Pairing disease-causing bacteria with dietary interventions creates long-term immunity in mice
NOMIS researcher Janelle Ayres and fellow Salk Institute colleagues have found that pairing specific diets with disease-causing bacteria can create lasting immunity in mice without the costs of developing sickness, […]
NOMIS announces recipients of 2023 Distinguished Scientist and Scholar Award
The NOMIS Foundation is delighted to announce the recipients of the 2023 NOMIS Distinguished Scientist and Scholar Award—congratulations to David Autor, an economist at MIT, and Anne Brunet, a cell […]
In wake of hurricane, microbial ecosystem remarkably resilient
NOMIS Awardee Victoria Orphan and colleagues have published their findings in Science Advances regarding the recovery of microbial mats following a hurricane. Microbial mats are complex, stratified microbial ecosystems that […]
Inaugural NOMIS & Science Young Explorer Award winners announced
Dean Knox and Geoffrey Supran have been awarded the 2021 NOMIS & Science Young Explorer Award. Launched earlier this year by the NOMIS Foundation and Science/AAAS, the prize recognizes outstanding research […]
The collaborator: NOMIS researcher Eric Reiman is on a quest to prevent Alzheimer’s disease by sharing big data
“We are living in an age in which no single person, laboratory or discipline has the resources and skills to do everything that’s needed on one’s own.” Eric Reiman, executive […]
NOMIS Insight film features Tony Wyss-Coray, Brain Rejuvenation project
Marking the completion of the Brain Rejuvenation Factors From Blood project, the NOMIS Foundation has released an Insight film featuring NOMIS Awardee Tony Wyss-Coray. Created in collaboration with Vollformat, the […]
Bernhard Siegert
Bernhard Siegert is the Gerd Bucerius Professor for the History and Theory of Cultural Techniques at the Media Faculty at the Bauhaus University Weimar (Germany) and is leading the project […]
Juliane Vogel
Juliane Vogel is professor of modern German literature and general literary studies at the University of Konstanz (Germany). She is leading the Traveling Forms project. Born in Germany, Vogel studied […]
Barbara Carnevali
Barbara Carnevali is full professor of philosophy at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris, France, and a recurrent visiting professor of social aesthetics at the […]
Myung Jin Yang
Myung Jin Yang is a NOMIS–Gladstone Fellow at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease in San Francisco, US, where he is working with Andrew C. Yang and Yadong Huang. Yang […]
Three pioneering scientists recognized with 2025 NOMIS Award for groundbreaking interdisciplinary research
The NOMIS Foundation is delighted to announce the recipients of the 2025 NOMIS Distinguished Scientist and Scholar Award — congratulations to Wolfgang Busch of the Salk Institute, Markus Rex of […]
Anne Brunet elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
NOMIS Awardee Anne Brunet has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in the area of Cellular and Developmental Biology. Academy members include those who discover and […]
Katerina Korola
Katerina Korola is a NOMIS–eikones Fellow at eikones – Center for the Theory and History of the Image at the University of Basel (Switzerland) and assistant professor of German Media […]
Archaea shape microbiomes by using molecular spring-loaded daggers
In a paper published in Science Advances, NOMIS Professor of Cryo-Electron Microscopy Martin Pilhofer and his lab (IMBB), together with the Albers Lab from the University of Freiburg, describe the […]
Scientists discover unexpected link between genes involved in human brain evolution and developmental disorders
NOMIS researcher Franck Polleux and colleagues have found that human-specific genes regulate a key gene mutated in intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorders. Their findings were published in Neuron. The […]
Salk Institute launches Neuroimmunology Initiative with $20 million gift from NOMIS Foundation
The Salk Institute will receive $20 million over four years from the NOMIS Foundation to launch a new Neuroimmunology Initiative within the Institute’s NOMIS Center for Immunobiology and Microbial Pathogenesis. […]
Addressing climate change with behavioral science
NOMIS Awardee Manos Tsakiris is among around 250 researchers who conducted a global study to investigate people’s motivations when it comes to beliefs and behaviors about climate change. Their research […]
Ronald Evans honored with Japan Prize
NOMIS Awardee and Salk Professor Ronald Evans has been named the 2024 recipient of the Japan Prize in the field of Medical Science and Pharmaceutical Science. The Japan Prize Foundation awards […]
Karl Deisseroth, Brain-Wide Dynamics project featured in NOMIS Insight film
The NOMIS Foundation has released its third Insight film, which features 2017 NOMIS Awardee Karl Deisseroth and depicts the journey of his recently concluded NOMIS research project, Discovering the Causal Principles Underlying Brain-Wide […]
Trailblazing scientists presented with 2023 NOMIS Award
The NOMIS Distinguished Scientist and Scholar Award, which recognizes pioneering researchers for their exceptional contributions to science, was presented to David Autor of MIT and Anne Brunet of Stanford University […]
Lipid chemistry empowers nuclear shape
NOMIS researcher Alwin Köhler and colleague Anete Romanauska have successfully transformed cell nuclei, which are typically round, into cell nuclei with edges. This spectacular shape change was accomplished by genetic […]