The University of Chicago’s Board of Trustees has named Paul Alivisatos as the University’s 14th president. An accomplished leader in higher education and a world-renowned scientist, Alivisatos, 61, is currently executive vice chancellor and provost at the University of California, Berkeley.
By Diana Kenney
A simple Tweet from MBL SPINES alumna Angeline Dukes has blossomed quickly into a robust, vibrant community of Black scholars in neuroscience.
February 2 is World Wetlands Day—a day to raise awareness about the role wetlands play in the health of ecosystems around the world. At the Marine Biological Laboratory, scientists at our Ecosystems Center have been studying these vital ecosystems for more than 40 years. This year’s World Wetlands Day theme, Wetlands and Water, highlights the
By Emily Greehhalgh
From gene-editing squid to Zoom classes and digital learning lessons, 2020 may not have been a typical year for the Marine Biological Laboratory, but it was an exciting one. Dive into some of the best content you may have missed!
By Diana Kenney
Paul Turner of Yale University is fascinated by the success of viruses on this planet. Here, we pose five questions about his career, dreams, and passions.
What does it take for a butterfly to go from egg to caterpillar to beautiful, flying insect? Find out in this Digital Learning Science Lesson featuring MBL Research Assistants Sophia Kelly and Gabby Jerz. This guided lesson takes middle or high school students through the four stages of butterfly metamorphosis and is accompanied by classroom
By Diana Kenney
The discovery of CRISPR “is a story of serendipity,” Jennifer Doudna said in MBL’s Lillie Auditorium. “It’s a story about science going in a very different direction than the scientists originally anticipated.”
By Emily Greenhalgh Since 2008, scientific organizations around the world have celebrated International Cephalopod Awareness Days from October 8 to 12 to highlight the group of marine animals that includes octopus, squid, cuttlefish, and nautilus. Did you know that the MBL has the biggest cephalopod culture operation in the United States? Right now, there are
Necessity is the mother of invention! When the COVID-19 pandemic forced the MBL to shut down the campus right before a typically packed summer of research and educational programs, many creative minds in the community came up with digital programming to stay connected with multiple MBL audiences. Here are just a few programs to catch up on.
By Emily Greenhalgh One of the MBL’s popular courses, Physical Biology of the Cell (PBoC), went virtual this year, with a three-week long schedule of talks garnering hundreds of live views each. “We had an amazing group that had already been scheduled. It was on their calendars. We knew they were going to be excellent