Dr. Satchidananda Panda and Dr. Luciano DiTacchio, Salk Institute (IMAGE)

Salk Institute

Dr. Satchidananda Panda and Dr. Luciano DiTacchio, Salk Institute

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Salk scientists discover a critical component of the biological clock. Dr. Satchidananda Panda's laboratory has identified a gene that is required for the circadian clock genes to be turned on. Here Dr. Panda (right) and his postdoc and first author Dr. Luciano DiTacchio (left) examine a construct used in their studies.

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Courtesy of Salk Institute for Biological Studies

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