'I want to understand how a variant of a protein that maybe is made slightly differently, would, for example, have some other function in cancer cells that helps them continue to divide,' postdoc Eric Smith says.

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'Almost every project I’ve been involved in has not turned out how we first envisioned it, and things that were problems have actually been signs of something interesting,' says Jason Matos, a postdoc in Jing-Ke Weng’s lab: ow.ly/YH4550G3M6F
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In the latest #WhiteheadPostdocProfiles Q&A, Evgeni “Genya” Frenkel, a postdoc in David M. Sabatini’s lab who investigates mitochondria, discusses mentorship, co-parenting, the unique evolutionary history of mitochondria, and more: ow.ly/xXqt50Cqck9

Postdoc Jonathan Nelson in Yukiko M. Yamashita studies how dividing cells maintain their genomes. Outside the lab, Nelson uses educational outreach to make science accessible to young students.

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'I'm really looking at how these germ cells transcribe the correct genes that give them their identity. What's the actual genetic regulation of totipotent potential?'

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Xin Tang is a postdoc in Whitehead Institute Member Rudolf Jaenisch’s lab investigating brain disease and developing approaches to discover new therapies. Read the Q&A: ow.ly/LONq50Ai5EI
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Meet Page lab postdoc Laura Blanton Laura V. Blanton, who investigates sex differences in the immune system. Read the Q&A: ow.ly/PX4G50zTBc5
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'There's a lot of positivity that can be grabbed onto from other places in the lab, even when the research aspect itself isn't going so well,' says Jonathan Nelson, a postdoc in Yukiko M. Yamashita.

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'I think one of the best ways to get to know a city is to run around with no goal, just seeing the roads and neighborhoods. It helps you get to know the lay of the land,' postdoc Haley Licon says.

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Meet Jarrett Smith, a postdoc in Whitehead Institute Member David Bartel’s lab. His research on how cells respond to stress is a new direction for the lab, but he shares an interest in punk rock with his labmates. Read the Q&A: ow.ly/Dnp350CPisy

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Bartel lab postdoc Jarrett Smith is studying how cells respond to stress. He’s also interested in storytelling in all forms, dancing, D&D, and punk rock. Learn more about his experiences in and out of the lab in the latest #WhiteheadPostdocProfiles Q&A: ow.ly/M1qD50D9Fy1

Our latest #WhiteheadPostdocProfiles features Gavin Schlissel, who studies cell signaling in the Li lab. In this Q&A, Gavin shares his many diverse interests, plus a lab horror story involving a flaming ethanol bath: wi.mit.edu/news/meet-whit…

For Jarrett Smith, an interest in animals as a kid led to a career in biology research. As a postdoc in the Bartel lab, Smith studies how cells respond to stress.

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'Outreach is one of my favorite parts of science,' postdoc Jordana Bloom says. 'I've been participating in the Whitehead Teacher Program, where we pair up with high school teachers to be a resource for them.'

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Postdoc Amelie Raz investigates germline cells in @Yamashitaflylab. 'The cells are effectively immortal, and I want to figure out what makes them that way,' Amelie says.

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Meet Eric Smith, a postdoc in Iain Cheeseman's lab studying how cancer cells can alter proteins to support continued cell division.

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Meet Kutay Deniz Atabay Kutay Deniz Atabay, a postdoc in the Reddien lab investigating regeneration — including how neuronal circuits regenerate in various organisms such as planarians, a type of flatworm. Read the latest #WhiteheadPostdocProfiles Q&A: ow.ly/aFtQ50Bi4b4

'I started drawing mice during my PhD program because I used mice as a model system...I started going around putting cartoons everywhere in the lab,' says Tomo Kumon, a postdoc in Yukiko M. Yamashita.

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Our latest #WhiteheadPostdocProfiles features Jullien Flynn, a postdoc in Yukiko M. Yamashita studying satellite DNA and its potential links to disease.

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'It took me until I actually started working at the bench to realize: Oh, there's a lot of messiness, there are a lot of different ways you could do something, and you actually have to be intensely creative.' — Brad Wierbowski #WhiteheadPostdocProfiles wi.mit.edu/news/meet-whit…