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Pioneering Medicines and Health Security with Noubar Afeyan

On March 22, Whitehead Institute Director Ruth Lehmann spoke with Moderna chairman and founder and CEO of life sciences venture capital company Flagship Pioneering Noubar Afeyan about the race to create a COVID-19 vaccine, the importance of immigrants in the US, and how to find and foster path-breaking ideas.

Using Fundamental Biology to Counter Climate Change

In this Director’s Dialogue, three Whitehead Institute scientists speak with Ruth Lehmann about exciting opportunities for leveraging fundamental biological research to create biotechnologies that address some of climate change's vexing effects.

Unusual Labmates: Lighting up the lab
Genetics + Genomics

This entry of Unusual Labmates features fireflies, including the American species Photinus pyralis and the Japanese species Aquatica lateralis, which graduate student Tim Fallon in Whitehead Insitute Member Jing-Ke Weng's lab is using to better understand the ability to emit light.