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Careers Contact WIND Search: Close Dance of the Chromosomes The lab of Whitehead Institute Member David Page investigates how specialized cells in the ovaries or testes start a remarkable type of cell division called meiosis in order to form egg or sperm cells. In this image, the cells outlined in red in this mouse testis are organizing and dividing their strand-like chromosomes (green) during meiosis. Image by Mina Kojima/Whitehead Institute More about this image About From the Director Leadership History People Faculty Fellows Program Postdoctoral Program Research Research Areas Scientific Resources News + Publications Paradigm Magazine Annual Reports News Archive Multimedia Blog For Journalists Public Programs Teacher Program High School Student Program Expedition: Bio Support video January 28, 2020 VIDEO: Winter 2020 Research Highlights from Whitehead Institute In this video, learn about new findings by researchers in the Young, Sabatini, Page, Weng, Jaenisch, and Bartel labs. multimedia AUGUST 27, 2019 MULTIMEDIA FEATURE: UNUSUAL LABMATES: LIGHTING UP THE LAB Discover how Whitehead Institute researchers rear these fascinating creatures in the lab and what researchers hope to learn from investigating their biology PODCAST February 11, 2020 AUDIOHELICASE PODCAST: PULIN LI ON CREATING MULTICELLULAR PATTERNS IN A PETRI DISH Whitehead Institute Member Pulin Li talks about how her lab engineers cells in Petri dishes to communicate with each other and form patterns, recreating processes seen in embryodevelopment—and how this work could eventually inform efforts to grow tissues in the lab. In the News February 20, 2020 To be long-lived or short-lived? Whitehead team offers sweeping view of messenger RNA stability and degradation across thousands of genes JANUARY 16, 2020 PUTTING A FINGER ON THE SWITCH OF CHRONIC PARASITE INFECTION Researchers at Whitehead Institute have discovered the master regulator necessary for the pervasive parasite Toxoplasma gondii to chronically infect its host. This finding provides important insights into the parasite’s biology and allows scientists in the laboratory to control if and when the parasite can differentiate into its chronic stage, which may inform research into prevention and treatment of infection. NOVEMBER 21, 2019 COMMITTED TO REPRODUCTION Whitehead Institute researchers have rewritten the timeline for when and how embryonic cells commit to becoming sex cells, the cells that produce eggs and sperm, and gained insights into the development of testicular cancer. FEATURED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 MULTIMEDIA FEATURE: LOOKING BEYOND THE GENE Beyond the Gene is a collection of pieces across storytelling mediums—text, audio, and video—that together paint a picture of how current research at Whitehead Institute is expanding the understanding of gene regulation. Announcements Gerald Fink is Awarded the Genetic Society of America’s Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal January 29, 2020 In honoring him with the Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal, GSA is recognizing Fink’s discovery of principles central to genome organization and regulation in eukaryotic cells. January 9, 2020 WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE RECEIVES $10 MILLION GIFT TO STUDY SEX CHROMOSOMES’ IMPACT ON WOMEN'S HEALTH AND DISEASE The gift establishes the Brit Jepson d’Arbeloff Center on Women's Health within the Institute’s Sex Differences in Health and Disease Initiative. DECEMBER 13, 2019 SIVE NAMED DEAN AT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY Whitehead Institute Member Hazel Sive, a globally respected developmental biologist and educator, will become Dean of the College of Science at Northeastern University, beginning in June 2020. SEPTEMBER 19, 2019 RUTH LEHMANN ELECTED AS DIRECTOR OF WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE Lehmann, a world renowned developmental and cell biology researcher, will be Whitehead Institute’s fifth Director. Support Please consider making a gift to Whitehead today Whitehead Institute relies heavily on philanthropy to maintain its pioneering programs in cancer research, immunology, developmental biology, stem cell research, regenerative medicine, genetics, and genomics. Gifts from individual donors, foundations, and corporations directly support Whitehead scientists pursuing breakthroughs that are transforming our understanding of biology and accelerating the development of therapies for a host of intractable human diseases. © 455 Main Street Cambridge, MA 02142 Follow us Facebook Twitter Instagram Linkedin...