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 Microbiome Center, a joint initiative of the MBL, the University of Chicago, and Argonne National Laboratory, has announced the successful applicants for what it’s calling “Pilot Projects, 2.0.” The Center sought proposals linking the study of microbes with any aspect of global change. The focus of the grants is to “fund exploratory projects difficult
By Matt Wood Illustration by UChicago Creative Alzheimer’s disease researcher Myles Minter still sounds a little surprised while describing the improbable group of researchers he is collaborating with these days—not just neuroscientists but also colleagues from fields as disparate as gastroenterology and marine biology. A postdoctoral scholar in neurobiology, Minter and his advisor, Prof. Sangram Sisodia,