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Clinical trials and research at Salk Institute for Biological Studies
As of November 12, 2026, Find a Trial lists 1 clinical trial run by Salk Institute for Biological Studies that is recruiting, in United States. There are also 128 NIH-funded research projects at this institution, with $151.4 million in listed awards. Every study is explained in plain English. Data from ClinicalTrials.gov and NIH RePORTER, updated November 12, 2026.
- 1Clinical trials
- 128NIH research projects
- 1Country
All recruiting trials (1)
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Optimizing meal timing to improve health in night shift workers
This study tests if changing when night shift workers eat can help them lose weight and improve their overall health.
NIH-funded research (newest 40 of 128)
Early-stage science funded by the US National Institutes of Health. Most of these projects don't enroll patients, but they show what is being worked on.
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InteroCANCEption: How tumors and the brain talk to each other
A scientist team at a top research center is studying how cancer communicates with the nervous system to influence tumor growth, immunity, and symptoms, using mouse models and brain/nerve mapping.
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Studying Brain Protein Turnover in Aging and Alzheimer’s with New Tagging Tools
A scientist at a major research center is testing a new method to track how brain proteins are built and cleared as people age and in Alzheimer’s disease, with the goal of understanding why this process goes wrong.
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Tracking how cancer cells adapt when autophagy is blocked
Scientists are studying how cancer cells change and survive when a key recycling process called autophagy is blocked, with the goal of finding new ways to prevent resistance to therapy.
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Understanding how the brain attaches meaning to experiences and emotions
This NIH grant supports research to map how brain circuits and signals assign positive or negative meaning to things, and how this changes with life events, with the aim of improving mental health treatments.
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Molecular control of ROR-gamma-t in the chromatin landscape
A study to understand how the immune-regulating protein ROR-gamma-t works inside the DNA environment to influence immune responses and autoimmune diseases.
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How chromatin loops are built and kept steady inside living cells
This project studies how the DNA packaging proteins CTCF and Cohesin shape 3D genome structure inside living cells and how loops are formed and maintained.
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Photon-efficient fluorescence imaging to study multiple signals in cells
A high-tech imaging project to visualize many different cellular signals at once using advanced light-smart microscopy.
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Cytoskeletal connectors: uncovering how cell skeletons move and communicate in disease
A research project at a leading biology institute studies how the cell’s skeleton proteins work together to move cargo and control cell behavior, with a focus on cancers and related diseases.
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How spontaneous brain waves shape what you see
Researchers are studying how natural brain activity in the visual system influences whether people detect faint visual signals.
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Temporal context in brains and transformers
A Pioneer Award project from the Salk Institute will explore how the brain remembers information over minutes to hours in order to better understand memory and thought processes.
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Peptide signaling in plant-microbe partnerships
A researcher will study how plant cells sense and decide how to respond to microbial signals to keep good microbes and avoid disease in a plant system.
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Omega-3 and omega-6 fats and inflammation in pancreatic cancer
This grant explores how fats from omega-3 and omega-6 families influence inflammatory signals that affect pancreatic cancer in humans.
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Targeted Removal of Certain Brain Proteins to Boost Learning and Repair
Aims to temporarily unlock the adult brain’s ability to remodel connections to help with learning and repairing neurons, with a focus on Alzheimer-related conditions.
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How cerebellar output circuits control arm and leg movement
A researcher at the Salk Institute is studying how specific brain circuits in the cerebellum help coordinate and refine limb movements, with a focus on pathways that connect to the spinal cord.
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Center for Multiomic Brain Cell Atlas
A large NIH project will map the human brain at single-cell resolution to show where different brain cell types live and how they are regulated, helping scientists understand brain function and disease.
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Optimization of Chrononutrition to Reduce Disease Risk in Shift Workers
A remote, clock-friendly nutrition program designed to help shift workers eat at times that reduce obesity and cardiometabolic disease risk.
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Understanding and Targeting the LKB1-AMPK Pathway in Lung Cancer
Scientists are studying how the LKB1-AMPK pathway drives metabolism in lung cancer to identify new ways to treat patients with LKB1 mutations.
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How the eye’s signals travel to the brain to shape vision
A scientist-led project will map how parts of the eye send visual information through the brain to shape how we see, focusing on how different retinal signals influence the brain’s visual cortex.
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Resources to study brain circuits using a specialized rabies tool
A NIH-supported project will help scientists access and use a specialized rabies-based tool to map neural circuits in the brain, so researchers can better understand how brain cells connect and communicate.
