Video Gallery

Whitehead Director talks Y chromosome with Stephen Colbert
Whitehead Director David Page
On the Stephen Colbert Show
March 27, 2012

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National Medal of Science Award Ceremony
Whitehead Member Rudolf Jaenisch
In the East Room of the White House
October 21, 2011

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How can a replication fork be blocked?
Whitehead Member Terry Orr-Weaver
From the Science Accessible Series
May 9, 2011

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Bad fat and good fat: How two microRNAs make the difference
Whitehead Member Harvey Lodish
From the Science Accessible Series
February 28, 2011

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Epigenetic control of plant development
Whitehead Member Mary Gehring
From the Science Accessible Series
December 20, 2010

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National Medal of Science Award Ceremony
Whitehead Member Susan Lindquist
In the East Room of the White House
November 17, 2010

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Stem cells, reprogramming and personalized medicine: promise, reality
Whitehead Member Rudolf Jaenisch
From the 38th Annual James R. Killian, Jr. Faculty Achievement Award Lecture
September 27, 2010

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A conversation with Robert Weinberg
Whitehead Member Robert Weinberg
From the "A Conversation with..." Series at MIT
September 16, 2010

[view at MIT TechTV web site]  Video length: 1:10:04

What do sex chromosomes have to do with sex?
Whitehead Member David Page
From the Science Accessible Series
March 15, 2010

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A conversation with Rudolf Jaenisch
Whitehead Member Rudolf Jaenisch
From the "A Conversation with..." Series at MIT
February 1, 2010

[view at MIT TechTV web site]   Video length: 0:57:19

Breast cancer stem cells and the epithelial-mesenchymal transition
Whitehead Member Robert Weinberg
From an interview at the 2009 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium by the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
December 11, 2009

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Global pandemics
Whitehead Member Hidde Ploegh
From the MIT Museum's Soap Box lecture series
November 17, 2009

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Gaining entry into a cell: The beautiful world of endocytosis
Whitehead Fellow Defne Yarar
From the Science Accessible Series
November 9, 2009

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Understanding cancer: When the beginnings of life come back to haunt us
Whitehead Member Robert Weinberg
From the Science Accessible Series
October 19, 2009

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Protein engineering: With a little help from your (microbial) friends
Whitehead Member Hidde Ploegh
From the Science Accessible Series
September 28, 2009

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The fruit of modern biology: Eat it or inject it
Whitehead Member Gerald Fink
From the Science Accessible Series
April 13, 2009

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Small RNAs that silence genes
Whitehead Member David Bartel
From the Science Accessible Series
January 15, 2009

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A conversation with Harvey Lodish
Whitehead Member Harvey Lodish
From the Conversation with a Scientist Series at MIT
December 17, 2008

[view at MIT TechTV web site]   Video length: 1:12:34

It runs in the family: The mechanics of heredity
Whitehead Fellow Andreas Hochwagen
From the Science Accessible Series
December 8, 2008

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Growing blood-forming stem cells in culture: Implications for human medicine
Whitehead Member Harvey Lodish
From the Science Accessible Series
November 3, 2008

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A conversation with Gerry Fink
Whitehead Member Gerry Fink
From the Conversation with a Scientist Series at MIT
July 9, 2008

[view at MIT TechTV web site]   Video length: 1:14:03

The zebrafish: A tool for brain and mental health research
Whitehead Member Hazel Sive
From the Director's Lecture Series for Non-Scientists
June 30, 2008

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Monkeypox: An emerging disease in the "hot zone"
Whitehead Fellow Kate Rubins
From an interview on New England Cable Network (NECN)
May 8, 2008

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What is Systems Biology?
Whitehead Fellow Hui Ge
From the Director's Lecture Series for Non-Scientists
April 28, 2008

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Mapping a new frontier: Human regulatory circuitry
Whitehead Member Rick Young
From the Director's Lecture Series for Non-Scientists
January 7, 2008

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Measures and countermeasures: Virus-host interactions
Whitehead Member Hidde Ploegh
From the Director's Lecture Series for Non-Scientists
November 19, 2007

