Tissue architecture affects chromosome segregation
Biologists discover that the environment surrounding a cell plays an integral role in its ability to accurately segregate its chromosomes.
Investigating Earth’s earliest life
Graduate student Kelsey Moore uses genetic and fossil evidence to study the first stages of evolution on our planet.
Scientists sharpen the edges of cancer chemotherapy
Whitehead team deploys CRISPR tools to better understand and uncover ways of improving methotrexate, a popular chemotherapy drug.
Restricting a key cellular nutrient could slow tumor growth
Researchers identify the amino acid aspartate as a metabolic limitation in certain cancers.
Scene at MIT: PhD baby and her amazing mama
A new daughter helped Alejandra Falla PhD ’18 gain perspective on life — and her tiny MIT regalia stole the show at Commencement.
Ankur Jain joins Whitehead Institute and the Department of Biology
Biophysicist will investigate the biology of RNA aggregation.
Decoding RNA-protein interactions
Scientists leverage one step, unbiased method to characterize the binding preferences of more than 70 human RNA-binding proteins.
Network of diverse noncoding RNAs acts in the brain
Scientists identify the first known network consisting of three types of regulatory RNAs.
Neuroscientists discover roles of gene linked to Alzheimer’s
Study reveals why people with the APOE4 gene have higher risk of the disease.
Ingestible “bacteria on a chip” could help diagnose disease
Ultra-low-power sensors carrying genetically engineered bacteria can detect gastric bleeding.
Gerald Fink wins faculty’s Killian Award
Biologist honored for his work developing yeast as a model organism for genetic studies.
Protecting confidentiality in genomic studies
Cryptographic system could enable “crowdsourced” genomics, with volunteers contributing information to privacy-protected databases.
Biologists discover function of gene linked to familial ALS
Study in worms reveals gene loss can lead to accumulation of waste products in cells.
Single-cell database to propel biological studies
Whitehead team analyzes transcriptomes for roughly 70,000 cells in planarians, creates publicly available database to drive further research.