Lightsabers aren't the only thing lasers are good for. Engineers at UC San Diego use lasers and photonics for some pretty amazing purposes, like understanding how ultrasound opens up ion channels in brain cells. More from @MADLabUCSD: jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release/3… #MayThe4thBeWithYou

Salk scientists The Chalasani Lab Molly A. Matty define molecular movements that drive risky food-seeking behavior in worms. Findings provide insights into how other animals, such as humans, prioritize basic needs over comfort. PLOS Genetics salk.edu/news-release/w…

Hungry worms will risk being hurt if it helps them reach a meal newscientist.com/article/231901…

So happy that this story is finally out! A huge thank you to everyone who started, worked on, and finished this project. Excited to share our findings with y'all!

Thx so much >100 followers 😭😳🥺👉👈

LISTEN👂to Sreekanth Chalasani The Chalasani Lab and Greg Lemke @GoyoLemke talk about Salk's plan to expand its campus, and how the original Institute buildings have continued to keep pace with the changing science KPBS kpbs.org/news/local/202…

The La Jolla-based Salk Institute is raising money for a new building. It will be the second expansion of its campus since its founding in the early 1960s with two buildings that have become an icon of modern architecture. bit.ly/3mvLWPF

Last week we bid farewell to our #Sonogenetics team superstar Janki Patel ( @janki_50 ). She's heading off to Harvard Medical School to research even more neuroscience in Program in Neuroscience at Harvard Medical School . Congrats to all your successes. Come back and visit sometime ok?✈️✈️🥺🥰

Congrats to Salk Assistant Professor Christie Towers, PhD!!🎉🎉🎉 for being named a 2022 Pew-Stewart Scholar for Cancer Research. Towers studies the metabolic processes that allow cancer cells to thrive in nutrient-poor environments, like tumors. The Pew Trusts salk.edu/news-release/s…

Flashback Friday to Aditya Vasan of @MADLabUCSD fame receiving a UCSD Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Outstanding PhD Student Award this month! The way #Sonogenetics team is just really out here running things!

I am excited to announce that I will be starting as an assistant professor in the department of biology at University Of Portland, where I will teach and mentor undergraduates with empathy and enthusiasm. The Matty Lab will use C. elegans to explore the effects of microbes on animal behavior

Congrats and much excitement for Dr. Molly Matty Molly A. Matty who is moving on to a faculty position at University Of Portland ! Mentor par excellence, her lab will continue to explore the effects of microbes on behavior. Good luck Molly! 📷: C. Keeny, Salk Institute

The Chalasani Lab Molly A. Matty University Of Portland Congrats Molly A. Matty Molly! Fantastic!🎇🎆

Meet the new Damon Runyon Fellows - 16 remarkable postdoctoral scientists investigating cancer causes, mechanisms, therapies, and prevention in the laboratories of leading senior investigators. Learn more about the new Fellows and their research here: bit.ly/3voVL6O

Extremely honored to have been selected as a Damon Runyon Fellow! I could not have done it without my mentor and amazing lab members, thanks everyone! Salk Institute The Chalasani Lab

So proud of new postdoc WenMai for being named a new Damon Runyon Fellow! Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Salk Institute

The Chalasani Lab WenMai Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Congratulations WenMai!!

👏Congrats to Professors Sreekanth Chalasani The Chalasani Lab and Ye Zheng, and Associate Professors Sung Han Sung Han, Graham McVicker, and Dmitry Lyumkis, who were all promoted for their leadership and innovations in scientific research 🔬🧪 Read more: salk.edu/news-release/s…