A New Life for Gemma
By Mark Wolverton
After nearly 40 years as a fishing and specimen-collecting vessel, the MBL’s hardy Gemma is getting a major upgrade and a redefined mission.
Jawless Fish Can Regrow their Spinal Cords ― Twice | Nature Research Highlights
A jawless fish called the lamprey is known for its resilience: after its spinal cord is severed, it can regrow part of its central nervous system and resume swimming normally. Now, [MBL] scientists have discovered that the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) can repeat the feat even if the same site is re-injured. Read more …
Key Advances in Science and Innovation in 2018 | UChicago Research and National Labs
.et_post_meta_wrapper This article highlights some of the advances in scientific research and innovation at the University of Chicago and its affiliated labs last year, including from the labs of MBL’s Jennifer Morgan and Amy Gladfelter. This year brought us discoveries, developments and advances that uncovered new knowledge and informed fields of research. In 2018, we
Those We Lost in 2018 | The Scientist Magazine
The late MBL scientist Osamu Shimomura, 2008 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, is in this list. By Ashley Yeager The scientific community said goodbye to a number of leading researchers this year. Read more … Photo: Aequorea victoria, the species of jellyfish Osamu Shimomura used to isolate green fluorescent protein. © ISTOCK.COM, GARYKAVANAGH Source: Those We
Outsmarting Ocean Acidification | CapeCod.com
MBL scientist Loretta Roberson is collaborating with Scott Lindell of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Cottage City Oysters to test different seaweeds as buffers for hatcheries against acidification. By Doreen Leggett CHATHAM –Although it was years ago, Dan Martino well remembers how hatcheries in the Pacific Northwest watched their shellfish seed die, ravaged by ocean
Improving Predictions of Soil Microbial Responses to Global Change
In most soil microbial communities, the controls on growth and metabolism are poorly understood and are simply too complex to be included in computer models of climate, soil fertility for agriculture, or waste management. To determine the principles by which soil microbial communities function under varying environmental constraints, development of a scalable biogeochemical modeling approach
Team Seeks Link Between Massive RNA Recoding, Environmental Acclimation
Octopus, squid, and cuttlefish are extraordinary animals in many ways. Although they are soft-bodied creatures related to sea slugs and clams, they engage in sophisticated behaviors that can eerily resemble vertebrate intelligence. In 2015, Joshua Rosenthal of the MBL, Eli Eisenberg of Tel Aviv University and colleagues discovered a striking trait in squid: They edit
Osamu Shimomura, 90, Dies; Won Nobel for Finding a Glowing Protein | New York Times
By Kenneth Chang Osamu Shimomura, who shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2008 for his discovery of a glowing jellyfish protein that is now ubiquitous in biomedical research, died on Friday in Nagasaki, Japan. He was 90. Nagasaki University, his alma mater, announced his death. “Osamu was a quiet and brilliant researcher,” Martin L.
MBL Spider Embryo Takes Fifth Place | 2018 Nikon Small World Competition
A vivid image of a spider embryo created by Tessa Montague in the 2017 MBL Embryology course has taken 5th place in Nikon’s 2018 “Small World” Competition. Montague, then a graduate student at Harvard University, worked with Embryology course faculty member (and now MBL director) Nipam Patel to prepare the embryo for photomicrography. It must
MBL Candle House has its Whale Boat Back, Fully Restored
The iconic whaling ship model that, since the mid-1960s, has jutted out toward Water Street from the façade of the Marine Biological Laboratory’s (MBL) Candle House is back in place, after a complete overhaul. Myron Hartford of North Falmouth restored and repainted the model ship, which is a replica of the Charles W. Morgan, a