Jaenisch Lab

Xin Tang is a postdoc in Whitehead Institute Member Rudolf Jaenisch’s lab investigating brain disease and developing approaches to discover new therapies. We sat down with Tang to learn more about him and his experiences in and out of the lab.

By seeding mouse nervous systems with human cells, researchers have created a system to model human neuroblastoma tumors. 

Alexsia Richards is a postdoc in Whitehead Institute Member Rudolf Jaenisch’s lab investigating how dangerous tropical viruses interact with the brain. We sat down with Richards to learn more about her and her experiences in and out of the lab.

Approach could accelerate studies of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease and other brain disorders

Whitehead Institute researchers investigate methylation, the chemical tags that help define gene expression during development and disease.