Genetics + Genomics

Video: Bold Science, Brilliant Minds - Whitehead Institute's New Generation

November 08, 2018

Some of the newest and brightest at Whitehead Institute discuss their current research and the future of science. Speakers include - Whitehead Institute Fellow Olivia Corradin: Uncovering New Insights into Human Disease from Genetic Risk Factors - Whitehead Institute Member Ankur Jain: Liquids, Gels, and Neurodegeneration - Whitehead Institute Fellow Kristin Knouse: Innovation in Regenerative Medicine Moderated by Nancy C. Andrews, MD, PhD, former dean of Duke University School of Medicine

Meet a Whitehead Postdoc: Leah Bury

Postdoc Profile

November 02, 2018

Leah Bury is a postdoc in the lab of Whitehead Member Iain Cheeseman, where her research is focused on understanding transcription of DNA into RNA at the centromere, a region of the chromosome important in cell division.

Illustration of a hand assembling a brain jigsaw puzzle

Only in your head

Stem Cells

October 09, 2018

Researchers uncover how a ubiquitously expressed mutation causes a brain-specific disorder.

Firefly on leaf; Radim Schreiber - FireflyExperience.org

How many evolutionary events can it take to screw in nature’s lightbulb?

Evolution + Development

October 04, 2018

Firefly genomics reveals independent evolution of bioluminescence in beetles

A short-haired man smiles in front of a wall of bottles.

Meet a Whitehead Postdoc: Brian Abraham

Postdoc Profile

October 04, 2018

Brian Abraham is a computational biology postdoc studying the role of DNA transcription in human health and disease in Whitehead Member Richard Young's lab.

The Y Chromosome: Holding steadfast in a sea of change

Sex differences

August 01, 2018

The lab of Whitehead Member David Page has examined a series of regions on the Y chromosome called amplicons.

Sharpening the edges of cancer chemotherapy

Cancer

July 11, 2018

Whitehead team deploys CRISPR tools to better understand and uncover ways of improving methotrexate, a popular chemotherapy drug.

Images of condensates and model of a condensate

Transcriptional droplets provide evidence for new model of gene control

Genetics + Genomics

June 21, 2018

Whitehead Institute scientists have found evidence that the apparatus that transcribes DNA into RNA is concentrated into specialized droplets, or “condensates”, at genes that control cell identity.

AudioHelicase podcast: Iain Cheeseman discusses cell division and what can happen when it goes wrong

Genetics + Genomics

May 17, 2018

In this episode of AudioHelicase, Whitehead Institute Member Iain Cheeseman discusses how his work on the kinetochore provides a window into cell division and what happens when this vital cellular function goes awry.

Whitehead Institute Founding Member Gerald Fink Receives Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Killian Award

Genetics + Genomics

May 16, 2018

The award, which is among MIT’s highest honors, recognizes Fink’s standing as a scientist who has fundamentally changed the way researchers approach biological problems

Genetics + Genomics

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