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The Salk Bulletin, managed by the Salk Events team, is a compilation of upcoming scientific lectures and conferences taking place in and around La Jolla, California. The Bulletin includes events at the Salk Institute, UC San Diego, La Jolla Institute, Scripps Research and Sanford Burnham Prebys. Click to subscribe to the monthly Salk Bulletin. If you would like to have your event included in the Salk Bulletin, click here.

Click here to download the listing of events for February.

Changes and cancellations are not infrequent, so please check this page often for updates.

Click to download the Thursday Seminar Series poster, download poster »


Tony Hunter at the Salk Institute – 50 Years of Rafting the River of LIfe
WHEN: Friday, February 21,2025
REGISTRATION AND PROGRAM INFORMATION: www.salk.edu/events/tony-hunter-celebration/
LOCATION: Conrad T. Prebys Auditorium

Thursday Seminar Series: Bertil Hille

WHEN: Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 11:00 a.m.
SPEAKER: Bertil Hille, University of Washington
TALK TITLE: History of the Action Potential and Bioelectricity Starting in 1600
HOST: Sung Han
LOCATION: Trustees’ Room

First Friday Seminar: Anne Churchland

WHEN: Friday, March 7, 2025 at 11:00 a.m.
SPEAKER: Anne Churchland, University of California, Los Angeles
TALK TITLE: Movements and engagement during perceptual decision-making
HOST: John Reynolds
LOCATION: Trustees’ Room

Thursday Seminar Series: Peter Ly

WHEN: Thursday, March 13, 2025 at 11:00 a.m.
SPEAKER: Peter Ly, UT Southwestern
TALK TITLE: Chromothripsis and cancer genome instability from mitotic errors
HOST: Jan Karlseder
LOCATION: Trustees’ Room

Thursday Seminar Series: Gul Dolen

WHEN: Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:00 a.m.
SPEAKER: Gul Dolen, UC Berkeley
TALK TITLE: Reopening critical periods with psychedelics
HOST: Kenta Asahina
LOCATION: Conrad T. Prebys Auditorium

San Diego Nathan Shock Center Annual Symposium – The Heterogeneity of Aging
WHEN: Wednesday, March 26, 2025
REGISTRATION AND PROGRAM INFORMATION: www.salk.edu/events/science-events/san-diego-nathan-shock-center-workshop/
LOCATION: Conrad T. Prebys Auditorium and Zoom

La Jolla Aging Meeting
WHEN: Thursday, March 27, 2025
REGISTRATION AND PROGRAM INFORMATION: www.salk.edu/events/science-events/la-jolla-aging-meeting/
LOCATION: Conrad T. Prebys Auditorium

Thursday Seminar Series: Rushika Perera

WHEN: Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 11:00 a.m.
SPEAKER: Rushika Perera, UC San Francisco
TALK TITLE: Metabolic dependencies in pancreatic cancer
HOST: Vasiliki Pantazopoulou (SRF)
LOCATION: Trustees’ Room

Thursday Seminar Series: Mimi Shirazu-Hiza

WHEN: Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 1:00 p.m.
SPEAKER: Mimi Shirazu-Hiza, Columbia University
TALK TITLE: TBD
HOST: Sreekanth Chalasani
LOCATION: Trustees’ Room

Thursday Seminar Series: Xioawei Zhuang

WHEN: Thursday, May 1, 2025 at 11:00 a.m.
SPEAKER: Xioawei Zhuang, Harvard University
TALK TITLE: TBD
HOST: Margarita Behrens
LOCATION: Trustees’ Room

Neuroimmunology Today & Tomorrow Symposium
WHEN: Wednesday, May 21, 2025
REGISTRATION AND PROGRAM INFORMATION: www.salk.edu/neuroimmunology-today-tomorrow-symposium/
LOCATION: Conrad T. Prebys Auditorium

Thursday Seminar Series: Jean Fan

WHEN: Thursday, May 22, 2025 at 11:00 a.m.
SPEAKER: Jean Fan, Johns Hopkins University
TALK TITLE: TBD
HOST: Pallav Kosuri
LOCATION: Trustees’ Room

Thursday Seminar Series: Heidi McBride

WHEN: Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 11:00 a.m.
SPEAKER: Heidi McBride, McGill and Montreal Neorulogical Institute
TALK TITLE: Insights into the function of mitochondrial derived vesicles
HOST: Gerald Shadel
LOCATION: Trustees’ Room

13th Salk Institute Cell Cycle Meeting
WHEN: June 23–26, 2025
REGISTRATION AND PROGRAM INFORMATION: www.salk.edu/cellcycle2025
LOCATION: Conrad T. Prebys Auditorium

Mechanisms & Models of Cancer Symposium
WHEN: July 29 – August 1, 2025
REGISTRATION AND PROGRAM INFORMATION: www.salk.edu/mechmodels2025/
LOCATION: Conrad T. Prebys Auditorium

The Salk Bulletin, managed by the Salk Events team, is a compilation of upcoming scientific lectures and conferences taking place in and around La Jolla, California. The Bulletin includes events at the Salk Institute, UC San Diego, La Jolla Institute, Scripps Research and Sanford Burnham Prebys. Click to subscribe to the monthly Salk Bulletin. If you would like to have your event included in the Salk Bulletin, click here.

Click here to download the listing of events for February.

Changes and cancellations are not infrequent, so please check this page often for updates.

Click to download the Thursday Seminar Series poster, download poster »


Tony Hunter at the Salk Institute – 50 Years of Rafting the River of LIfe
WHEN: Friday, February 21,2025
REGISTRATION AND PROGRAM INFORMATION: www.salk.edu/events/tony-hunter-celebration/
LOCATION: Conrad T. Prebys Auditorium

San Diego Nathan Shock Center Annual Symposium – The Heterogeneity of Aging
WHEN: Wednesday, March 26, 2025
REGISTRATION AND PROGRAM INFORMATION: www.salk.edu/events/science-events/san-diego-nathan-shock-center-workshop/
LOCATION: Conrad T. Prebys Auditorium and Zoom

La Jolla Aging Meeting
WHEN: Thursday, March 27, 2025
REGISTRATION AND PROGRAM INFORMATION: www.salk.edu/events/science-events/la-jolla-aging-meeting/
LOCATION: Conrad T. Prebys Auditorium

Neuroimmunology Today & Tomorrow Symposium
WHEN: Wednesday, May 21, 2025
REGISTRATION AND PROGRAM INFORMATION: www.salk.edu/neuroimmunology-today-tomorrow-symposium/
LOCATION: Conrad T. Prebys Auditorium

13th Salk Institute Cell Cycle Meeting
WHEN: June 23–26, 2025
REGISTRATION AND PROGRAM INFORMATION: www.salk.edu/cellcycle2025
LOCATION: Conrad T. Prebys Auditorium

Mechanisms & Models of Cancer Symposium
WHEN: July 29 – August 1, 2025
REGISTRATION AND PROGRAM INFORMATION: www.salk.edu/mechmodels2025/
LOCATION: Conrad T. Prebys Auditorium