A glowing bat and a curled chameleon, both imaged by MBL Embryology Course students, are among the top 20 winners of the 2020 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition, a leading forum for showcasing life as seen through a light microscope. The chameleon, which placed 8th, was taken by 2019 Embryology course students Allan Carrillo-Baltodano and
Polina V. Lishko of University of California, Berkeley, a recent faculty member in the MBL Frontiers in Reproduction (FIR) course, has received a 2020 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, commonly known as a “Genius Award.” Lishko studies “the cellular processes that guide mammalian fertilization and [are] opening new avenues for contraception and treatment of infertility,” the Foundation
The “Microbiomes Across Environments” is one of three courses being offered this year as part of the UChicago Autumn Quarter at MBL. The “Microbiomes Across Environments” course has just started at the Marine Biological Laboratory! All through the Fall term, nine undergraduate students from the University of Chicago will be learning in Woods Hole (Massachusetts)
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded today to three scientists, including one MBL alumnus, “for the discovery of the Hepatitis C virus.” They are Harvey J. Alter of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Michael Houghton of the University of Alberta, and Charles M. Rice (MBL Physiology course, 1973, 1975) of Rockefeller
When MBL Director Nipam Patel was in high school in El Paso, Texas, an offer came his way that not only deepened his interest in nature and science, it paved the way for a successful research career. “I had the opportunity to do research at University of Texas, Austin, through a National Science Foundation-sponsored summer
MBL Fellow Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado of the Stowers Institute has published an exciting paper in Science describing genetic mechanisms that can explain why some vertebrates can regenerate body parts while others — such as humans — cannot. In the Twitter thread below, Sánchez Alvarado explains the genesis of the research discovery, including how he first
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