ABOVE: SALK INSTITUTE
Dave Schubert, a neurobiologist at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, died August 6, two days after being diagnosed with B cell lymphoma, according to The San Diego Union-Tribune. He was 77 years old.
Schubert’s long career at Salk spanned the breadth of neurodegeneration research, from the basics of amyloid β toxicity to the screening and preclinical testing of compounds for possible treatments for Alzheimer’s disease.
“We are deeply saddened by the news of Dave’s passing. He was one of the earliest graduate students at Salk and spent close to 55 years of his scientific career here,” Salk President Rusty Gage says in a statement. “Dave will be greatly missed and we are forever thankful for his contributions to our research community.”
According to the statement, Schubert was born in 1943 in Indianapolis and attended Indiana University for his bachelor’s degree in chemistry. He performed his graduate ...
