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Summer Undergraduates at MBL Inspire a Variety of Research Topics

Summer Undergraduates at MBL Inspire a Variety of Research Topics

By Emily Zollo

As the summer spills into fall, nearly 60 undergraduates who spent the summer at MBL are returning home to more than 25 institutions around the nation, having found many opportunities to learn from the scientific talent and generous biodiversity of the Woods Hole ecosystem.

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Forgot Your Eclipse Glasses? At the MBL, Many Ways to View the Sun Were On Hand

Forgot Your Eclipse Glasses? At the MBL, Many Ways to View the Sun Were On Hand

By Diana Kenney

A crowd of scientists, students, and staff gathered on the MBL Quad today to view the solar eclipse, bringing an array of home-made, found, or bought viewing devices!

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How Curious is That Octopus? MBL Project Documents Lives, Behaviors of Cephalopods

How Curious is That Octopus? MBL Project Documents Lives, Behaviors of Cephalopods

By Jennifer Tsang

Eric Edsinger needed 21 security cameras, not for a super top-secret project, but to get a glimpse into the lives of octopuses.

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Woods Hole Sleuthing Leads to Unusual Bacterium – and Propels a Career in Science

Woods Hole Sleuthing Leads to Unusual Bacterium – and Propels a Career in Science

By Jennifer Tsang

When Dianne Newman was a teaching assistant for the MBL Microbial Diversity course in 1998, little did she know the experience would launch her into several years’ worth of scientific inquiry.

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Picturing the Invisible: Where Photography and Microscopy Meet

Picturing the Invisible: Where Photography and Microscopy Meet

By Jennifer Tsang

A multitude of bright colors, clean lines filling the canvas, and images with perfect symmetry. A walk through the Nikon Small World Exhibit might have you wondering if you’re in a contemporary art show.

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Microbial Physiology and Diversity: What's Old is New | Small Things Considered

Microbial Physiology and Diversity: What’s Old is New | Small Things Considered

August 27, 2017

The Inner Ear in Living Color | @m_scheibinger
August 27, 2017
My Crash Course in Light Sheet Microscopy
August 27, 2017
Termite Gut Protists! | MBL Microbial Diversity Course
August 24, 2017

Microbial Diversity Web Service "VAMPS" at MBL Receives Sustaining Support

Microbial Diversity Web Service “VAMPS” at MBL Receives Sustaining Support

August 30, 2017

Grant will Expand MBL Study of Neural Defects in Parkinson’s, Other Diseases
August 30, 2017
Collaborators to Investigate Structure of Microbial Food Webs
August 28, 2017
New Grant Will Establish Core Facility for Genome Editing at MBL
August 28, 2017

Falmouth Teacher to Bring Arctic Science to Class after Embedding with MBL Ecologists

Falmouth Teacher to Bring Arctic Science to Class after Embedding with MBL Ecologists

August 22, 2017

MBL Microscopy Innovator Joins Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
August 3, 2017
Catching Up with the Library’s Catherine N. Norton Fellows | BHL
July 27, 2017
Scientists Create Cellular Guillotine for Studying Single-Cell Wound Repair | Scicasts
June 29, 2017