Beyond Lab Walls | Salk Institute

About Beyond Lab Walls | Salk Institute

Beyond Lab Walls is Salk's podcast that highlights cutting-edge science and the researchers making it all possible. On the podcast, hosts Isabella Davis and Nicole Mlynaryk interview Salk's internationally renowned and award-winning scientists to explore the very foundations of life, and learn about new understandings in neuroscience, genetics, immunology, plant biology and more. Beyond Lab Walls is a production of the Salk Office of Communications.

Publisher

Salk Institute

Category

science · science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

30 Jan 2024

Latest episode

30 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

27 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 Sept 2026

   Janelle Ayres on immune resilience and the aging brain

   In this special Beyond Lab Walls video podcast episode—part of the Salk Institute's 2026 Year of Brain Health—Salk President Gerald Joyce, MD, PhD, sits down with Janelle Ayres, PhD, an expert on how the immune system helps the body maintain balance, recover from stress, and stay resilient across a lifetime.

2. 

   26 Aug 2026

   Kay Tye on social connection and FOMO

   We've all heard that staying social is good for your health. But what's actually happening in the brain when you feel connected, or when you don't? In this special Beyond Lab Walls video podcast episode—part of the Salk Institute's 2026 Year of Brain Health—Salk President Gerald Joyce, MD, PhD, sits down with neuroscientist Kay Tye, PhD, whose lab studies the brain circuits that drive social behavior, emotion, and the deep human need for connection.

3. 

   29 Jul 2026

   Salk's Year of Brain Health: Nicola Allen on brain inflammation and lifelong cognitive health

   When we think about brain health, we tend to think about neurons. But some of the most important work of protecting the brain may depend on immune and other cell types, which make up a surprising 50% of the human brain. In this special Beyond Lab Walls video podcast episode—part of the Salk Institute's 2026 Year of Brain Health—Salk President Gerald Joyce, MD, PhD, speaks with Nicola Allen, PhD, a leading neuroscientist whose lab studies how non-neuronal brain cells shape brain function in health, aging, and disease.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

10 ratings

Spotify

4.3 / 5

6 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 32 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

36

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

71

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