- Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Founded by Jonas Salk, polio vaccine developer, the Salk Institute is an independent, nonprofit organization that consistently ranks as a top 5 elite research institute and is home to some of the most highly cited scientists in the world
- Jonas Salk - Wikipedia
In 1963, Salk founded the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California, which is today a center for medical and scientific research He continued to conduct research and publish books in his later years, focusing in his last years on the search for a vaccine against HIV
- Salk Institute for Biological Studies - Wikipedia
Jonas Salk founded the institute in 1963 in the San Diego neighborhood of La Jolla Salk believed that the institution would help new and upcoming scientists along in their careers, as he said himself, "I thought how nice it would be if a place like this existed and I was invited to work there "
- Research - Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Salk is one of the top research organizations for plant biology in the world Our scientists are studying plant adaptations at the molecular and genetic level to help mitigate climate change and adapt agricultural crops to rapidly changing conditions
- Jonas Salk and Albert Bruce Sabin - Science History Institute
In 1962 he founded the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California, an enterprise initially funded with support from the March of Dimes Salk’s own research continued, most significantly on multiple sclerosis, cancer, and AIDS
- Salk Docent-Led Architecture Tours - Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Salk’s original buildings, designed by preeminent American architect Louis Kahn in collaboration with founder Jonas Salk in the early 1960s, were declared a historical landmark in 1991
- The Jonas Salk Center
Jonas Salk is known best as the developer of the first successful vaccine against poliomyelitis, but he also made many other contributions in the fields of medicine and biology, philosophy, architecture and the history of medicine
- Science - Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Meet Salk’s esteemed faculty and learn about their areas of research and recent discoveries Salk scientists are among the world’s leaders in aging, cancer, computational biology, genetics, infectious disease, immunology, metabolism, neuroscience, plant biology, regeneration, and more
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