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The institute has 56 labs and focuses its research in three areas: Molecular Biology and Genetics ; Neuroscience s; and Plant Biology. Research topics include Cancer , Diabetes , birth defects, Alzheimer's Disease , Parkinson's Disease , AIDS , and plant biology. The March Of Dimes provided the initial funding and continues to support the institute. The campus was designed by Louis Kahn . Salk had sought to make a beautiful campus in order to draw the best researchers in the world. The original buildings of the Salk Institute were designated as a historical landmark in 1991. The institute currently employs more than 1200 researchers and staff. HISTORY Salk and Kahn approached the city of San Diego in March 1960 about a gift of land on the Torrey Pines Mesa and were granted their request after a Referendum in June 1960. Construction began in 1962 and a handful of researchers moved into the first laboratory in 1963. Jonas Salk died in 1995. A memorial lies at the entrance to the Institute: "Hope lies in dreams, in imagination and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality." REFERENCES |
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