By Diana Kenney For the past 23 summers, young neuroscientists from underrepresented groups have participated in an outstanding training opportunity at the MBL, the Summer Program in Neuroscience, Excellence, and Success (SPINES). Like many MBL course alumni, SPINES alumni are a strongly bonded group who credit the course with having had a major impact on
Science magazine published this retrospective on the life and career of James G. Townsel, co-founder of the MBL Summer Program in Neuroscience, Excellence and Success (SPINES) and MBL Society Emeritus Member. By Rae Nishi, Byron D. Ford, and John Hildebrand James “Jim” Garfield Townsel, a neuroscientist who devoted his life to diversifying the field, died on
Duke University Medical School doctoral student Briana Davis (alumna, MBL Zebrafish Development and Genetics, 2019) and her advisor John Rawls (course director, MBL Frontiers in Host-Microbe Interactions, 2015) have been awarded a Gilliam Fellowship from Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). The fellowships, which provide $50K per year for up to three years, seek to increase
We know you’re missing the Marine Biological Laboratory and we’re missing you, too. Enjoy this virtual walk through Woods Hole, see some familiar MBL faces, and learn some cool facts! This video greeted students, faculty, scientists and others who attended the MBL’s Virtual Programs this summer – eliciting warm memories, laughter and even a few
Note: The PEP students presented their final symposium on August 7. Read more about the students and their research abstracts here! Sixteen college students from around the country are participating in this year’s Woods Hole Partnership Education Program (PEP). It offers the same basic content and growth experiences as in past summers, but unlike the
Eric Schwartz, director of the MBL September Course “Observing Proteins in Action: How to Design and Build Your Own Instruments,” has received a Quantrell Award for excellence in undergraduate teaching from the University of Chicago. The Quantrell Awards are believed to be the oldest prize of their kind in the nation. The MBL September Courses,
“One thing that might not show up on brochures about the MBL’s Semester in Environmental Science (SES) program is one of the most important: As a student, you are given the chance to join this enclave of awesome scientists. They know your name, what you did for your independent project, and what sorts of science
Lauren Johnson—student of Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas—was awarded the MBL Associates Prize for Excellence in Independent Research in the Semester in Environmental Science (SES). The prize, sponsored by Friends of the MBL, was awarded based on her presentation at the 23rd annual SES student research symposium, which was held at the MBL in
By Diana Kenney Can the “Woods Hole magic” – that intangible something that MBL students for decades have tried to describe — be recreated in a distant locale? “Yes,” it appears, given the passionate response to the MBL Practical Course on Developmental Biology held last January in Quintay, Chile. “This has been one of the
Martyna Lukoseviciute shares the story behind her octopus embryo image — which has won several international awards — and the unexpected lessons she has learnt from it. Today I would like to share the multi-layered story behind this beautiful image that I captured, on my birthday, at last summer’s wonderful Embryology Course in the Marine