Note: The path-breaking Physiology Course is one of several research training programs in quantitative biology offered at the Marine Biological Laboratory. Others include Physical Biology of the Cell and University of Chicago’s QBio Bootcamp @MBL. MBL also offers courses in quantitative microscopy, including Analytical and Quantitative Light Microscopy, Optical Microscopy and Imaging in the Biomedical
np_core_post_headers_video The Marine Biological Laboratory is “one of the few places where you can see octopuses hatching from the egg,” as shown in this clip from “Octopus: Making Contact,” a Nature/PBS documentary that premiered on Oct. 2. Bret Grasse, MBL’s manager of cephalopod operations, appears earlier in the episode, along with some of the more
By Stephan Benzkofer Fifty years ago, scientists at the University of Chicago sought to break through traditional academic barriers to revolutionize the field of biology. They created the Committee on Evolutionary Biology, which has been a driving force behind impactful scientific inquiry at the University of Chicago ever since. To this day, its deeply interconnected graduate
The month’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature’s photo team. By Emma Stoye Octopus embryo. This microscope image of a California two-spot octopus (Octopus bimaculoides) embryo was one of the top 20 images in Nikon’s Small World photomicrography contest. It was entered by biologists Martyna Lukoseviciute of the University of Oxford, UK, and Carrie Albertin
Note: Mitchell Sogin, MBL Distinguished Senior Scientist, co-chairs the Deep Life Community in the Deep Carbon Observatory. By Kasia Kornecki These days, most researchers know very well that in order to get funding, it’s helpful to already have funding. The solemn reality of the grant cycle is that solid preliminary results and immediate applications are
By Ashley Yeager The sea, Rachel Carson once wrote, is the “great mother of life.” Most know Carson for Silent Spring, an environmental manifesto that accused the chemical industry of spreading disinformation on pesticides. The book, published in 1962, contributed to the initiation of a federal ban on the use of the synthetic organic compound
By Eryn Brown If you’ve ever brushed your teeth or swished some mouthwash, they’ve been in your sight: the hundreds of billions of microorganisms — mostly bacteria — that live in the average human mouth. Dangling from the hard palate, burrowed in the nooks and crannies of the tongue and intertwined in the plaque on teeth are
By Eva Amsen Nikon recently announced the winners of their annual Small World photomicrography competition. It’s a contest open to any photos taken with a microscope. The finalists are usually intriguing and surprising images of the natural world, shown in a way that most people haven’t seen before. But since taking such images is reserved
By Erik Olsen Roger Hanlon is one of the world’s foremost experts on one of the planet’s most amazing creatures: the octopus. For decades, he has undertaken expeditions around the globe to study these intelligent creatures. Now, Hanlon and engineer and oceanographer Derya Akkaynak are on the homestretch of an eight-year odyssey to find out
By Amirah Al Idrus Nearly two years ago, Nessan Bermingham, Ph.D., handed the reins of Intellia Therapeutics over to John Leonard, M.D., the R&D chief who had built the company alongside him. After a break, he landed at Atlas Venture, the VC firm that helped launch Intellia in 2014 and that is now debuting Korro Bio, Bermingham’s latest