Welcome to Sun Lab at Whitehead Institute!

The Sun Lab seeks to harness vast single-cell transcriptomic and spatial data to develop and apply cutting-edge machine learning and deep learning models. Our goal is to deepen the understanding of fundamental principles of functional cell-cell communication within and between organs, such as brain-immune system crosstalk, and its crucial roles in integrating genotype and phenotype. By extending these insights to a wide range of biological contexts and applications, our work aims to accelerate the discovery of novel intercellular and inter-organ therapies, opening new avenues for therapeutic innovation in human diseases.

Latest News

• Feb.1, 2026: Welcome, Joana!
• Dec.11, 2025: Our preprint “Haruka Resolves Perturbation Response Heterogeneity in Spatial Cell Niches” is available on bioRxiv.
• Nov.27, 2025: Our perspective article “Challenges and potential applications of AI in systems biology” was published in Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology.
• Sep.15, 2025: Welcome, Amy!
• Aug.11, 2025: Welcome, Yuxiang!
• Mar.7, 2025: Welcome, Albert!
• Feb.24, 2025: Welcome, Yan!
• Jan.21, 2025: Welcome, Sophia!
• Sep.16, 2024: The Sun Lab at Whitehead Institute is officially launched! We welcome you to visit us!