Jessica Whited

Jessica Whited is a faculty member at Harvard Medical School, affiliated with the Department of Genetics and the Health Sciences and Technology (HSCRB) division. She leads the Whited Lab at the Brigham Regenerative Medicine Center and BWH Department of Orthopedic Surgery, focusing on limb regeneration in axolotl salamanders using genetic tools.

• University of Missouri: B.A. in Philosophy and B.S. in Biological Sciences
• MIT: Ph.D. in Biology studying molecular mechanisms in Drosophila nervous system development
• Harvard Medical School: Postdoctoral work in Cliff Tabin's lab on axolotl limb regeneration

Her research explores the molecular and genetic basis of tissue regeneration, wound healing signaling, and cellular architecture maintenance. She has developed key tools like inducible genetic systems and TALEN-mediated gene editing for axolotl studies. Recent publications emphasize transcriptomic analysis, blastema dynamics, and signaling pathways in regeneration.

Her lab at Harvard Medical School investigates how early post-injury signaling initiates regeneration and addresses molecular roadblocks in the process. She has contributed methodological advancements for vascular visualization and gene delivery in axolotl models.