• MBL Creates Portal for Online "Macroscope" to Explore Life's Mysteries: First 30,000 Encyclopedia of Life pages unveiled to acclaim of scientists, educators; EOL software infrastructure developed by MBL team.
  
  
• The Cooperative View: MBL scientists give evidence that centrosomes evolved through symbiogenesis
  
  
• From Think Tank to Fish Tank: MBL hosts international experts at aquaculture symposium.
  
  
• Is DNA Repair a Substitute for Sex? Birds and bees may do it, but the microscopic animals called bdelloid rotifers seem to get along just fine without sex, thank you. What’s more, they have done so over millions of years.
  
  
• Increasing Nitrogen Pollution Overwhelms Filtering Capability of Streams: Nationwide study says excess nitrogen loading reduces pollution-filtering efficiency of stream and river networks.

• Revealed: Secrets of Camouflage Masters
  Senior Scientist Roger Hanlon’s cephalopod camouflage research was featured in a New York Times story and on ABC’s World News Tonight.
  
  
• Pavlov’s Fish?
  MBL Scientific Aquaculture Program director Scott Lindell’s pilot project using acoustic conditioning as a novel means of open ocean fish ranching and stock replenishment was featured in 400+ print and broadcast media outlets this spring, including:
  • The Boston Globe
  • The Osgood Files
  • NPR Marketplace
  • NPR's Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me!
    
    
• The Encyclopedia of Life, No Bookshelf Required
  The New York Times featured the recent unveiling of the first 30,000 pages of the Encyclopedia of Life.

The MBL has hired Joshua W. Hamilton to be the laboratory’s Chief Academic and Scientific Officer (CASO). Dr. Hamilton will begin his position in early June. More>>>

• The Science of Seeing in Color - Color-vision researcher Iñigo Novales Flamarique, Ph.D., of Simon Fraser University (SFU), British Columbia, Canada, is the first recipient of the Grass-MBL Sabbatical Fellowship in neuroscience.

Gift Shop

The Associates Gift Shop is now open for the season! Come in anytime Monday through Friday between 10 AM and 3 PM and check out the SPRING SALE which features some of our exclusive tees and sweats. Or shop online for many of the same great sale opportunities. We have quite a few NEW items this season, including a black knit cap with embroidered logo, a redesign of the classic “Lillie Pad,” an MBL apron and many new children’s books.

• The "Editor's Pick" for the April 2008 issue of The Biological Bulletin is an article by D. J. Thornhill et al., "Endosymbionts of Siboglinum fiordicum and the phylogeny of bacterial endosymbionts in Siboglinidae (Annelida)." It's available free without a subscription at online.
  
  
• The Biological Bulletin thanks Olympus America Inc., Carl Zeiss, Inc., and Sutter Instrument for advertising in the April issue.

As part of its outreach and education role, the Marine Resources Center (MRC) supports an internship program with positions available to college students and recent graduates. This is a one-semester program that can take place during the spring, summer, or fall. The college-level program has recently expanded to accommodate recent college graduates looking for a one-semester, six- month, or one-year program prior to graduate school. Interns will gain valuable hands-on experience in aquatic animal care, husbandry and culture as well as working in a research lab...More>>>

Featuring the Tokyo String Quartet
Sunday, August 10, MBL, Woods Hole

Be a part of the MBL’s premier summer event! Guests will enjoy a grand evening of cocktails and a gourmet dinner alongside Eel Pond in Woods Hole, capped off by a special performance from the world-renowned Tokyo String Quartet.

5:30 PM Hors d’oeuvres, Meigs Room, Swope Center
6:00 PM Candlelight Dinner, Swope Center Terraces
8:00 PM Tokyo String Quartet Concert, Lillie Auditorium

Proceeds will support the MBL’s renowned research and educational programs.

Watch for your invitation in the mail or visit the Gala website for details and ticket information.

Corporate Sponsorship Opportunities Also Available!

