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Where Cures Begin - Salk Institute
by Salk Institute for Biological Studies
The Salk Institute embodies Jonas Salk's mission to dare to make dreams into reality. We explore the very foundations of life, seeking new realities in neuroscience, genetics, immunology and more. We are small by choice, intimate by nature, fearless in the face of any challenge. We live to discover. Be it cancer or Alzheimer's, aging or diabetes, we understand that every cure has a starting point. Salk is where cures begin.
Episodes
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Satchin Panda - Where Cures Begin - Episode 025
Satchin Panda is a professor in Salk's Regulatory Biology Laboratory. He explores the genes, molecules and cells that keep the whole body on the same biological clock, also known as a circadian rhythm. On this episode of Where Cures Begin, Panda talks about what a biological clock is, how living…
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Dmitry Lyumkis - Where Cures Begin - Episode 024
Dmitry Lyumkis is an assistant professor in Salk's Laboratory of Genetics. He is using an imaging technique called cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to better understand the structure and function of proteins. On this episode of Where Cures Begin, Lyumkis talks about his transition from the…
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Julie Law - Where Cures Begin - Episode 023
Julie Law is an associate professor in Salk's Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology Laboratory. She studies chemical modifications to DNA that control genes. On this episode of Where Cures Begin, she describes why gene control matters, how her research may help address global warming, and what she...
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Gerald Pao - Where Cures Begin - Episode 022
Gerald Pao is a staff scientist in the lab of Professor Tony Hunter. Trained in molecular biology, he has diverse research interests. On this episode of Where Cures Begin, Pao discusses his international upbringing, his coronavirus research, and trying to make animals transparent.
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Nikki Lytle - Where Cures Begin - Episode 021
Nikki Lytle is a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Professor Geoffrey Wahl. She studies protein interactions involved in cancer. On this episode of Where Cures Begin, Lytle discusses growing up in rural Oregon, what she loves about science, and why she said she'd never work on cancer (but does now).
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Tom Albright - Where Cures Begin - Episode 020
Tom Albright is a professor and director of Salk's Vision Center Laboratory. He combines physiological, neurological and computational studies, to reveal how the brain enables humans to perceive and respond to varying sensory demands. On this episode of Where Cures Begin, Albright talks about...
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Ron Evans - Where Cures Begin - Episode 019
Ron Evans is a professor and director of Salk's Gene Expression Laboratory. He is an authority on hormones, both their normal activities and their roles in disease. On this episode of Where Cures Begin, Evans talks about discovering the first hormone receptors, "exercise-in-a-pill," and how heart...
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The Salk Institute responds to COVID-19 - Episode 018
In this bonus episode of Where Cures Begin, we hear about the parallels between polio and COVID-19, and how Salk is responding to the pandemic, from faculty in Salk's NOMIS Center for Immunobiology and Microbial Pathogenesis. Professor Susan Kaech aims to understand how memory T cells are…
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Martin Hetzer - Where Cures Begin – Episode 017
Martin Hetzer is a Salk's vice president, chief science officer, and a professor. He uses a variety of techniques to pose questions about how adult tissues are maintained and repaired and why long-lived cells fail to work properly as a cell ages. On this episode of Where Cures Begin, Hetzer talks...
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Tatyana Sharpee - Where Cures Begin – Episode 016
Tatyana Sharpee is a professor in Salk's Computational Neurobiology Laboratory. She seeks to understand how the brain and other biological systems work while their components are constantly changing. On this episode of Where Cures Begin, Sharpee talks about how she studies vision and our other...
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Uri Manor - Where Cures Begin – Episode 015
Uri Manor is a staff scientist and the director of the Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Core Facility. He primarily focuses on integrating and applying imaging technologies to study problems of critical biological significance. On this episode of Where Cures Begin, Manor talks about the importance of...
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Reuben Shaw - Where Cures Begin – Episode 014
Reuben Shaw is a professor and the director of the Salk Cancer Center. Fifteen years ago, he discovered that a gene frequently mutated in cancer (LKB1) regulates an enzyme named AMPK. Ever since, he has been studying the AMPK pathway to see if drugs originally designed to treat metabolic diseases...
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Joseph Noel - Where Cures Begin – Episode 013
Joseph Noel is a professor and director of Salk's Jack H. Skirball Center for Chemical Biology and Proteomics. He studies the structure and chemistry of compounds produced by plants. On this episode of Where Cures Begin, Noel talks about his love of nature; coming from a family of coal miners…
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Molly Matty - Where Cures Begin – Episode 012
Molly Matty is a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Associate Professor Sreekanth Chalasani. She is interested in how environmental microbes can elicit changes in behavior and neuronal signaling in microscopic worms called C. elegans. On this episode of Where Cures Begin, Matty talks about gaining...
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Marga Behrens - Where Cures Begin – Episode 011
Salk research professor Marga Behrens is a member of Salk's Computational Neurobiology Laboratory. She examines genes, environmental influences and the interplay between the two to determine why some individuals develop a neurodevelopmental disorder while others do not. On this episode of Where...
