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S6E4 Salk's Year of Brain Health: Rusty Gage on exercise, cognition, and aging
What does it actually mean, biologically, when we say "exercise is good for your brain"? In this special Beyond Lab Walls video podcast episode—part of Salk's 2026 Year of Brain Health—Salk President…
S6E3 Igniting the spark with Salk Innovation and Collaboration Grants
At Salk, we encourage our scientists to ask, what if? And when they do, our Innovation and Collaboration Grants program provides the seed funding they need to pursue their high-risk, high-reward…
S6E2 Emily Manoogian sleeps, eats, and thrives with circadian rhythms in mind
Emily Manoogian, PhD, has made a career out of asking when. Manoogian is a chronobiologist—a fancy word for someone who studies circadian rhythms. As we go about our daily lives, sleeping, eating,…
S6E2 Terrence Sejnowski chats chatbots and what we can learn at the intersection of AI and neuroscience
Terrence Sejnowski, PhD, is a professor, head of the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory, and holder of the Francis Crick Chair at Salk, and he's played a hand in two entirely new scientific fields…
S6E1 What's next for GLP-1 weight loss drugs?
Salk scientist Christian Metallo, PhD, weighs in on the pros and cons of GLP-1 drugs and gives us a sneak peek into how metabolism research at Salk could inspire the next generation of obesity and…
S5E7 Joseph Herdy talks zombie cells, selfish genes, and Alzheimer's disease
While you might not appreciate a shipment of live, wriggling lamprey, Joseph Herdy, PhD, will tell you the parasitic fish can actually teach us quite a bit about our own genomes. Studying lamprey set…
S5E6 Salk Institute: Live "Beyond Lab Walls" podcast episode
On October 30, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. PT/12:00 p.m. ET, the Salk Institute holds a special live, video edition of our Beyond Lab Walls podcast as we explore why science can't wait. Salk's Vice President…
S5E6 Tony Hunter enters the archives to share 50 years of Salk stories and cancer discoveries
Tony Hunter, PhD, is a cancer biologist, professor, and holder of the Renato Dulbecco Chair at Salk. 2025 marks Hunter's 50th year at the Institute—a milestone that's apparent the second you walk…
S5E6 Aksinya Derevyanko talks creative ties between dance and neuroscience
Aksinya Derevyanko is a postdoctoral researcher in Professor Nicola Allen's lab at Salk. For Derevyanko, recounting her journey from Russia to Spain to San Diego isn't just a practice in…
S5E5 John Reynolds on how our brains can play tricks on us
What is my place in the universe? This question began Professor John Reynolds' introspective and philosophical journey into the world of neuroscience, where he now studies nebulous human feats like…
S5E4 Joseph Swift says we're more like plants than we think
Joseph Swift is a postdoctoral researcher in Professor Joseph Ecker's lab at Salk, but has recently launched his own start-up called CropDiagnostix. Inspired by his parents, Swift has always embraced…
S5E3 Jeff Jones shares what we can learn from jellyfish about human aging
Jeff Jones is a staff scientist in the lab of Professor Rusty Gage. Jones' journey to science started on a dirt road in Florida and with a slew of questions about cancer. His tinkering hands and…
S5E2 Irene Lopéz Gutiérrez advocates for interdisciplinary Alzheimer's research
Beginning as a spark stirred by rainy day boredom in Galicia, Spain and encouraged by wanting to understand her grandfather's brain tumor, Irene Lopéz Gutiérrez became a neuroscientist. Now, she's a…
S5E1 Getting to the root of Alzheimer's
Things are changing in Alzheimer's research. We've got new tools and new ideas, and we want you to know about them. To kick off Salk's "Year of Alzheimer's," hear how our scientists are bringing us…
Kay Watt is harnessing plants to save the planet
Kay Watt was not a scientist when she arrived in the remote jungles of Panama, assigned to help coffee farmers protect their plants from environmental harm. When she returned from the Peace Corps,…
Daniel Hollern on B cells and breast cancer
"What are the things that cause cancer in people? Can we prevent cancer?" These are the questions Assistant Professor Daniel Hollern is asking in his research at Salk. From blending spices and…
Lara Labarta-Bajo explains how infections affect your brain
How can an infection in your lungs have such a lasting effect on your brain? Lara Labarta-Bajo, a postdoctoral researcher in Associate Professor Nicola Allen's lab, studies how the immune system and…
Jesse Dixon talks DNA loops and six-toed cats
Did you know each of your cells contains a six-foot-long strand of DNA? In a miraculous feat of molecular origami, your genome can fold itself into a tightly packed structure that fits into the tiny…
Jake Minich looks to the sea to solve food scarcity on land
Jake Minich is a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Research Professor Todd Michael. Minich had a long and winding journey to Salk, crossing continents and oceans to land in sunny San Diego…
Laura Mainz on stopping cancer before it starts
Laura Mainz is a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Professor Jan Karlseder. Always curious about the human body, her father's cancer diagnosis inspired a career in cancer biology. In this…
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