Whitehead Connects: An Evening with Nasa Astronaut Kathleen Rubins
September 20, 2017
Whitehead Connects: An Evening With NASA Astronaut Kathleen Rubins
September 15, 2017
Whitehead Connects was pleased to welcome NASA astronaut and former Whitehead Fellow Kathleen “Kate” Rubins on September 12, 2017.
AudioHelicase Podcast: Whitehead's David Sabatini discusses mTOR, a protein connecting metabolism, nutrition, and disease
September 12, 2017
Whitehead's David Sabatini discusses mTOR, a protein connecting metabolism, nutrition, and disease and the current research in his lab investigating the mTOR pathway and its role in cancer, diabetes, and aging.
Mystery solved: how thyroid hormone prods red blood cell production
September 5, 2017
For more than a century, the link between thyroid hormone and red blood cell production has remained elusive. Now, Whitehead scientists have teased about the mechanism that connects them, which could help scientists identify new therapies for specific types of anemia.
In Memoriam: Landon T. Clay
July 31, 2017
The Whitehead Institute community has lost Landon Clay, a true friend and an avid supporter of the Institute’s scientific mission and research.
Whitehead Member David Sabatini awarded Dickson Prize in Medicine
July 20, 2017
The prize recognizes “an American biomedical researcher who has made significant, progressive contributions to medicine”.
Elegant switch controls translation in transition from egg to embryo
June 14, 2017
The transition from an egg to a developing embryo is one of life’s most remarkable transformations. Now Whitehead Institute researchers have used fruit flies to decipher how one aspect—control of the translation of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) into proteins—shifts as the egg becomes an the embryo. This type of switch could tell scientists more about how human cells work and embryos develop.
Video of 2017 Whitehead Symposium: Plant Chemodiversity and New Nature-Inspired Medicine
June 13, 2017
In this video, Whitehead Member Jing-Ke Weng's graduate student, Olesya Levsh, outlines her journey to Whitehead, which personified a commitment that is at the very heart of our mission: guiding and nurturing the next generation of scientists. Weng also described how he uses a muliple "-omics" platforms -- genomics, metabolomics, proteomics, and more -- to learn about the medicinal components found in some plants.
Video of 2017 Whitehead Symposium: Beyond the Gene: Epigenetic Control of Plant Development
June 13, 2017
Whitehead Institute Symposium, "Harnessing the Untapped Power of Plants for Human Health", allowed two leaders in plant biology, Whitehead Members Mary Gehring and Jing-Ke Weng, to provide a window into their research and to describe how plants are a major gateway to the future of biomedicine and biotechnology. In this video, Gehring discusses "Beyond the Gene: Epigenetic Control of Plant Development", which describes mechanisms that control gene expression without altering the DNA's sequence.
Video of 2017 Whitehead Symposium: Welcome and State of the Institute
June 13, 2017
Welcome and State of the Institute by David C. Page, Director, Whitehead Institute, at the 2017 Whitehead Symposium
Whitehead Member Jing-Ke Weng receives research grant from the Family Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation to examine herbs thought to boost mothers’ milk supply
June 8, 2017
Project will investigate the effectiveness and toxicity of four herbs widely used by breastfeeding women worldwide to promote human milk production
Undergraduate in Lodish lab doubly awarded for “outstanding” research
May 25, 2017
Rhogerry “Gerry” Deshycka, a graduating senior working in the lab of Whitehead Institute Founding Member Harvey Lodish, has received one of MIT’s two Randolph G. Wei Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) awards for 2017 and MIT’s 2017 John L. Asinari Award.