By Jen Walton Since the physical Library at MBL is closed, the Library staff has been working hard to get Woods Hole scientists the materials that they need to support their research. In addition, there are two graduate students form Arizona State University working in Woods Hole and making use of Library resources in different
Jessica Mark Welch is an Associate Scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole. This is her story from the field as told to Claire Maldarelli. Bacteria run the world, and even though they’re all around us and seemingly crucial to the function of every single biological ecosystem, we still know little about them.
Just when we thought octopuses couldn’t be any weirder, it turns out that they and their cephalopod brethren evolve differently from nearly every other organism on the planet. In a surprising twist, in April 2017 scientists discovered that octopuses, along with some squid and cuttlefish species, routinely edit their RNA (ribonucleic acid) sequences to adapt
There’s been a lot going on in 2020, so nobody can be blamed for missing a few things. But amid a tumultuous year in which many pivoted to COVID-19 research, University of Chicago scholars and scientists have also been hard at work continuing to understand the planet and the universe we live in, to improve
By Eve Zuckoff How did insects get their wings? After 100 years of debate, that is the mystery just solved by biologists at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole. Until now, many scientists believed that insect wings were ”novel” structures that sprang up with no corresponding structure in the ancestor. But postdoctoral researcher Heather
In this delightful podcast, MBL Fellow Hari Shroff delves into memories (fond and not so much) of his childhood in England; his lifelong interest in tool building, “by luck” taking a post-doc in the lab of Eric Betzig and helping to develop a microscopy technology that went on to win a Nobel Prize; the uncertainties
Scientists explain how genetically engineered organisms can help diminish atmospheric carbon and tackle climate change. Co-authors of the opinion piece, published in BioDesign Research, include MBL Distinguished Scientist Jerry Melillo. From NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE Climate change is a major global crisis. Despite international agreements to fight climate change, greenhouse gas emissions
By Ozren Bogdanovic and Manuel Irimia On 16 September 2020, when the news of José Luis Gómez-Skarmeta’s untimely passing broke, the scientific community was left in dismay. … The field of developmental and evolutionary genomics had just lost a foundational figure, a mentor and one of its most prolific scientists. Read more .. Source: José
Paloma Gonzalez Bellido, an MBL Whitman Center Scientist and collaborator with Senior Scientist Roger Hanlon, comments on this study. By Katherine J. Wu Octopuses can taste what their arms touch, and scientists have figured out how. Should anything ever compel you to lick an octopus’s arm, keep this in mind: That arm has all the