Salk Institute for Biological Studies

building, La Jolla, Calif, United States
Also known as: Institute for Biological Studies

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Baltimore

  • David Baltimore.
    In David Baltimore

    …worked with Dulbecco at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California (1965–68), studying the mechanism of replication of the poliovirus.

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Brenner

  • Brenner, Sydney
    In Sydney Brenner

    …distinguished research professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California.

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Dulbecco

  • Renato Dulbecco, 1966.
    In Renato Dulbecco

    …was a fellow at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California (1963–72), and returned there in 1977 as a distinguished research professor after serving for five years as a director of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund in London. During his second tenure at the Salk Institute, he…

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Kahn

  • Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, Calif., by Louis I. Kahn, 1959–65
    In Louis Kahn

    …style, best exemplified by the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California (1959–65), and the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven (1977), combined the servant-served typology with inspiration from classical and medieval architecture, basic geometric forms, and an elegant, expressive use of such familiar materials as concrete and…

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Latour

  • Bruno Latour
    In Bruno Latour

    …observing molecular biologists at the Salk Institute for Biological Sciences in La Jolla, California. Latour and Woolgar’s account broke away from the positivist view of scientific inquiry as a rational and largely asocial process capable of uncovering universally valid truths regarding the natural world. They instead presented scientific knowledge as…

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Salk

  • Jonas Salk; polio vaccine
    In Jonas Salk

    …Diego, California, later called the Salk Institute. Among his many honours was the Presidential Medal of Freedom, awarded in 1977.

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