Jonathan Nelson is a postdoc in Whitehead Institute Member Yukiko Yamashita’s lab studying how dividing cells maintain their genomes. We sat down with Nelson to learn more about him and his experiences in and out of the lab.
New research reveals that a molecule called fumarate can step in for oxygen during the process of cellular respiration, allowing mitochondria to maintain some functions in low-oxygen conditions.
Zebulon Levine is a postdoc in Whitehead Institute Member Jonathan Weissman’s lab studying how cells cope with damage. We sat down with Levine to learn more about him and his experiences in and out of the lab.
Scientists turned cutting-edge CRISPR and single-cell sequencing tools on human cytomegalovirus, which affects around half of all adults, illuminating interactions between viral and host genes and adding to the list of possible drug targets.
With advances to experimental tools in science, researchers can collect massive amounts of data, on a scale beyond what previous generations could have imagined. But then a new challenge arises: how do they make sense of it?
