Ruth Lehmann elected as director of Whitehead Institute
Lehmann, a world-renowned developmental and cell biology researcher, is the institute’s fifth director.
Lehmann, a world-renowned developmental and cell biology researcher, is the institute’s fifth director.
Detailed observations in the lateral septum indicate region processes movement and reward information to help direct behavior.
Nominated by peers and students, professors in brain and cognitive sciences and biology are recognized for excellence in graduate and undergraduate education.
Assistant professors Pulin Li and Seychelle Vos are investigating how cells become tissues and the proteins that organize DNA.
Undergraduate Meucci Ilunga spent 10 weeks investigating protein interactions, exploring career options, and making new friends.
Study shows Old World monkeys combine items in speech — but only two and never more, unlike humans.
Molecules called ketone bodies may improve stem cells’ ability to regenerate new intestinal tissue.
Whitehead Institute team reveals molecular program that controls cells’ capacity for division.
Support from Squire Booker PhD ’94 and the Bernard S. and Sophie G. Gould Fund helps MSRP-bio students excel.
Graduate student Maya Stokes, a geomorphology expert and ultimate frisbee coach, shows her passion for teaching in the field and on the field.
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.
Novel study shows protein CPG15 acts as a molecular proxy of experience to mark synapses for stabilization.
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.