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The dynamics of cancer research: What's next?
Whitehead Member Robert Weinberg
From the Silver Anniversary Board of Associates Colloquium
November 10, 2007

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Egg or sperm: What's sex got to do with it?
Whitehead Member David Page
From the Director's Lecture Series for Non-Scientists
October 29, 2007

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Regeneration in planaria
Interactive presentation on how tiny flatworms can create a new head or tail
From the Whitehead exhibit at the MIT Museum
October 2007

[interactive presentation]

Protein misfolding: A universal problem
Whitehead Member Susan Lindquist discusses studying misfolded proteins
From the Whitehead exhibit at the MIT Museum
October 2007

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How evolution reused its inventions
Whitehead Member Peter Reddien discusses studying regeneration
From the Whitehead exhibit at the MIT Museum
October 2007

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Creating a community of discovery
The founding of the Whitehead Institute
From the Whitehead exhibit at the MIT Museum
October 2007

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Unexpected interface: Proteins and evolutionary change
Whitehead Member Susan Lindquist
From the Director's Lecture Series for Non-Scientists
March 20, 2007

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Simple solutions to complex problems
Whitehead Member Susan Lindquist
From the Director's Lecture Series for Non-Scientists
March 5, 2007

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Growing blood-forming stem cells in culture—implications for human medicine
Whitehead Member Harvey Lodish
From the Director's Lecture Series for Non-Scientists
February 12, 2007

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On being the right size
Whitehead Member David Sabatini
From the Director's Lecture Series for Non-Scientists
November 13, 2006

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Broken chromosomes: The good, the bad and the ugly
Whitehead Fellow Andreas Hochwagen
From the Director's Lecture Series for Non-Scientists
October 30, 2006

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Under the hood: A beginner's guide to the molecular motor
Whitehead Fellow Paul Wiggins
From the Director's Lecture Series for Non-Scientists
May 22, 2006

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How cancer begins
Whitehead Member Robert Weinberg
From the Director's Lecture Series for Non-Scientists
March 27, 2006

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A new technique for creating stem cells may ease ethical concerns
Examines pioneering work by Whitehead Member Rudolf Jaenisch
From NOVA scienceNOW
January 10, 2006

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Stem cells: you can't always get what you want
Rudolf Jaenisch, Member, Whitehead Institute
From the Director's Lecture Series for Non-Scientists
December 19, 2005

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Small RNAs that silence genes
David Bartel, Member, Whitehead Institute
From the Director's Lecture Series for Non-Scientists
June 20, 2005

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The next anthrax attack
Gerald Fink, Member, Whitehead Institute
From the Director's Lecture Series for Non-Scientists
May 9, 2005

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A community for discovery
Travel back to 1987 for a peek at a day in the life of Whitehead researchers.

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Ride the protein roller coaster
Whitehead's Bioinformatics and Research Computing Group has put together a QuickTime animation that zips you around a sample protein and delves deep into its structure.

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Form from the formless: the awesome power of the embryo
Hazel Sive, Member, Whitehead Institute
From the Director's Lecture Series for Non-Scientists
March 21, 2005

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Cancer breakthroughs
Robert Weinberg, Member, Whitehead Institute
From CBS-4
October 18, 2004

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High-throughput drug discovery
Susan Lindquist, Member, Whitehead Institute
From a 2004 microdocumentary film series sponsored by Technology Review Magazine.

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Engineering new attacks on disease
Richard Young, Member, Whitehead Institute
From the Director's Lecture Series for Non-Scientists
May 10, 2004

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Nuclear cloning and cell therapy: fact and fiction
Rudolf Jaenisch, Member, Whitehead Institute
From the Director's Lecture Series for Non-Scientists
April 27, 2004

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Are we as crazy as mad cows?
Susan Lindquist, Member, Whitehead Institute
From the Director's Lecture Series for Non-Scientists
March 29, 2004

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The evolution of sex: rethinking the rotting Y chromosome
David Page, Member, Whitehead Institute
From the Director's Lecture Series for Non-Scientists
December 8, 2003

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