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Beyond Lab Walls | Salk Institute

Beyond Lab Walls | Salk Institute

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 Beyond Lab Walls is Salk's podcast that highlights cutting-edge science and the researchers making it all possible. On the podcast, hosts Isabella Davis and Nicole Mlynaryk interview Salk's internationally renowned and award-winning scientists to explore the very foundations of life, and learn about new understandings in neuroscience, genetics, immunology, plant biology and more. Beyond Lab Walls is a production of the Salk Office of Communications.2024 Biological Sciences Science
Episodes
  • What's next for GLP-1 weight loss drugs?

    What's next for GLP-1 weight loss drugs?
    Jan 26 2026
    Salk scientist Christian Metallo, PhD, weighs in on the pros and cons of GLP-1 drugs and gives us a sneak peek into how metabolism research at Salk could inspire the next generation of obesity and weight management treatments.
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    20 mins
  • Joseph Herdy talks zombie cells, selfish genes, and Alzheimer's disease

    Joseph Herdy talks zombie cells, selfish genes, and Alzheimer's disease
    Nov 25 2025

    While you might not appreciate a shipment of live, wriggling lamprey, Joseph Herdy, PhD, will tell you the parasitic fish can actually teach us quite a bit about our own genomes. Studying lamprey set Herdy off on a genomic journey, as he continued over the years to study the organization, flexibility, and instability of genomes. Today, he's a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Rusty Gage, PhD, where he researches how genomic plasticity influences Alzheimer's disease progression.
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    41 mins
  • Salk Institute: Live "Beyond Lab Walls" podcast episode

    Salk Institute: Live "Beyond Lab Walls" podcast episode
    Oct 30 2025

    On October 30, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. PT/12:00 p.m. ET, the Salk Institute holds a special live, video edition of our Beyond Lab Walls podcast as we explore why science can't wait. Salk's Vice President of Advancement Michelle Chamberlain will host an in-depth conversation with Chief Science Officer Jan Karlseder and Chief Financial Officer Marie Carter-Dubois about the urgent importance of foundational research—and how it depends on the vital partnership between federal funding and private philanthropy. Discover how current funding challenges are impacting scientific progress and why continued support is essential for breakthroughs that can change the world.
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    32 mins
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