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Tissue Development Study Builds on Tools from National Xenopus Resource

Tissue Development Study Builds on Tools from National Xenopus Resource

By Stephanie M. McPherson

The African clawed frog is a great model to learn more about human disease and development. These frogs (also known as Xenopus laevis) produce many transparent embryos, making it easy to observe development and run a number of experiments at a time. But most impressively, 79 percent of genes associated with human disease have a close cousin in the genes of these frogs. The frog’s genes may not be exactly the same, but they function in similar ways. This means results from disease studies in these frogs have a strong relevance to human disease.

A recent paper in Genetics details how to make the study of these frogs more efficient.

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MBL's Zoe Cardon is Elected Fellow of the Ecological Society of America

MBL’s Zoe Cardon is Elected Fellow of the Ecological Society of America

The ESA honored Cardon for “outstanding research contributions in ecosystem science.”

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Finding the Art in Science: A Profile of Duygu Özpolat, MBL Hibbitt Fellow

Finding the Art in Science: A Profile of Duygu Özpolat, MBL Hibbitt Fellow

By Stephanie M. McPherson

Duygu Özpolat had a problem. She was 8 years old and sewing a dress for one of her dolls. She loved sewing—but she’d already decided to become a scientist. She turned to her mother for advice. “I…asked her if I can be a tailor and a scientist at the same time when I grow up,” says Özpolat.

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Profile of a Scientific Mentor: Veronica Martinez-Acosta

Profile of a Scientific Mentor: Veronica Martinez-Acosta

While Thomas Blum, a high-school senior from Newton, Mass., was a research intern at the MBL last summer, he became interested in the experiences of women in science. For this profile, Blum interviewed Veronica Martinez-Acosta, co-director of the MBL’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates program and a professor at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas.

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A Microdiversity for Each Season: Team Reveals Subtle Shifts in Salt Marsh Bacteria

A Microdiversity for Each Season: Team Reveals Subtle Shifts in Salt Marsh Bacteria

By David Holzman

A new study reveals how subtypes of an abundant marine microbe, Synechococcus, shift through time and changing seasons in Falmouth’s Little Sippewissett salt marsh.

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Course Connection

  1. Behold the Bizarre and Beautiful First Cleavage of a Ctenophore | @TessaMontague

    Behold the Bizarre and Beautiful First Cleavage of a Ctenophore | @TessaMontague

    April 18, 2018
  2. “Best Scientific Experience Ever”: MBL Physiology Students Publish Research

    February 7, 2018
  3. 2018 Resolutions? Become Fearless in the MBL Embryology Course! | The Node

    January 10, 2018
  4. MBL Scientific Community Members Named HHMI Professors; AAAS Fellows

    December 28, 2017

Research Updates

  1. MBL's Mitchell Sogin to Integrate Activities of Deep Life Community

    MBL’s Mitchell Sogin to Integrate Activities of Deep Life Community

    April 17, 2018
  2. Study of Marine Microbial Metabolic Expression Receives Grant Award

    March 26, 2018
  3. MBL Fellow to Study Evolution of Cardiovascular System in Pygmy Squid

    March 23, 2018
  4. Lured by the Acorn Worm | Nature Ecology & Evolution Community

    March 19, 2018

The MBL Global Community

  1. Image of the Week: A Model Microbiome | HHMI BioInteractive

    Image of the Week: A Model Microbiome | HHMI BioInteractive

    February 6, 2018
  2. Bringing “Striped Bass Magic” to Secondary School Classrooms

    January 31, 2018
  3. Nine MBL Affiliates are Named Fellows of the American Academy of Microbiology

    January 29, 2018
  4. MBL Researchers Contribute to Children’s Book on Impacts of Fertilizers and Pesticides

    January 24, 2018
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MBL in the News

  • MBL Scientist Studies Cape Cod Coral | Falmouth Enterprise
  • What Gives The Morpho Butterfly Its Magnificent Blue? | Nature | PBS
  • What Lava Lamps and Vinaigrette Can Teach Us About Cell Biology | Nature
  • Researchers Study Cape Cod Corals | NBC10 Boston
  • Cuttlefish, Master of Camouflage, Reveals a New Trick | The New York Times
  • What a Walking Fish Can Teach Us About Human Evolution | Smithsonian.com
  • Dolphins vs. Octopuses: Showdown in the Sea! | Brains On

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