• The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies, has announced its 2008 Class of Fellows, including John E. Hobbie, Distinguished Scientist and Senior Research Scholar at Marine Biological Laboratory’s (MBL) Ecosystems Center. Also among this year’s fellows are four MBL alumni and ten MBL course faculty, including Timothy J. Mitchison of Harvard Medical School, co-director of the MBL’s Physiology course; and Michael Dickinson of California Institute of Technology, present instructor and former co-director of the MBL’s Neural Systems & Behavior course.
  
  
• Gary Ruvkun, of Harvard Medical School and co-director of the MBL's Biology of Molecular Aging course, received a 2008 Gairdner International Award which recognizes the world’s leading medical research scientists. Since 1957, 70 of 288 Gairdner winners have gone on to win the Nobel Prize.
  
  
• The American Society for Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), the leading professional organization for researchers and educators in the field of aquatic science, awarded Ecosystems Center distinguished scientist John Hobbie a lifetime achievement award. ASLO also awarded Senior Scientist Bruce Peterson with the John Martin Award, which recognizes a paper in aquatic sciences that is judged to have had a high impact on subsequent research in the field. Bruce and co-winner Richard Eppley were recognized for their seminal 1979 Nature paper, “Particulate organic matter flux and planktonic new production in the deep ocean.”
  
  
• MBL visiting scientist James Galloway, (University of Virginia) was the recipient of the 2008 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement. Galloway works each summer with Ecosystems Center scientists, and this year will be taking his sabbatical here from September to December.
  
  
• Distinguished Scientist Shinya Inoué published The Collected Works of Shinya Inoué: Microscopes, Living Cells, Dynamic Molecules (World Scientific Publishing).
  
  
• Corporation member and former MBL director John Burris will become president of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund effective July 1, 2008. Burris is currently president of Beloit College in Wisconsin.
  
  
• MBL scientist Julie Huber presented at the "Science Exchange Breakfast" and panel discussion at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The event, held February 16, provided a forum for 120 high school science students to meet and learn more about the career pursuits and science paths traveled by young researchers at the postdoctoral level.
  
  
• Early this year Lionel Jaffe was invited to give a talk to the Royal Society on calcium waves. A paper which stemmed from that talk, entitled "Calcium waves", has appeared in April 12 issue of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
  
  
• Former MBL Corporation member and Physiology course director Joel Rosenbaum (Yale University) will receive an honorary degree from the University of Siena in Italy this month for his work in cell and molecular biology.
  
  
• Correction: Paul Colinvaux's title was incorrect in the last issue of LabNotes. He is a Senior Research Scientist at the Ecosystems Center. His recently released book, Amazon Exhibitions: My Quest for the Ice-Age Equator, continues to receive media attention, including an interview on NPR's Living on Earth with Steve Curwood.

Please share your news and awards with us. E-mail them to ghebert@mbl.edu.

George Putnam, III, President of New Generation Advisers, Inc., was elected to the MBL Board of Trustees in their February 2nd meeting. Putnam graduated from Harvard College in 1973, and in 1978 graduated from the joint JD-MBA (law and business) program at Harvard. More>>>

With sadness the MBL announces the passing of Corporation members Robert F. Rakowski, (February 19, 2008) and Björn Afzelius (April 27, 2008).

The MBL has received a number of new gifts and peer-reviewed federal grants since LabNotes was last published... More>>>

MBL researchers have published many papers on a wide variety of topics since LabNotes was last published... More>>>

• 6/20-8/22: 2008 Friday Evening Lecture Series - Speaker titles and many abstracts are now available.
  
  
• 6/28: MBL Associates Annual Meeting
  
  
• 7/9: Whitman Society Reception (by invitation)
  
  
• 8/1: MBL Corporation Meeting
  
  
• 8/10: MBL Gala featuring the Tokyo String Quartet
  
  
• 8/20-8/22: Colloquium on the Biology of Aging, sponsored by the Ellison Medical Foundation and the MBL

For full event listings, visit our online calendar.