"Fruit flies have a lot of fun gene names. Some of my favorites are Asterix and Obelix, which are named after a French comic book, because I have childhood associations with them," postdoc Julia Wucherpfennig says. https://t.co/3fjZS3Mq3O #WhiteheadPostdocProfiles

🏆 Kudos to Jimmy Ly, @WhiteheadInst, on receiving ASCB’s 2025 Porter Prize for Research Excellence—Graduate Student—honoring scientific excellence, creativity, and contributions to advancing science in the spirit of Keith Porter. #ASCB #CellBiology

Panchito proudly sports his Whitehead bandana while plotting his next purrfect experiment. #PetsofWhitehead Alumni, grab your own pet bandana by joining our alumni LinkedIn group: https://t.co/xHB9wOsA4i

"The germline is the only cell type responsible for transmitting the genome from generation to generation," @WhiteheadInst's Dr. Yukiko Yamashita says. ⏳ Learn about how the Yamashita lab is teasing apart how the #germline remains immortal! https://t.co/sBUz6BEhdX

Sometimes, one research project is an unexpected spin off of another project. That's exactly what happened in the Yamashita lab, where researchers identified a novel mechanism that keeps the "selfish" gene Stellate in check. https://t.co/ocTePB4sp5 #ResearchThreads

While most cancer cells stick together within their original tumor, some break away to travel to distant organs. There, they can lie dormant — undetectable and not dividing — for years, like landmines waiting to go off

Pawfessor Jake reporting for duty! #PetsofWhitehead Alumni, grab your own pet bandana by joining our alumni LinkedIn group: https://t.co/xHB9wOs2eK

What causes dormant cancer cells to erupt into a frenzy of growth and division? New work from the Weinberg lab points to inflammation as a trigger.

"Fruit flies have a lot of fun gene names. Some of my favorites are Asterix and Obelix, which are named after a French comic book, because I have childhood associations with them," Julia Wucherpfennig says. #WhiteheadPostdocProfiles https://t.co/3fjZS3MXTm

Most cells in our body live and die. But the germline, the cells that produce eggs and sperm, must carry on forever. Our first #ResearchThreads follows a string of discoveries made in the Yamashita lab that tease apart how the germline remains immortal. https://t.co/ocTePB3Uzx

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Attention Whitehead alumni — please join us for an informal evening of connection and conversation during the ASHG meeting on October 16. For details and to RSVP, please contact alumni@wi.mit.edu. (Photos are from our alumni event last month!)

Next Tuesday our director Ruth Lehmann joins Gina McCarthy, former White House National Climate Advisor and EPA Administrator, for a conversation about science, policy and public trust. RSVP: https://t.co/6gKyJ5qcSP @Kennedy_School @MIT_CPC

Julia Wucherpfennig studies Wolbachia — a bacteria that lives inside about half of all insects, generally without harming them. The research has real-world implications for pest control. Read our latest postdoc Q&A: https://t.co/3fjZS3Mq3O #WhiteheadPostdocProfiles

Join our director Ruth Lehmann and Gina McCarthy, former White House National Climate Advisor and EPA Administrator, for a conversation about the role of science in policy, public trust, and protecting the well-being of people and the planet. https://t.co/6gKyJ5qcSP

Thanks to everyone who visited our booth at the Cambridge Science Carnival. We had so much fun creating micropipette art — a great way to learn the basics of pipetting!

The Cambridge Science Carnival is happening this Sunday, September 21. Visit Whitehead Institute's booth to do a fun art project that introduces the basics of micropipetting. Hope to see you there! https://t.co/bmIXLoqGJZ

"I'm working with a legume called pigeon pea, an underutilized crop that has received less attention than globally utilized crops...My project is trying to increase the genetic diversity of pigeon pea," postdoc Sonia Boor says. #WhiteheadPostdocProfiles https://t.co/PBYd5A10w4

PETracer is a new tool that can reveal a detailed history of tumor growth. By characterizing different populations of cells, researchers hope to develop therapies that target the most aggressive populations more effectively. https://t.co/udCrQatxIN

Whitehead Institute's Scientific Webinar Series is back! Tune in September 16th to hear AI Fellow Na Sun speak about her work using deep learning to understand how tissues are reorganized in states of disease. https://t.co/S9nA9nrmE0