Teacher Resources
Salk Podcast – Where Cures Begin and Beyond Lab Walls
Where Cures Begin and Beyond Lab Walls are podcasts produced by the Salk Office of Communications. These podcasts feature interviews with the Institute’s internationally renowned scientists, offering insights into cutting-edge science across various fields such as neuroscience, genetics, immunology, and plant biology. Listen to these engaging conversations on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or directly on the episode webpages.
Video Resources
- Harnessing Plants Initiative and Plant Biology
- Harnessing Plants Initiative Overview
- 2023 Virtual Lab Tour featuring the Harnessing Plants Initiative and the Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory under the direction of Joanne Chory
- 2021 Virtual Lab Tour and Panel Discussion featuring the Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory under the direction of Joanne Chory
- Conquering Cancer Initiative and Cancer Biology
- 2023 Virtual Lab Tour and GFP Demo featuring the Gene Expression Laboratory under the direction of Geoffrey Wahl
- 2022 Virtual Lab Tour and Organoid Demo featuring the Regulatory Biology Laboratory under the direction of Danielle Engle
- 2022 Virtual Lab Tour and Panel Discussion featuring the Gene Expression Laboratory under the direction of Geoffrey Wahl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZYwflYVd4c
- Immunology
- 2023 Virtual Lab Tour and qPCR Demo featuring the Molecular and Systems Physiology Laboratory under the direction of Janelle Ayres
- 2021 Virtual Lab Tour and Panel Discussion featuring the Molecular and Systems Physiology Laboratory under the direction of Janelle Ayres
- Neuroscience
- 2023 Virtual Lab Tour and Nematodes, Nervous Systems, and Sonogenetics Demo featuring the Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory under the direction of Sreekanth Chalasani
- 2023 Virtual Lab Tour featuring the Systems Neurobiology Laboratory under the direction of Kay Tye
- 2023 Virtual Lab Tour on Neurogenesis featuring the Laboratory of Genetics under the direction of Rusty Gage
- 2022 Virtual Lab Tour featuring the Laboratory of Genetics under the direction of Rusty Gage
- 2021 Virtual Lab Tour and Panel Discussion featuring the Systems Neurobiology Laboratory under the direction of Kay Tye
- 2021 Virtual Lab Tour and Panel Discussion featuring the Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory under the direction of Sreekanth Chalasani
- 2021 Virtual Lab Tour and Panel Discussion featuring the Laboratory of Genetics under the direction of Rusty Gage
- Biotechnology and Core Facilities
- 2023 Virtual Lab Tour and Mass Spectrometry Demo featuring the Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide Biology under the direction of Alan Saghatelian
- 2021 Virtual Lab Tour and Panel Discussion featuring the Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide Biology under the direction of Alan Saghatelian
- 2021 Virtual Lab Tour and Panel Discussion featuring the Stem Cell Core under the direction of Jennifer Page
Ellen Potter Research Connections for Teachers Symposium
- April 2024: Asking the Right Questions of Plants, Technology, and Students
- Todd Michael: Are plants a solution to the many facets of climate change?
- Guadelupe Garcia: Mitochondrial morphology governs ATP production rate
- Carl Procko: Teeth and tentacles and trapping hairs, oh my!
- Talmo Pereira: Using AI to understand brains, diseases, and plants through motion
- October 2020: Visualizing Science
- Uri Manor and Sammy Weiser Novak: Discuss the Role of Imaging in Visualizing the World of Science
- October 2019: Modeling and Scientific Inquiry in the Lab
- Kathleen DelGiorno: Describes the developing story of how questioning techniques led to her current research
- Ken Diffenderfer: Discusses how Stem Cell models have developed and changed as new discoveries are made
- Ron Evans: Understanding disease risks in cancer leads to new therapies
- October 2018: Harnessing Plants for the Classroom
- Joseph Ecker: Why in the World Would We Work on a Weed?
- Joseph Noel: Plants, Carbon and Climate Change – Put a Cork in it!
- Wolfgang Busch: Growing Roots for the Future
For more videos check out the Salk Education YouTube Channel and Salk Institute YouTube Channel.
SALK SCIENCE CURRICULUM AND TEACHER TRAININGS
Salk Curriculum is free NGSS aligned curriculum focused on current Salk research. Salk Curriculum
gives teachers the tools to engage students in current research and to conduct hands-on labs in their
classroom. Salk Education Outreach provides lesson plans, lab materials, and trainings for all
classrooms or alternative learning settings.
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Seed Planting Instructions
Thank you for stopping by the Salk Institute’s booth to learn about our amazing Harnessing Plants Initiative and to plant your own seeds to conduct a growing experiment at home. Please follow the provided instructions to give your plant the best chance at taking root, sprouting, and capturing carbon via its powerful photosynthesis process.
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