Joe DeGiorgis

MBL Launches Squid Genome Project

With a recent Nobel Prize under its belt and a project underway to sequence many of its genes, it seemed like the surf clam might be gaining on the squid in the ongoing rivalry for the most famous MBL research model. But the newly launched Squid Genome Project aspires to keep the race close, to enhance the squid’s reputation as an important model for the study of human disease, and to lure new researchers to the squid and Woods Hole.

The project, which aims to identify the long-finned squid’s (Loligo pealei) key genes, saw its first results in August. “To date, we’ve identified more than 3,000 genes out of what we predict will total approximately 35,000 genes,” says MBL/NIH neuroscientist Joe DeGiorgis, who is co-directing the project with MBL Whitman Investigator J. Peter H. Burbach of the Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, University Medical Center Utrecht in the Netherlands.... more »

	John Hobbie

John Hobbie Named Distinguished Scientist

The MBL has named Dr. John E. Hobbie a Distinguished Scientist for his outstanding achievements and service to the laboratory. John is co-director of the MBL’s Ecosystems Center. He joined the MBL in 1976.

Distinguished Scientist is a special recognition that is bestowed on an MBL scientist with outstanding scientific achievements and service to the scientific community. Only one other MBL scientist, Shinya Inoué, currently holds this designation.... more »