A supportive role for planarians’ multifaceted muscle
April 8, 2019
In planarians, muscle is critical not only for movement and regeneration of body parts, but also for producing the body’s architectural support system around cells
Whitehead Institute researchers win STAT's Editor's Pick award
April 8, 2019
Whitehead Institute Member Rudolf Jaenisch and Shawn Liu, a postdoc in his lab, were chosen for the honor by STAT staff
Pulin Li joins Whitehead Institute
April 2, 2019
Whitehead Institute announced today that the developmental and synthetic biologist Pulin Li will join the Institute in May as its newest Member.
Whitehead Institute’s David C. Page to Conclude Term as Director
March 27, 2019
Search committee chaired by former MIT President Susan Hockfield will identify new director for eminent biomedical institute
Drawn to Science
March 27, 2019
Join Whitehead Institute scientists on Friday, April 19 from 1:00 p.m- 4:00 p.m. for a fun afternoon of drawing and discovering the connection between art and science!
Video: Like pearls on a string — A new model for gene regulation
March 27, 2019
Learn how Institute Member Richard Young’s lab is transforming our model of gene regulation by uncovering the role of droplets of transcription machinery in activating genes.
Scaffolding the nursery of pollen development
March 18, 2019
Whitehead researchers identify critical components of the scaffolding that supports and protects pollen production
Multimedia Feature: Unusual labmates: The world’s smallest water lily
March 18, 2019
Experience a multimedia story about Nymphaea thermarum, including how the extinct-in-the-wild plant ended up at Whitehead Institute and what researchers hope to learn from investigating its biology
Pumping up red blood cell production
February 28, 2019
Whitehead Institute scientists refine our understanding of how red blood cells are created
Start signal for sex cell creation
February 27, 2019
One protein is responsible for regulating a large network of genes that prompt cells to begin meiosis, the type of cell division that produces sex cells
Multimedia Feature: A "model" parasite
February 20, 2019
AudioHelicase podcast: Ankur Jain on RNA clumps and the neurodegenerative diseases associated with them
February 19, 2019
In this episode of AudioHelicase, Whitehead Institute Member Ankur Jain discusses how RNA can clump in cells and the diseases, such as Huntington's and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), that are associated with these aggregations.