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Nucleus-to-mitochondria DNA sensing and aging-related cell barriers
Researchers are studying how our cells sense DNA in the wrong place to stop aging cells from dividing, and what goes wrong in aging that can lead to cancer.
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Entero-mammary T cells and maternal-offspring immunity
A study to understand how special gut immune cells that move to the breast during breastfeeding help protect both mom and baby.
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Understanding Alzheimer’s: how brain support cells affect memory and how we might protect synapses
Researchers are studying how astrocytes, a type of brain support cell, influence synapse health in Alzheimer’s disease and whether fixing their secreted proteins can protect memory.
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How cancer cells hijack gene switches
Researchers will use CRISPR gene-editing screens to find proteins that let cancer cells' gene switches be wrongly turned on, aiming to help people whose tumors have DNA rearrangements.
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Engineering lab-grown insulin-producing islet-like clusters to help people with diabetes
A researcher team is testing lab-made islet-like organoids that can secrete insulin and survive longer in the body, aiming to treat diabetes without constant immunosuppression.
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Mouse Models Core: Advanced mouse and human tumor models for pancreatic cancer research
A dedicated core provides standardized mouse and human tumor models to support preclinical pancreatic cancer studies across multiple projects.
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Core 2: Patient-derived organoids and tumor slices to study pancreatic cancer resistance
A research core at a major cancer institute uses patient-derived organoids and tumor slices to understand why pancreatic cancer resists treatment and to test new drug combinations.
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Core 1: Tumor and Microenvironment Heterogeneity Core for pancreatic cancer
A dedicated core that helps study how immune and other cells in pancreatic tumors influence treatment resistance, using advanced genomic and spatial technologies.
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Administrative and Biostatistics Support for Pancreatic Cancer Research
A research grant provides administrative leadership and biostatistical support to advance understanding of why pancreatic cancer resists therapy.
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Autophagy and AMPK in pancreatic cancer metabolism
A cancer research program tests how a cellular recycling process (autophagy) driven by AMPK affects pancreatic cancer growth and treatment resistance.
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Targeting signaling networks to overcome resistance in pancreatic cancer
A program to understand why pancreatic cancer stops responding to treatment and how to block those signals to improve control of the disease.
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Overcoming pancreatic cancer resistance with epigenetic therapy
A patient-friendly look at a study testing how turning the cancer cell’s epigenetic programs may make pancreatic cancer more responsive to existing treatments.
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Overcoming therapeutic resistance in pancreatic cancer
Researchers are tackling why pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma often outsmarts treatments and exploring new ways to overcome it to help patients live longer.
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Auxin Response Factors: studying how plant genes are turned on and off
A plant biology grant exploring how auxin signals control gene activation through ARF transcription factors to understand growth and development.
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How aging nerve cells and inflammation may drive Alzheimer’s
Using small skin samples from people with and without Alzheimer’s, researchers will make aged brain cells in the lab to look at signs of cellular aging and inflammation that might cause memory loss.
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Sustainable Modeling of Retina Synapses with MCell/CellBlender
A funded project will build realistic computer models of retina synapses to understand how rod cells communicate with neighboring cells in dim light.
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Breathing-related pain relief: single-cell profiling of parabrachial neurons for safer opioids
Researchers are studying specific brain cells to understand how opioids relieve pain while causing dangerous breathing problems, with the goal of safer pain medicines for patients.
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Astrocytes and nerve-related chronic pain
Researchers are looking at how astrocytes (support cells in the spinal cord and brain) drive neuropathic pain to help people living with chronic nerve pain.
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How hippocampal memory cells change which genes they turn on after activity
The team is looking at how individual memory-storing nerve cells in the hippocampus switch on genes after an experience, with the aim of helping people with memory problems like Alzheimer's.
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Cellular aging in neurons made from people with Alzheimer's
Seeing whether making neurons from patients' skin cells reveals aging-related changes and ways to restore healthier neurons for people with Alzheimer's.
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PPAR‑delta's effect on tumor‑protecting regulatory T cells
This project explores how a protein called PPAR‑delta changes regulatory T cells in ways that can either help tumors hide from the immune system or keep the immune system from attacking the body.
Quick answers
How many clinical trials run by Salk Institute for Biological Studies are recruiting right now?
1, as of November 12, 2026. We update this list each time we refresh our data from ClinicalTrials.gov.
Where are these trials running?
All of them have sites in United States. Each study page lists its sites and which ones are recruiting.
How do I join one?
Open a study, check the "Is this trial a fit for you?" section, then contact the study team listed on the page. They will ask a few screening questions. Asking is free and does not commit you to anything. Talk it over with your doctor first.
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