Mary Gehring: Using flowering plants to explore epigenetic inheritance
Biologist’s studies illuminate a control system that influences how traits are passed along to new generations.
Biologist’s studies illuminate a control system that influences how traits are passed along to new generations.
Biologists uncover an evolutionary trick to control gene expression that reverses the flow of genetic information from RNA splicing back to transcription.
Scientists reveal the genes and proteins controlling the chemical structures underpinning paleoclimate proxies.
EAPS scientists find an alternative explanation for mineral evidence thought to signal the presence of oxygen prior to the Great Oxidation Event.
The Summons Lab compares lipids from Antarctic microbial communities to century-old samples.
His technology platforms have benefited genomics, diagnostics, and drug screening.
New image-based genetic screening method helps researchers identify key regulators of inflammation.
Assistant professors Pulin Li and Seychelle Vos are investigating how cells become tissues and the proteins that organize DNA.
Researchers identify nearly 8,000 strains of bacteria, while also clarifying their genetic and metabolic context.
Smart materials change properties in response to specific DNA sequences; could be used in a variety of devices.
Whitehead Institute scientists find chemical modification contributes to trafficking between non-membrane-bound compartments that control gene expression.
Along the genome, proteins form liquid-like droplets that appear to boost the expression of particular genes.
Researchers identify a strategy to prevent mobile genetic elements from breaching the bacterial cell wall.
Whitehead Institute team finds drugs that activate a key brain gene; initial tests in cells and mice show promise for rare, untreatable neurodevelopmental disorder.
In a mouse model, restoring activity of a specific forebrain region reverses social traits associated with autism.