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BaRC director George Bell says all the interesting computational challenges that researchers bring to BaRC are what make him excited to come into work every morning. 

A new MIT course on the COVID-19 pandemic, available to the public online, brings together top COVID-19 experts to educate students on up-to-date pandemic science.

Adrianna San Roman is a postdoc in Whitehead Institute Director and Member David Page’s lab investigating sex differences in human health. San Roman’s work is supported by the Arthur W. Brill and Carol Tobin Brill Postdoctoral Fellowship and an NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship. We sat down with San Roman to learn more about her and her experiences in and out of the lab.

Kutay Deniz Atabay is a postdoc in Whitehead Institute Member Peter Reddien’s lab investigating regeneration, including how neuronal circuits regenerate in various organisms including planarians, a type of flatworm. We sat down with Atabay to learn more about him and his experiences in and out of the lab.

Whitehead Institute’s science program for middle schoolers, Expedition: Bio, took place online this year but still managed to give students lots of hands-on science experience.

Research scientist Fu-shuang Li in Whitehead Institute Member Jing-Ke Weng's lab is collecting plant specimens for his research on pollen, and using the extra specimens to create pollen and flower art.