Monthly Archives: September 2017

Whitehead’s David Sabatini discusses mTOR, a protein connecting metabolism, nutrition, and disease



As a graduate student, Whitehead Member David Sabatini identified mTOR, the keystone molecule in a cellular pathway connecting nutrition, metabolism, and aging. In this episode, he discusses how the molecule was first discovered and what his lab is currently working on, including mTOR’s role in cancer, growth, and metabolism.