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Wolfgang Busch - Where Cures Begin – Episode 010
Wolfgang Busch is a professor and the co-director of Salk's Harnessing Plants Initiative. He is a renowned plant biologist who focuses on understanding plant roots, which are critical for obtaining water and nutrients from the soil and play a major role in the global carbon cycle. On this episode...
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Where Cures Begin - Episode 009
Where Cures Begin is the podcast of the Salk Institute, highlighting the iconic institution's cutting-edge science and the researchers making it all possible. On the podcast, hosts Allie Akmal and Brittany Fair continue to interview Salk's internationally renowned and award-winning scientists…
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Rusty Gage - Where Cures Begin – Episode 008
Rusty Gage is a professor and Salk's president as well as one of the world's most renowned authorities in neuroscience. Aside from discovering neurogenesis, Gage has made many critical discoveries in the fields of genetics, mental disorders and aging-related dementia, like Alzheimer's. In this...
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Joanne Chory - Where Cures Begin - 007
Joanne Chory is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, professor and director of Salk's Harnessing Plants Initiative. On this episode of Where Cures Begin, the globally renowned researcher describes how plants can help mitigate climate change. Specifically, by understanding and improving...
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Ken Diffenderfer - Where Cures Begin - 006
Ken Diffenderfer is assistant director of Salk's Stem Cell Core facility. For this episode of Where Cures Begin, he explains what stem cells are, why they are so valuable for research, and what their favorite medium is (sadly, it's not audio).
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Nicola Allen - Where Cures Begin - 005
Nicola Allen is an associate professor at Salk. On this episode of Where Cures Begin, Allen discusses her research investigating star-shaped brain cells called astrocytes. Once thought to be merely supportive cells in the brain, astrocytes have a much more important role in health and disease…
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Dannielle Engle - Where Cures Begin - 004
Dannielle Engle is an assistant professor at Salk, with a personal and professional connection to pancreatic cancer. On this episode of Where Cures Begin, Engle tells us why pancreatic cancer is both hard to detect and hard to treat, as well as innovative approaches her lab is taking to tackle...
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Emily Manoogian - Where Cures Begin - 003
Emily Manoogian is a postdoctoral fellow at Salk, where she studies the biological clock that affects every cell in our body. The lab she works in has made several discoveries showing that eating within a certain number of hours (dubbed the time-restricted diet) can have a host of health…
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Tony Hunter - Where Cures Begin - 002
Tony Hunter is an American Cancer Society Professor at Salk who has garnered many prestigious international awards for his work. On this episode of Where Cures Begin, Hunter shares highlights from his 50-year journey as a scientist, including how he made the critical discovery that launched an...
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Eiman Azim - Where Cures Begin - 001
Eiman Azim is an assistant professor at Salk. On this episode of Where Cures Begin, he speaks about how the brain controls skilled movements such as throwing a dart. Azim uses cutting-edge technologies to lay the groundwork for better treatment and recovery of motor function after injury and...
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Where Cures Begin - Episode 0
Where Cures Begin is the Salk Institute's podcast that highlights cutting-edge science and the researchers making it all possible. On the podcast, hosts Allie Akmal and Brittany Fair interview Salk's internationally renowned and award-winning scientists to explore the very foundations of life…
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Shani Stern
As the only electrophysiologist in the Gage lab, Shani Stern uses her engineering expertise to delve into the biological mysteries that most intrigue her, particularly bipolar disorder.
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Abby Buchwalter
With two chemists for parents, the last thing Abby Buchwalter wanted to be when she grew up was a scientist. But in high school she became driven to uncover the fundamental scientific laws governing life. Now, in the lab, she weaves together clues about the structure of our cells while outside of...
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Elena Blanco
What do punk rock music, the martial art of muay thai and neuroscience have in common? They're all passions of Salk Postdoctoral Scholar Elena Blanco. As a member of Nicola Allen'slab, Blanco studies cells called astrocytes, which she terms "the security guards of the brain." We'll hear about her...
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Chris Howard
Primary season may be over, but Bernie Salamanders lives on! He's the Dungeons & Dragons alter ego of Salk's Chris Howard, a postdoctoral scholar in the lab of Xin Jin. When Howard is not playing D&D, he studies the neurotransmitter dopamine, which is implicated in diseases like Parkinson's and...
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Pablo Hollstein
An Ecuadorian child actor, Pablo Hollstein now resides at the Salk Institute in Reuben Shaw's lab where he studies cancer. We will touch on his former acting career after we visit how he fosters community at the Salk, his adventurous eating, and why he is passionate about studying cancer.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Salk Institute embodies Jonas Salk's mission to dare to make dreams into reality. We explore the very foundations of life, seeking new realities in neuroscience, genetics, immunology and more. We are small by choice, intimate by nature, fearless in the face of any challenge. We live to discover. Be it cancer or Alzheimer's, aging or diabetes, we understand that every cure has a starting point. Salk is where cures begin.
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