Covid-19

Explore the latest multimedia piece in the Unusual Labmates series to learn more about how an innovation made studying bat biology in depth possible, and how researchers at Whitehead Institute have made use of bat biology to study questions about viral infection, immunity, cold tolerance, and more. 

Researchers at Whitehead Institute are developing models and approaches that capture more of the rich context in which biological processes are typically immersed, in order to learn more about them and their roles in health and disease. Learn more about how their work is revealing new insights that only become apparent when studying a process within the context of larger systems in which it operates.

Explore the latest multimedia piece in the Unusual Labmates series to learn more about how an innovation made studying bat biology in depth possible, and how researchers at Whitehead Institute have made use of bat biology to study questions about viral infection, immunity, cold tolerance, and more. 

Our latest Research Highlights video features three exciting new findings from Whitehead Institute: New work from the Jaenisch lab helps explain bats' impressive resistance to viruses; researchers in the Young lab identify a common denominator underlying chronic disease states; and researchers in the Cheeseman lab identify precise regulatory mechanisms controlling the production of protein variants during mitosis.

Unlike our own genomes, the genetic material of the novel coronavirus is RNA — and RNA also makes up some of the vaccines. Learn how the field of RNA biology has been working to meet the challenges of the virus, and what Whitehead Institute RNA researchers have been working on throughout the pandemic.