Video: A History of Whitehead Institute by Harvey Lodish
May 25, 2018
Whitehead Institute Founding Member Harvey Lodish recalls the Institute's formative years and the ground-breaking discoveries produced by its preeminent scientists.
AudioHelicase podcast: Iain Cheeseman discusses cell division and what can happen when it goes wrong
May 17, 2018
In this episode of AudioHelicase, Whitehead Institute Member Iain Cheeseman discusses how his work on the kinetochore provides a window into cell division and what happens when this vital cellular function goes awry.
Whitehead Institute Founding Member Gerald Fink Receives Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Killian Award
May 16, 2018
The award, which is among MIT’s highest honors, recognizes Fink’s standing as a scientist who has fundamentally changed the way researchers approach biological problems
Whitehead Institute’s 2018 spring high school program inspires local students
May 14, 2018
Emerging scientists spend their spring break not at a beach, but at a lab bench
New single-cell database to propel biological studies
April 19, 2018
Whitehead team analyzes transcriptomes for roughly 70,000 cells in planarians, creates publicly available database to drive research in a variety of organisms and fields
Whitehead Institute’s Chair of Board of Directors elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
April 18, 2018
Charles D. Ellis joins five Whitehead faculty who hold membership
Study suggests perioperative NSAIDs may prevent early metastatic relapse in post-surgical breast cancer patients
April 11, 2018
Mouse study links early metastasis to systemic inflammation caused by wound healing
Multimedia Feature: Uncovering nature’s riches
April 10, 2018
Merging the wisdom of traditional global medicine with modern approaches
Silvi Rouskin: Exploring Life’s Non-Linear Paths
April 6, 2018
Silvi Rouskin, a Whitehead Fellow who studies RNA structure and its implications for health and disease, has been called by her colleagues fearless, relentless, fiercely independent and—if she’d started from a different place—perhaps smarts and curiosity alone would have let her follow a straight path to her goal.
Structure of key growth regulator revealed
March 28, 2018
Researchers solve molecular structure of GATOR1 complex using cryo-electron microscopy
Novel human/mouse model could boost type 1 diabetes research
March 23, 2018
Researchers at Whitehead Institute have developed a novel platform with human beta cells that could allow scientists to better understand the mechanisms underlying type 1 diabetes and what provokes it.
AudioHelicase podcast: Whitehead's Mary Gehring discusses how gene regulation can be passed from one generation to the next
March 20, 2018
In this episode of AudioHelicase, Whitehead Institute Member Mary Gehring discusses how her research on the plant Arabidopsis thaliana reveals how gene regulation can be passed from one generation to the next.