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Salk Institute Cancer Center
Jonas Salk's institute, an NCI basic cancer centre since 1973, where tyrosine phosphorylation and much of nuclear receptor and metabolism biology were discovered.
Also called: Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Overview
The Salk Institute's cancer centre has held NCI basic laboratory designation since 1973. Tony Hunter discovered tyrosine phosphorylation here in 1979, the biochemical foundation of every kinase inhibitor; Inder Verma pioneered retroviral and lentiviral gene delivery; Ronald Evans's nuclear receptor work led to vitamin D receptor-targeted stromal reprogramming in pancreatic cancer; Reuben Shaw dissected the LKB1-AMPK metabolic checkpoint. Geoffrey Wahl's breast cancer stem cell biology and Susan Kaech's T-cell exhaustion research connect the institute to immunotherapy. Salk has no clinic and works through collaborations with UC San Diego and other La Jolla institutions.
Location
La Jolla, CA, US
Type
research institute
Newsweek 2026 oncology rank
Not in top 300 listing used
NCI designation
basic
OnCo score
#214 · 28 points (0 Newsweek + 8 NCI + 20 from 10 linked objects) · ranking
Research output
From OpenAlex, oncology works in the last five years (2022 to 2026, current year in progress); counted on 2026-09-16.
Matched to Salk Institute for Biological Studies, including child institutions. 84 works · 2,100 citations · 73% open access · 4% clinical trials · 4% reviews.
Oncology works per year
142022
172023
172024
192025
172026
Most works
- Daniel P. Hollern11 works
- Susan M. Kaech10 works
- Dannielle D. Engle9 works
- Kathryn Lande7 works
- Kristina Peck6 works
- Shira R. Okhovat6 works
- Ronald M. Evans6 works
- Diana C. Hargreaves6 works
- Geoffrey M. Wahl5 works
- Marcos G. Teneche5 works
Most cited
- Kinase signalling
- Nuclear receptors and the tumour stroma
- Cancer metabolism
- T-cell biology
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