Kay Tye, PhD

Professor

Systems Neurobiology Laboratory

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator

Wylie Vale Chair

Kay Tye
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Seven Salk scientists named among most highly cited researchers in the world

LA JOLLA—Salk Professors Joseph Ecker, Ronald Evans, Rusty Gage, Satchidananda Panda, Reuben Shaw, and Kay Tye, as well as research assistant Joseph Nery, have all been named to the Highly …


Seven Salk scientists named among best and most highly cited researchers in the world

LA JOLLA—Salk Professors Joseph Ecker, Ronald Evans, Satchidananda Panda, Rusty Gage, and Kay Tye, as well as Assistant Professor Jesse Dixon, have been named to the Highly Cited Researchers list …


Ten Salk professors named among best and most highly cited researchers in the world

LA JOLLA—Salk Professors Joseph Ecker, Ronald Evans, Rusty Gage, Christian Metallo, Satchidananda Panda, Reuben Shaw, and Kay Tye, along with Assistant Professor Jesse Dixon, have been named to the Highly Cited …


Making a memory positive or negative

LA JOLLA—Researchers at the Salk Institute and colleagues have discovered the molecule in the brain responsible for associating good or bad feelings with a memory. Their discovery, published in Nature …


How the brain encodes social rank and “winning mindset”

LA JOLLA—If you’re reaching for the last piece of pizza at a party and see another hand going for it at the same time, your next move probably depends both …


Six Salk professors named among most highly cited researchers in the world

LA JOLLA—Salk Professors Joanne Chory, Joseph Ecker, Rusty Gage, Satchidananda Panda, Reuben Shaw and Kay Tye have been named to the Highly Cited Researchers list by Clarivate. The list identifies researchers who …


Salk neuroscientist Kay Tye selected as Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator

LA JOLLA—Salk Professor Kay Tye has been selected as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator, joining a prestigious group of more than 250 HHMI investigators across the United States …


Salk Professor and neuroscientist Kay Tye wins Blavatnik National Award for Young Scientists

LA JOLLA—Salk Professor Kay Tye has been named one of three winners of the prestigious Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists, one of the world’s largest unrestricted prizes for early-career …


Teaching artificial intelligence to adapt

LA JOLLA—Getting computers to “think” like humans is the holy grail of artificial intelligence, but human brains turn out to be tough acts to follow. The human brain is a …


Salk neuroscientists receive $4.4 million from NIH BRAIN Initiative

LA JOLLA—Salk Institute neuroscientists Edward Callaway, Sreekanth Chalasani, and Nancy Padilla Coreano have been named recipients in the 2020 round of grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to …


Five Salk professors named among most highly cited researchers in the world

LA JOLLA—Salk Professors Joanne Chory, Joseph Ecker, Rusty Gage, Reuben Shaw and Kay Tye have been named to the Highly Cited Researchers list by Clarivate. The list identifies researchers who demonstrate “significant …


Eight Salk professors named among most highly cited researchers in the world

LA JOLLA—Salk Professors Joanne Chory, Joseph Ecker, Ronald Evans, Rusty Gage, Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte, Terrence Sejnowski, Reuben Shaw and Kay Tye have been named to the Highly Cited Researchers list by Clarivate Analytics. …


Brain biomarker predicts compulsive drinking

LA JOLLA—Although alcohol use is ubiquitous in modern society, only a portion of individuals develop alcohol use disorders or addiction. Yet, scientists have not understood why some individuals are prone …


The Kavli Foundation gifts Salk $3 million for cutting-edge neuroscience research

LA JOLLA—The Salk Institute announced today that The Kavli Foundation has committed $3 million to support ongoing neuroscience research at Salk as part of the joint UCSD-Salk Kavli Institute for …


Salk professor Kay Tye honored with endowed chair

LA JOLLA—Salk Professor Kay Tye has been recognized for her contributions and dedication to advancing science through research by being named to the Wylie Vale Chair.

“Kay Tye’s scientific boldness and …


Distinguished neuroscientist Kay Tye to join Salk Institute

LA JOLLA—The Salk Institute announced that distinguished neuroscientist Kay Tye will join the Salk faculty in January 2019 as a full professor. She is currently an associate professor in the …


Education

BS, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Minor in Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
PhD, Neuroscience, University of California at San Francisco


Affiliations


Awards & Honors

  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, 2021
  • Blavatnik National Award for Young Scientists, 2021
  • Tsuneko And Reiji Okazaki Award, 2019
  • New York Stem Cell Foundation, Neuroscience Robertson Investigator Award, 2015-2019
  • McKnight Scholar Award, 2015-2018
  • National Institutes of Health Director’s Pioneer Award, 2017
  • Society for Neuroscience Young Investigator Award, 2016
  • Daniel X. Freedman Award, 2016
  • Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), 2016
  • Outstanding Undergraduate Research (UROP) Faculty Mentor, 2015
  • Harold E. Edgerton Faculty Achievement Award, 2015
  • BCS Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising, 2015
  • Sloan Research Fellowship, 2014
  • Commitment to Caring MIT Graduate Mentoring Award, 2014
  • American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Associate Member, 2014
  • Technology Review’s "Top 35 Innovators Under 35," 2014
  • NARSAD Young Investigator Award, 2013-2014
  • National Institutes Of Health Director’s New Innovator Award, 2013-2018
  • Klingenstein Foundation Award, 2013-2015
  • Whitehead Career Development Professorship, 2013-2015
  • Whitehall Foundation Award, 2012-2014
  • Kavli Foundation Frontiers Fellow, 2012
  • Jeptha H. And Emily V. Wade Fund Award, 2012
  • Stanford University Postdoctoral Award (Best in Bioengineering), 2010
  • National Research Service Award Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2009-2012
  • European Brain and Behavior Society Postdoctoral Fellow Award, 2009
  • Donald B. Lindsley Prize in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2009
  • Harold M. Weintraub Award for Outstanding Achievement in Biosciences, 2009
  • National Science Foundation Research Fellow, 2005-2008