2006 News Stories
December 18, 2006
The
care and feeding of stem cells
What do embryonic stem cell facilities and intensive-care
units have in common?
December 7, 2006
Engineered yeast speeds ethanol
production
Biofuels take a step toward the energy mainstream.
December 1, 2006
Rudolf Jaenisch receives Max
Delbrück Medal
The German Center honors Jaenisch for discovering non-genetic
mechanisms in both cancer and stem cells.
November 16, 2006
Scientists discover role for
dueling RNAs
Researchers have found that a class of RNA molecules,
previously thought to have no function, may in fact
protect sex cells from self-destructing.
November 15, 2006
Weinberg to head Ludwig Center
for Molecular Oncology at MIT
The new center, which will be administered through MIT’s
Center for Cancer Research (CCR), will focus on the
biology of cancer metastasis.
November 6, 2006
Whitehead researchers named
among Scientific American’s top 50
Whitehead Members Susan Lindquist and Richard Young,
along with postdoctoral scientist Laurie Boyer, have
been named in Scientific American magazine’s annual
list of the world’s 50 top leaders in research,
business or policy.
November 3, 2006
A
twist on DNA
The rigors of physics meet the wild and woolly chromosome.
October 16, 2006
NIH awards $6.8 million for
stem cell neural-development project
A team of researchers from Whitehead Institute, MIT
and Columbia University will analyze the process by
which embryonic stem cells develop into neurons.
October 12, 2006
Lindquist and Jaenisch elected
to Institute of Medicine
Election is considered one of the highest honors in
the fields of medicine and health.
October 5, 2006
Laurie Boyer awarded Genzyme
Fellowship
She will study how specific sets of genes are turned
on or off in embryonic stem cells in order to permit
cellular differentiation.
October 2, 2006
Terry Orr-Weaver receives American
Cancer Society award
The appointment highlights the importance of conducting
basic research on model organisms to elucidate key processes
in human cells.
September 26, 2006
Whitehead creates first endowed
chair
Gerald R. Fink is named the Margaret and Herman Sokol
Professor of Biomedical Research.
September 25, 2006
The
new age of bioimaging
Digital microscopy and powerful software are turbocharging
systems biology.
August 21, 2006
Reddien wins Rita Allen Scholars
award
Foundation honors Reddien for the relevance of his work
to cancer stem cells.
August 17, 2006
A deeper look at gene control
A well-known class of proteins may fill in the dotted
lines that connect signal transduction pathways to the
genes they regulate.
July 10, 2006
3D model reveals secrets of
metastasis
Advanced imaging study shows that earlier techniques
have missed crucial phenomena in how cancer spreads.
June 22, 2006
Researchers reverse Parkinson's
symptoms in animal models
They repaired a key biological pathway, restoring normal
neurological function.
June 7, 2006
Silencing cancer
Thijn Brummelkamp accelerates genetics research with
RNA interference screens.
May 31, 2006
Virus yields clues into immune
system
Ploegh lab discovers a key component in the machinery
with which cells dispose of misfolded proteins.
May 25, 2006
The people behind the paper
Here's how a string of informal scientific collaborations
helped to boost our knowledge of melanomas.
May 16, 2006
Susan Lindquist wins HHMI appointment
Lindquist will remain at Whitehead Institute while HHMI employs her and funds a large percentage of her research.
May 15, 2006
Andreas Hochwagen joins Whitehead
Fellows program
He will study cell division, particularly meiosis.
May 12, 2006
Cloaking device helps pathogens
evade immune system
A network of genes might help pathogenic fungi hide.
May 11, 2006
Ploegh wins Belgian health prize
The Interbrew-Baillet Latour Health Prize, worth 150,000
euros, is the largest scientific prize awarded in Belgium.
May 11, 2006
Thijn Brummelkamp wins Kimmel
Scholar Award
He will receive $100,000 per year for two years to pursue
cancer research.
May 5, 2006
When RNA rules
A newly discovered class of molecules plays an astonishingly
powerful role in biology.
April 26, 2006
Terry Orr-Weaver named to National
Academy of Sciences
Whitehead Member Terry Orr-Weaver is one of 72 new members of the National Academy of Sciences.
April 20, 2006
Mapping the foundation of human development
Researchers have determined how a key developmental
ingredient controls the genome.
April 11, 2006
Peter Reddien named Searle Scholar
Reddien is one of 15 scientists to be awarded the 2006
Searle Scholarship.
April 3, 2006
Power in the blood
How can we build up the adult stem cells that build
your blood?
March 1, 2006
Robert Weinberg awarded Landon-AACR
Prize for Cancer Research
The prize is the largest awarded to cancer researchers
by a professional society of their peers.
February 13, 2006
Mad-cow protein aids creation
of brain cells
The protein ultimately responsible for mad cow disease
might be necessary for healthy brain function.
February 1, 2006
Scientists alleviate symptoms
of Rett syndrome in mice
Findings might aid research into therapies for human
sufferers.
January 30, 2006
Mad-cow culprit maintains stem
cells
The same protein that causes neurodegenerative conditions
such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease)
is also important for helping certain adult stem cells
maintain themselves.
January 23, 2006
Powerful technique for multiplying
adult stem cells may aid therapies
Researchers have discovered a way to multiply an adult
stem cell 30-fold, an expansion that offers tremendous
promise for treatments such as bone marrow transplants
and perhaps even gene therapy.
January 17, 2006
Cloned stem cells prove identical
to fertilized stem cells
Researchers analyzed the complete gene-expression profiles
of both cloned and fertilization-derived stem cells
in mice and concluded that the two are indistinguishable.
January 13, 2006
Rudolf Jaenisch featured on
NOVA scienceNOW
NOVA scienceNOW focuses on an alternative way to generate
embryonic stem cells, pioneered by Rudolf Jaenisch and
graduate student Alexander Meissner.
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