Paul Alivisatos, recently inaugurated as the 14th president of the University of Chicago, paid his first visit to the Marine Biological Laboratory in mid-November. Following the MBL Board of Trustees meeting, Alivisatos spent a day touring the campus, accompanied by MBL Director Nipam Patel and colleagues. They went on a specimen collecting trip on The […]
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A cohort of juvenile Atlantic horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) are spending the winter at MBL under the watchful eye of Veterinarian Lisa Abbo as part of a collaboration with Charles River Laboratories. “They were collected this past June and are being raised through the winter to be released back into the wild in the spring,” […]
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By Emily Greenhalgh The organisms studied by MBL scientists may not be spooky or scary, but some of them are downright weird. That’s what makes them such great research subjects. Below are just a few of the amazing organisms scientists are working with at the MBL. Rotifer: Small, but Mighty For scientists at the MBL, […]
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By Diana Kenney
In “Turn the Tide” at Highfield Hall, sculptor Courtney Mattison evokes the brilliant biodiversity of coral reefs and the real existential threat they face.
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By Emily Greenhalgh Friday, October 8 is World Octopus Day! The California two-spot octopus (Octopus bimaculoides) is one of two species of octopus cultured at the MBL. Bimaculoides gets its common name from the iridescent blue circles, known as ocelli, on both its sides. “I study octopuses to understand how they form their bodyplan over […]
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