BioGenesis Podcast: Shalini Gupta of the Bell lab on crafting her own grad school experience
June 11, 2020
on making a difference in the community while studying DNA replication
Audiohelicase podcast: Treatments for COVID-19 taking root in plant science
June 8, 2020
Whitehead Institute Member Jing-Ke Weng on the role of plant biology in stopping the pandemic
Video: Spring 2020 Research Highlights from Whitehead Institute
June 8, 2020
How viral RNA flexes to express different genes, a new model for studying human cancers in mice, and more: learn about the latest findings from Whitehead Institute researchers in this Research Highlights video.
Stem Cell Researcher Yukiko Yamashita Joins Whitehead Institute
June 4, 2020
The internationally renowned developmental biologist will be the inaugural incumbent of the Susan Lindquist Chair for Women in Science at Whitehead Institute.
Graduate student Kristina Lopez receives Ford Foundation Fellowship
June 1, 2020
The award aims to encourage diversity in college and university faculties by supporting graduate students
Cellular players get their moment in the limelight
May 28, 2020
Whitehead Institute researchers have expanded their set of tools for investigating individual organelles, providing a new level of accuracy and detail to the study of cell metabolism.
SARAH KEOHANE WILLIAMSON IS NAMED CHAIR OF WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
May 20, 2020
Plus three new directors are announced: Susan Hockfield, Dennis Langer, and Churchill Franklin
Where there's a will, there might need to be a new scientific way
May 20, 2020
When Whitehead Institute researchers don’t have the tools to answer their questions, they build them.
Whitehead Fellow Kipp Weiskopf awarded grant to investigate treatments for COVID-19
May 18, 2020
Weiskopf will be studying how existing FDA-approved drugs could be repurposed to reduce the severity and mortality of the disease.
Multimedia Feature: Pollen Research Inspires Art
May 11, 2020
Research scientist Fu-shuang Li collects plant specimens for his research on pollen — and uses the extra specimens to create pollen and flower art.
HIV genome bends over backwards to help virus take over cells
May 6, 2020
Differently shaped RNA molecules allow HIV to express different genes from the same RNA sequence