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Whitehead Institute in Action

See what our community has been up to to during these unprecedented times.

Whitehead Institute Member David Sabatini's lab rounded up some lab supplies to donate to local hospitals: 

Meanwhile, not even a global pandemic can stop cookie hour:

...or, for some, Irish soda bread hour.

 

Faculty are lecturing to empty auditoriums -- but making it disco:

 

And staff are finding new, non-human friends in times of social distancing:

 

 

Finally, one of our very own imaging scientists put together this thread of fun microscopy resources. Enjoy!

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