 2009
Now, an international team of scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and the Institute of Investigaciones Fisiol;gicas y Ecol;gicas Vinculadas a la Agronom;a (IFEVA) has discovered how plants weigh the tradeoffs and redirect their energies accordingly ... D., in the Plant Biology Laboratory at the Salk Institute and former lab member, Yi Tao, Ph. (Science Daily)
Understanding natural crop defenses Feb 28, 2009
Now, an international team of scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and the Institute of Investigaciones Fisiolgicas y Ecolgicas Vinculadas a la Agronoma (IFEVA) has discovered how plants weigh the tradeoffs and redirect their energies accordingly ... D., in the Plant Biology Laboratory at the Salk Institute and former lab member, Yi Tao, Ph ... The Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California, is an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to... (EurekAlert!)
Fruit Flies Soar As Lab Model, Drug Screen For The Deadliest Of Human Brain Cancers Feb 24, 2009
Taking advantage of this remarkable evolutionary conservation, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies transformed the fruit fly into a laboratory model for an innovative study of gliomas, the most common malignant brain tumors ... (Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Renee Read, Salk Institute for Biological Studies). (Science Daily)
Another possible Alzheimer's culprit found Feb 19, 2009
(02-18) 19:57 PST -- Researchers at biotechnology giant Genentech and the Salk Institute have discovered a new mechanism of nerve-cell death that might play a role in Alzheimer's disease, opening the door to a fresh array of possible tactics to battle the devastating neurodegenerative illness ... But a second molecule split off from APP, the N fragment or N-APP, was found to trigger a chain of events that also destroys neurons, according to a paper by researchers at Genentech of South San... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Eye Movement: Involuntary Maybe, But Certainly Not Random Feb 17, 2009
Although these unconscious flicks, also known as microsaccades, had long been considered mere "motor noise," researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies found that they are instead actively controlled by the same brain region that instructs our eyes to scan the lines in a newspaper or follow a moving object ... D., an associate professor in the Salk Institute's Systems Neurobiology Laboratory, who led the current study ... Image courtesy of Salk Institute). (Science Daily)
Stem cell research uncovers mechanism for type 2 diabetes Feb 13, 2009
The collaborative effort between UC San Diego and Burnham is part of the Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, is made up of UC San Diego, Burnham, The Scripps Research Institute and the Salk Institute in La Jolla. The Sanford Consortium was founded in 2006 to marshal the intellectual resources of four world leaders in life sciences research, bringing scientists from each institution together to conduct joint research and training programs in stem cell research. (EurekAlert!)
Micro eye movements Feb 13, 2009
"It's virtually impossible to hold your eye completely still," says Ziad Hafed, who studies the control of eye movements at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, Calif. Microsaccades are tiny versions of "saccades" - the rapid eye movements you are using to shift your gaze to successive words as you read this sentence. (Why Files)
2 genes influence social behavior, visual-spatial performance in people with Williams syndrome Feb 12, 2009
SALT LAKE CITYUnraveling the genetics of social behavior and cognitive abilities, researchers at the University of Utah and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have traced the role of two genes,GTF2I and GTF2IRD, in a rare genetic disorder known as Williams Syndrome ... D., professor and director of the Center for Integrated Neurosciences and Human Behavior at the Brain Institute at the University of Utah and Salk Institute adjunct professor ... Korenberg has studied Williams syndrome for... (EurekAlert!)
Why Fruits Ripen And Flowers Die: Scientists Discover How Key Plant Hormone Is Triggered Feb 12, 2009
D., a professor in the Plant Biology laboratory and director of the Salk Institute Genomic Analysis Laboratory, successfully pinned down the elusive protein ... (Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Hong Qiao, Salk Institute for Biological Studies). (Science Daily)
BIOTECH: Budget crisis holds up local stem cell training Feb 11, 2009
Under the grant, interns from CSUSM, Miramar College and MiraCosta College will work at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research; the Scripps Research Institute and the Salk Institute. Those in the program will get 2,500 a month, and have their tuition paid up to 5,000. (North County Times)
