Genetics

Genetics

genes • gene editing • heredity• evolution • genetic variability • phenotypic variability • horizontal gene transfer • meiosis • recombination • epigenetics • DNA repair and replication • chromosome segregation • cell division • gene regulation • development • aging • pathogenesis • cancer • disease

Mary Gehring
Faculty Spotlight

Mary Gehring

Professor of Biology; Core Member and David Baltimore Chair in Biomedical Research, Whitehead Institute; Graduate Officer; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Mary Gehring researches epigenetic mechanisms of gene regulation in plants.

Biologists identify targets for new pancreatic cancer treatments

A selfish gene unlike any other

Manipulating time with torpor

Taking the pulse of sex differences in the heart

A planarian’s guide to growing a new head

A cell protector collaborates with a killer

Laub Lab News Brief: anti-viral defense system in bacteria modifies mRNA

An elegant switch regulates production of protein variants during cell division