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 …
By Mollie Rappe It’s a bitter cold morning in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. By 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 22, the temperature has risen to 17 degrees. Factor in the 20-mph winds that whip into the small Cape Cod village from the waters of Vineyard Sound, and the temperature with wind chill registers 0 degrees —
This article spotlights the research of MBL Senior Scientist Zoe Cardon. By Ysabelle Kempe Global warming brings to mind scenes of devastating natural disasters and polar bears on shrinking ice caps. But new research is studying the effects of climate change on a less visible matter — interactions between plant roots and the surrounding soil,
Applications for several of the MBL Advanced Research Training courses, including the Embryology Course, are due February 1, 2019. By Anneke Kakebeen I evaluate experiences by this basic philosophy: Some things are a good experience, some are a good story. When I’m lucky, sometimes they are both. My summer at #Embryo2018 had all three scenarios. The
.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
By Eric Niiler The idea first came to Jerry Melillo nearly 30 years ago, as he drove down a highway in Sweden, where he was attending a scientific conference. He noticed that, even though a blanket of snow covered the surrounding fields, the roads appeared ice-free. Melillo asked around and discovered that in the winter,
By Michael Poliakoff Sigal Ben-Porath’s Inside Higher Ed article, “Against Endorsing the Chicago Principles,” puts the urgent need for uncompromised freedom of expression on a slippery slope. While properly observing that espousing even a clear statement of commitment is insufficient, Ben-Porath rejects the idea of its absolute necessity and thereby risks entirely derailing mainstream efforts
By Ben Guarino The axolotl is a salamander that heals without scarring. It can regrow its limbs, jaw, skin and even parts of its brain and spinal cord. The salamander can regrow a severed arm dozens of times and always makes a perfect copy. These amphibians are, according to biologist Karen Echeverri, “the superstars of
A photo taken in the MBL Embryology Course is one of Science’s picks! By Emily Petersen Our Science Visuals team reviewed the most striking photographs we published this year. Here are the ones that moved us the most. Read more … Caption: The transition from single cell to multicell organisms—a major step in evolution—may not
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