Take a seat in the lecture hall at Whitehead Academy
and watch a video (QuickTime format) on a range of topics
related to Whitehead science. New titles are in progress
so check this page regularly.
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Small RNAs that silence genes
Whitehead Member David Bartel
From the Science Accessible Series
January 15, 2009
[view video 220k 56k] Video length: 0:59:23
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It runs in the family: The mechanics of heredity
Whitehead Fellow Andreas Hochwagen
From the Science Accessible Series
December 8, 2008
[view video 220k 56k] Video length: 0:46:46
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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
[view video 220k 56k] Video length: 0:51:44
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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
[view video 220k 56k] Video length: 1:05:53
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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
[view at Museum of Science web site]
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What is Systems Biology?
Whitehead Fellow Hui Ge
From the Director's Lecture Series for Non-Scientists
April 28, 2008
[view video 220k 56k] Video length: 34:30
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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
[view video 220k 56k] Video length: 50:32
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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
[view video 220k 56k] Video length: 53:30
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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
[view video 220k 56k] Video length: 1:09:58
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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
[view video 220k 56k] Video length: 1:08:05
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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]
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Protein misfolding: A universal problem
Whitehead Member Susan Lindquist discusses studying misfolded proteins
From the Whitehead exhibit at the MIT Museum
October 2007
[view video 220k 56k] Video length: 2:19
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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
[view video 220k 56k] Video length: 2:16
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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
[view video 220k 56k] Video length: 1:56
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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
[view at WGBH website]
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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
[view video 220k 56k]
Video length: 1:03:25
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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
[view video 220k 56k]
Video length: 51:02
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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
[view video 220k 56k]
Video length: 49:40
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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
[view video 220k 56k]
Video length: 45:36
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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
[view video 220k 56k]
Video length: 42:50
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How cancer begins
Whitehead Member Robert Weinberg
From the Director's Lecture Series for Non-Scientists
March 27, 2006
[view video 220k 56k]
Video length: 1:07:48
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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
[view video 220k 56k]
Video length: 8:00
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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
[view video 220k 56k]
Video length: 59:00
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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
[view video 220k 56k]
Video length: 56:00
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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
[view video 220k 56k]
Video length: 1:00:52
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Last updated May 30, 2008.