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The San Diego Botanic Garden is located in Encinitas. (Botanic Garden photo by Rachel Cobb)

San Diego Botanic Garden to create medicinal plants research consortium

OsideNews March 10, 2022

Encinitas CA— Last week, San Diego Botanic Garden launched a national medicinal plants collection and research consortium, made possible by a $384,000 grant from The Conrad Prebys Foundation. During...

The San Diego Botanic Garden is located in Encinitas. (Botanic Garden photo by Rachel Cobb)

San Diego Botanic Garden launches medicinal plant research program

North Coast Current March 10, 2022
The San Diego Botanic Garden in Encinitas is expanding its plant curation and preservation efforts into medicine with a $384,000 grant from The Conrad Prebys Foundation, the garden announced March 8.
Salk Institute Announces Historic $100M Challenge Gift from Irwin and Joan Jacobs

Salk Institute Announces Historic $100M Challenge Gift from Irwin and Joan Jacobs

OsideNews November 14, 2021

Donation will underwrite construction of the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Science and Technology Center La Jolla CA— The Salk Institute has announced that Irwin and Joan Jacobs, longtime supporters of the renowned...

Salk Receives INSIGHT Into Diversity Magazine’s 2021 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award

Salk Receives INSIGHT Into Diversity Magazine’s 2021 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award

OsideNews August 18, 2021

La Jolla CA— The Salk Institute’s Education Outreach program has received the 2021 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the largest and oldest diversity and inclusion...

Salk Institute Among Cross-collaborative Teams gifted $220 million by Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance

Salk Institute Among Cross-collaborative Teams gifted $220 million by Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance

OsideNews July 25, 2021

Gift will fund research into molecular underpinnings of peak athletic performance La Jolla CA— A Salk Institute team led by Professor Satchin Panda, along with teams from five other organizations, have...

Distinguished Bioengineer Christian Metallo to Join Salk as a Full Professor

Distinguished Bioengineer Christian Metallo to Join Salk as a Full Professor

OsideNews May 14, 2021

Metallo takes a multi-disciplinary approach to studying how metabolism contributes to disease La Jolla CA— The Salk Institute welcomes bioengineer Christian Metallo, who will join the Salk faculty as...

Salk Professor Named as the First Incumbent of the Hess Chair in Plant Science

Salk Professor Named as the First Incumbent of the Hess Chair in Plant Science

OsideNews March 11, 2021

La Jolla CA— Salk Professor Wolfgang Busch has been recognized for his contributions and dedication to advancing science through research by being named the first holder of the Hess Chair in Plant Science,...

Salk Institute Team Reveals Never-Before-Seen Antibody Binding

Salk Institute Team Reveals Never-Before-Seen Antibody Binding

OsideNews February 21, 2021

Multi-institute collaboration uses X-ray crystallography and recombinant antibodies to uncover workings of an elusive molecule central to human health La Jolla CA— In structural biology, some molecules...

Salk Institute Research Catches Up to World’s Fastest-Growing Plant

Salk Institute Research Catches Up to World’s Fastest-Growing Plant

OsideNews February 4, 2021

Salk researchers discover that miniature aquatic plant provides insight into genome design principles that could enable development of next-generation crops. La Jolla CA— Wolffia, also known as duckweed,...

New Clues Why Gold Standard Treatment for Bipolar Disorder Doesn’t Work for Majority of Patients

New Clues Why Gold Standard Treatment for Bipolar Disorder Doesn’t Work for Majority of Patients

OsideNews January 7, 2021

Salk researchers find decreased activation of gene called LEF1 is more common in neurons of people with bipolar disorder who do not respond to lithium, pointing way topotential new treatment La Jolla CA—...

Computational Model Reveals how the Brain Manages Short-term Memories

Computational Model Reveals how the Brain Manages Short-term Memories

OsideNews December 27, 2020

Salk scientists show how “working memories” might be stored by neurons that can maintain information longer than average La Jolla CA— If you’ve ever forgotten something mere seconds after it was...

Salk Researchers Teaching Artificial Intelligence to Adapt

Salk Researchers Teaching Artificial Intelligence to Adapt

OsideNews December 20, 2020

Salk’s simulated system could help develop better artificial intelligence, treatments for brain disorders La Jolla CA—Getting computers to “think” like humans is the holy grail of artificial intelligence,...

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