Salk Press Releases

Keck Foundation funds three innovative early-career Salk projects

LA JOLLA—Three Salk faculty members, Sung Han, PhD, Daniel Hollern, PhD, and Graham McVicker, PhD, have been chosen as Keck Scholars, alongside corresponding graduate students as Keck Fellows, in a special W. M. Keck Foundation Bridge Funding Initiative. The Initiative comes as the Keck Foundation seeks to support early-career scientists amid federal funding uncertainty.

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The Salk Institute welcomes top scientists in cancer biology and biophysics

LA JOLLA—The Salk Institute is pleased to welcome two new assistant professors in the fields of cancer biology and biophysics, respectively. Daniel Hollern and Pallav Kosuri will bring fresh perspectives to advance an understanding of, and find new treatments for, breast cancer and heart disease.

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