An atomic model of a protein. Credit: Ellen Zhong.

Research

For over 50 years, we have played a central role in the growth of molecular life sciences and the revolution in molecular and cellular biology, genetics, genomics, and computational biology.

Ankur Jain

Ankur Jain investigates the role of RNA self-assembly in cellular organization and neurodegenerative disease.

Professor Anthony Sinskey, biologist, inventor, entrepreneur, and Center for Biomedical Innovation co-founder, dies at 84

Recent Publications

At the core of problem-solving

Manipulating time with torpor

MIT biologists discover a new type of control over RNA splicing

Taking the pulse of sex differences in the heart

Public Events

  • Tuesday, Apr 15, 2025Colloquium: Kaelyn Sumigray, Yale
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  • Tuesday, Apr 22, 2025Colloquium: Johannes Walter, Harvard
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  • Friday, Apr 25, 2025Whitehead Institute Special Seminar: Barbara J. Meyer, HHMI & U.C. Berkeley
    McGovern Auditorium, Whitehead Institute

Public Events

  • Tuesday, Apr 15, 2025Colloquium: Kaelyn Sumigray, Yale
    32-123
  • Tuesday, Apr 22, 2025Colloquium: Johannes Walter, Harvard
    32-123
  • Friday, Apr 25, 2025Whitehead Institute Special Seminar: Barbara J. Meyer, HHMI & U.C. Berkeley
    McGovern Auditorium, Whitehead Institute

AI model deciphers the code in proteins that tells them where to go

Alumni Profile: Desmond Edwards, SB ’22

A sum of their parts

A planarian’s guide to growing a new head