Museum of Science Lecture Series 2003: 50th Anniversary of DNA Discovery

March 5, 2003

Rick Young, Member, Whitehead Institute
Trey Ideker, Fellow, Whitehead Institute

Script for Life

Scientists are developing the "Script for Life," the first wiring diagram to describe how a complex cell produces life. Learn about how scientists are creating such a comprehensive blueprint and how it will help pinpoint what goes wrong in disease and develop new, targeted pharmaceutical therapies.

March 12, 2003

Susan Lindquist, Director, Whitehead Institute

More than Meets the Genome

Our genes underlie how we look and the diseases that can affect us, but there is more than meets the eye when it comes to the genome. Learn about the other half of the story from scientists, who are now discovering that proteins have unique control mechanisms to fine tune what is written in the genes.

March 19, 2003

Robert Weinberg, Member, Whitehead Instiute
Mark Daly, Fellow, Whitehead Institute

Implications for Disease

Learn about how scientists are using the genome sequences from humans and other organisms to understand disease and improve the drug development process.

Last updated October 3, 2004.