LabNotes Archive
In this issue
MBL science is crucial to discoveries affecting human health and well-being. Your support of the MBL Catalyst Campaign is vital to our ability to accelerate the science of life.
Join us on Saturday, October 16, for a cutting-edge, multidiciplinary event with science, visual and performing arts, futuristic thinking, and more. Visit the TEDxWoodsHole website for details.
Visit the Amazon with the MBL!
Join the MBL for one of the most legendary explorations on Earth - into the depths of the Upper Amazon... More>>>
Friday Evening Lecture Podcasts
Did you miss a Friday Evening Lecture last summer? Watch them here.
Remembrances
The MBL announces with sadness the passing of:
Mark Your Calendar!
October 5
Ecosystems Center Seminar - "New biology: The data conservancy and data-driven discovery" - Anne Thessen, MBL Encyclopedia of Life - 12:15 PM, Speck Auditorium
October 13
MBL 101 Brown Bag Lunch Seminar Series - "Opening the Ocean to Mussel Farming, A collaboration between Science, Technology, Fishing, and Industry" - Scott Lindell, MBL's Marine Resources Center, 12:00 Noon, Lillie 103
October 15
Semester in Environmental Science Distinguished Scientist Seminar - "Distribution, biogeochemistry and effects of oil and gas hydrocarbons in the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem" - Samantha Joye, University of Georgia - 3:00 PM, Speck Auditorium
More Events
Publications
MBL researchers have published many papers on a wide variety of topics since LabNotes was last published... More>>>
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 Director's Message
The mornings are cooler now in Woods Hole and the streets are quieter, signaling that yet another MBL summer has come and gone. It was a landmark summer that included a celebratory ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly renovated Loeb Laboratory, the kickoff of our historic $125 million Catalyst Campaign, the establishment of the MBL’s new Eugene Bell Center for Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering, and another great Friday Evening Lecture series... More>>>
MBL Launches $125 Million Fundraising Campaign
 The MBL has announced the public launch of a $125 million fundraising campaign to increase the pace of discoveries in the life sciences. The effort, called MBL Catalyst Campaign: The Science of Life Accelerated, is the largest campaign in MBL history... More>>>
MBL Celebrates Loeb Laboratory Renovation, Announces New Center for Regenerative Biology & Tissue Engineering
 Senator John Kerry, Congressman Bill Delahunt, Senate President Therese Murray, and other key elected officials gathered at the MBL on July 23rd to celebrate the completion of a $25 million renovation of the Loeb Laboratory, the MBL’s central research training facility and the establishment of the new Eugene Bell Center for Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering... More>>>
 MBL Education
Brown University, MBL Announce Expanded Partnership - Alliance will strengthen academic offerings, research collaboration
HHMI Innovator Eric Betzig brings “Bleeding Edge” Microscope to MBL for Testing
MBL’s Biological Discovery in Woods Hole Program Supports Undergraduate Research
MBL Science
MBL Scientist Joins Gulf Coast Task Force
Linda Deegan among scientists and engineers to serve as advisors on oil spill, other coastal issues
 National Xenopus Resource Established - Housed in the MBL’s Loeb Laboratory, the National Xenopus Resource is a cornerstone of the Eugene Bell Center for Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering.
A Future With or Without Trees - Brown-MBL Study Estimates Future Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Brazilian Amazon State
Rediscovery of the Nucleolinus - Mary Anne and Mark Alliegro of the Bay Paul Center and MBL visiting investigator Jonathan Henry report that the nucleolinus is required for normal cell division, and is spatially related to the developing spindle axis and pole.
MBL In The News
Leapfrog, scientist-style - The Boston Globe
Woods Hole center’s amphibians hold promise for helping humans regrow organs.
Blue mussels a local success, The Providence Journal
The MBL's Scott Lindell teams with local fishing captains on local mussel farming project.
Thinking Like An Octopus - NOVA
How did the octopus evolve so much brainpower? Featuring Roger Hanlon, MRC Senior Scientist.
 Smoke Signals by 2009 Logan Science Journalism Program Fellow Alisa Opar - Audubon Magazine
There’s more carbon locked up in the high north’s permafrost than the combined total released into the atmosphere by humans. The big melt going on right now in the Arctic could trigger a train of catastrophic events across the world.
 MBL Supports BioBlitz - The MBL participated in the June 2010 "Falmouth BioBlitz" organized by the 300 Committee. The event brought together experts, local naturalists, and the general public to identify and catalogue as many species on a 130-acre site as possible in 24 hours.
Gifts & Grants
The MBL has received a number of new gifts and peer-reviewed federal grants since LabNotes was last published... More>>>
 Associates News
The 2010-2011 MBL Falmouth Forum season begins on November 19th with a presentation at 7:30 PM in Lillie Auditorium by Brendan Foley of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He'll be talking about archaelology and technology in the deep sea. The full schedule is currently being set. Please check the Falmouth Forum webpage for updates.
 The Biological Bulletin
The October issue features as the editor’s pick an article by H. J. Morowitz et al., "Ligand field theory and the origin of life as an emergent feature of the periodic table of elements." The authors propose that transition metal catalysts could have jump-started metabolism and life itself, deep in hydrothermal ocean vents. Click here for the press release.
Announcements & Accolades
Shinya Inoué, MBL Distinguished Scientist, was honored by the Government of Japan with the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon award.
Gary Borisy was awarded the University of Chicago Distinguished Service Award for Medical & Biological Sciences alumni for “outstanding leadership in, and making significant contributions to, the biological sciences.”
Peter Smith was awarded the Massachusetts General Hospital Martin Research Prize for excellence in basic research for a collaborative research effort in the study of the acidification of the male reproductive system.
Microbial Diversity course faculty Thomas Schmidt received the 2010 American Society for Microbiology Graduate Microbiology Teaching Award for dedication to students and for fostering an intellectually stimulating environment.
MBL Trustee Gerald Fink was awarded the 2010 Genetics Prize of The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation for his groundbreaking research in yeast genetics.
MBL Scientist Julie Huber Receives Neal Cornell Career Development Award
MBL Scientist Mitchell Sogin was awarded the Dr. Gordon Moore Environmental Grant from Ion Torrent of Guilford, Conn., and San Francisco.
Joseph W. Sanger, longtime MBL corporation member and former trustee received the 2010 Henry Gray/Lippencot Williams & Wilkins Scientific Achievement Award.
MBLWHOI Library and Partner Institutions Receive Award from American Library Association
MBL Places 1st in Division, 20th Overall in State-Wide MassCommuter Bike Challenge
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