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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.
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- 1 weeks ago32 min
Salk's Year of Brain Health: Rusty Gage on exercise, cognition, and aging
What does it actually mean, biologically, when we say "exercise is good for your brain"? In this special Beyond Lab Walls video podcast episode—part of Salk's 2026 Year of Brain Health—Salk President Gerald Joyce sits down with renowned neuroscientist Rusty Gage to explore how movement shapes cognitive brain health across a lifetime. Together, they discuss: • What changes in the brain with exercise, and why it matters over time • Adult neurogenesis: how Gage's research helped overturn the belief that the adult brain can't generate new neurons • What the evidence suggests about exercise and the survival and integration of new neurons • The key biological signals that carry benefits from an active body to the brain • How exercise intersects with other pillars of brain health, including immune function, metabolism, and sleep • The biggest unanswered questions—and what it will take to solve them This conversation is a window into how foundational science turns familiar advice into real, evidence-based understanding.
- Apr 29, 202619 min
Igniting the spark with Salk Innovation and Collaboration Grants
At Salk, we encourage our scientists to ask, what if? And when they do, our Innovation and Collaboration Grants program provides the seed funding they need to pursue their high-risk, high-reward questions. Hear how our Innovation and Collaboration Grant program got started, what discoveries it has enabled, and the what if questions Salk scientists Dannielle Engle and Axel Nimmerjahn are asking.
- Mar 26, 202634 min
Emily Manoogian sleeps, eats, and thrives with circadian rhythms in mind
Emily Manoogian, PhD, has made a career out of asking when. Manoogian is a chronobiologist—a fancy word for someone who studies circadian rhythms. As we go about our daily lives, sleeping, eating, exercising, and more, our bodies respond by tuning internal biological clocks. Our habits can make or break these clocks, and Manoogian is finding out exactly what and when those habits are so we can optimize our circadian rhythms for long-term health.
- Feb 25, 202631 min
Terrence Sejnowski chats chatbots and what we can learn at the intersection of AI and neuroscience
Terrence Sejnowski, PhD, is a professor, head of the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory, and holder of the Francis Crick Chair at Salk, and he's played a hand in two entirely new scientific fields emerging—first computational neuroscience, then NeuroAI. Hear what it was like creating the first text-to-speech program, best practices for using modern chatbots, and how computer models are helping neuroscientists understand the human brain.
- Jan 26, 202620 min
What's next for GLP-1 weight loss drugs?
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.
- Nov 25, 202541 min
Joseph Herdy talks zombie cells, selfish genes, and Alzheimer's disease
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.
- Oct 30, 202531 min
Salk Institute: Live "Beyond Lab Walls" podcast episode
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.
- Oct 8, 202541 min
Tony Hunter enters the archives to share 50 years of Salk stories and cancer discoveries
Tony Hunter, PhD, is a cancer biologist, professor, and holder of the Renato Dulbecco Chair at Salk. 2025 marks Hunter's 50th year at the Institute—a milestone that's apparent the second you walk into his office. Floor-to-ceiling archives reflect the many discoveries he's made, papers he's reviewed, people he's met, and knowledge he's gained along the way. His persistent curiosity has fueled incredible science and lifesaving medications, and continues to shape the future of cancer research.
About Beyond Lab Walls | Salk Institute
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.
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