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In Whitehead Institute Founding Member Rudolf Jaenisch’s lab, postdoc Shawn Liu is investigating epigenetics — the heritable modification of gene expression — and diseases linked to aberrant epigenetic changes. 

TabulaSynthase, the blog of Whitehead Institute, brings together ideas and perspectives from the Whitehead community and beyond. On January 1, 1994, Whitehead Institute Fellow David Bartel officially opened his lab. Since then, his lab has achieved numerous milestones as a trailblazer in RNA research. Initially the lab studied the ability of RNA to catalyze chemical reactions, including reactions that would have been required early in the evolution of life.

The detailed molecular structure of the inert plant material sporopollenin — key for the emergence of land plants — has been resolved

TabulaSynthase, the blog of Whitehead Institute, brings together ideas and perspectives from the Whitehead community and beyond. These days, few people spend fifty years working in one organization. Fewer still have loved just about every minute of that time. And only a handful of those have had a huge impact on their field. Harvey Lodish — a powerhouse in the fields of cellular and developmental biology, and a beloved teacher and mentor — considers himself lucky to be among that handful. 

Diego Huet is a postdoctoral fellow in Sebastian Lourido’s lab at Whitehead Institute. His research is focused on the unique biology of the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. We sat down with Huet to learn more about him and his experiences in and out of the lab.

Biological program triggered by large injuries not required for regeneration, Whitehead Institute team finds

Differences in common traits within a plant species, such as seed size, can be determined by more than gene sequence.