CAMPUS PLANNING:

INTRODUCTION
Modernist architect Louis I. Kahn designed the twin-structured building in 1965. The landscape includes a
courtyard area with the “Stream of Life,” a foot-wide water display inspired by architect Luis Barragán that
flows through the marble courtyard between the buildings.

This inspiring place is the Salk Institute for Biological Studies -- located on wind-worn bluffs overlooking
the rolling surf at La Jolla, California -- and it’s one of the world's preeminent research institutions.

Walking along the Stream of Life in the marble courtyard of the Salk Institute is like entering an ancient Greek
temple. It’s a reminder of Heraclitus’ famous and enigmatic maxim, “No man ever steps in the same river twice,
for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.” And stepping into the stream of life at Salk may just
mean a permanently changed man -- one without human genetic disease.

SPECIAL EDUCATION ZONES (SEZ) WITH RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES.

INSTITUTIONS INCLUDED:

1. GENETIC ENGINEERING:
Genetic engineering, also called genetic modification, is the direct human manipulation of an organism's
genetic material in a way that does not occur under natural conditions. It involves the use of recombinant DNA
techniques, but does not include traditional animal and plant breeding or mutagenesis. Any organism that is
generated using these techniques is considered to be a genetically modified organism.
2. TISSUE ENGINEERING:
Tissue engineering was once categorized as a sub-field of bio materials, but having grown in scope and
importance it can be considered as a field in its own right. It is the use of a combination of cells, engineering and
materials methods, and suitable biochemical and physio-chemical factors to improve or replace biological
functions

3. BIOMECHATRONICS:
Biomechatronics is an applied interdisciplinary science that aims to integrate mechanical elements, electronics
and parts of biological organisms. Biomechatronics includes the aspects of biology, mechanics, and electronics.
It also encompasses the fields of robotics and neuroscience. One example of Biomechatronics is a study done by
Hugh Herr a professor at M.I.T.. Herr excised the muscles of frog legs, to attach to a mechanical fish and by
pulsing electrical current through the muscle fibers, he caused the fish to swim. The goal of these experiments is
to make devices that interact with human muscle, skeleton, and nervous systems. The end result is that the
devices will help with human motor control that was lost or impaired by trauma, disease or birth defects.

4. CRYOBIOLOGY:

is the study of life at low temperatures.

Cryptobiosis is an ametabolic state of life entered by an organism in response to adverse

environmental conditions such as desiccation, freezing, and oxygen deficiency. In the cryptobiotic
state, all metabolic procedures stop, preventing reproduction, development, and repair. An organism
in a cryptobiotic state can essentially live indefinitely until environmental conditions return to being
hospitable. When this occurs, the organism will return to its metabolic state of life as it was prior to the
cryptobiosis.

Cryopreservation is a process where cells or whole tissues are preserved by cooling to low sub-zero
temperatures, such as (typically) 77 K or −196 °C (the boiling point of liquid nitrogen). At these low
temperatures, any biological activity, including the biochemical reactions that would lead to cell death,
is effectively stopped. However, when cryoprotectant solutions are not used, the cells being preserved
are often damaged due to freezing during the approach to low temperatures or warming to room
temperature.