Weng Lab

Whitehead Institute researchers identify missing enzymes in the biosynthetic pathway for salicylic acid, solving a decades-old puzzle

Tomáš Pluskal is a postdoc in Whitehead Member Jing-Ke Weng’s lab investigating molecules of medicinal interest in plants and the genes that produce them. We sat down with Pluskal to learn more about him and his experiences in and out of the lab.

Whitehead researchers identify critical components of the scaffolding that supports and protects pollen production

Decades of pioneering plant research at Whitehead Institute have led to biological insights and useful discoveries

The detailed molecular structure of the inert plant material sporopollenin — key for the emergence of land plants — has been resolved

A novel genomic approach helps identify medicinal compounds in plants.