News

Multimedia Feature: Unusual labmates: The world’s smallest water lily

March 15, 2019

Experience a multimedia story about Nymphaea thermarum, including how the extinct-in-the-wild plant ended up at Whitehead Institute and what researchers hope to learn from investigating its biology

Whitehead Institute Spring into Science - an evening lecture series for the Cambridge community featuring the latest in biomedical research

Awards + Announcements

March 07, 2019

Join Whitehead Institute for Spring into Science, an evening lecture series for the Cambridge community featuring the latest in biomedical research.

Immunofluorescence microscopy for meiotic markers in adult mouse testes

Start signal for sex cell creation

Genetics + Genomics

Protein form and function

February 27, 2019

One protein is responsible for regulating a large network of genes that prompt cells to begin meiosis, the type of cell division that produces sex cells

Pumping up red blood cell production

Stem Cells

February 25, 2019

Whitehead Institute scientists refine our understanding of how red blood cells are created

Toxoplasma gondii parasite clusters in a host cell

Multimedia Feature: A "model" parasite

Evolution + Development

February 20, 2019

Whitehead Institute researchers unravel the unique biology of apicomplexans — the parasites responsible for malaria, toxoplasmosis, and other diseases impacting global health

AudioHelicase podcast: Ankur Jain on RNA clumps and the neurodegenerative diseases associated with them

RNA

February 19, 2019

In this episode of AudioHelicase, Whitehead Institute Member Ankur Jain discusses how RNA can clump in cells and the diseases, such as Huntington's and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), that are associated with these aggregations.

Head and shoulders shot of Ashley Bonneau

Meet a Whitehead Postdoc: Ashley Bonneau

Postdoc Profile

February 15, 2019

Ashley Bonneau is a postdoc in Whitehead Institute Member Peter Reddien’s lab investigating signaling pathways involved in embryonic development and tissue regeneration. We sat down with Bonneau to learn more about her and her experiences in and out of the lab.

Postdoc Alessandra Dall'Agnese conducts research in Whitehead Institute Member Richard Young's lab

Video: Winter 2019 Research Highlights from Whitehead Institute

Cancer

February 13, 2019

A medley of Whitehead Institute scientists' research updates from Winter 2019. In this video, catch up on discoveries by the labs of Institute Members Jing-Ke Weng, Richard Young, and David Sabatini.

Meet the Scientists Keeping Whitehead Institute’s Core Facilities Thriving

Whitehead Culture

February 04, 2019

From genomics to electron microscopy, the Institute’s core facilities scientists excel in enabling world-class research.

Why study Toxoplasma?

Blog

February 01, 2019

TabulaSynthase, the blog of Whitehead Institute, brings together ideas and perspectives from the Whitehead community and beyond. This guest blog was written by Saima Sidik, a research associate in the lab of Whitehead Institute Member Sebastian Lourido.