LabNotes Archives
MBL Trustees Elect New Members
The Trustees of the MBL have elected Bruce Beal of The Beal Companies, James Galloway, Ph.D. of the University of Virginia, Richard S. (Chip) Morse of Woods Hole, MA, Elise Rose, Ph.D., of Falmouth, MA, and Millicent Bell of Boston, MA to the Board’s Class of 2014. Re-elected were David Hibbitt of Bristol, Rhode Island, Saul Pannell of the Wellington Management Company, and Walter Salmon of Harvard Business School. More >>>
Remembrances
The MBL announces with sadness the passing of:
David Wellington Borst, Jr.
Phyllis Switzer Goldstein
Roger Milkman
William H. Telfer
D. Thomas Trigg
Events
February
Woods Hole Black History Month Events
February 22
Ecosystems Center Seminar - "Challenges for understanding the responses of organisms to climate change: Addressing thermal heterogeneity through space and time" - Mike Sears, Bryn Mawr College - 12:15 PM, Speck Auditorium
February 25
MBL Falmouth Forum Series - "Genocide and Problems of Identity" - Frances Deng, Special Advisor to the Secretary General for Prevention of Genocide, United Nations - 7:30 PM, Lillie Auditorium
For full event listings, visit our online calendar.
2010 MBL Photomicrography Contest Winners
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MBLWHOI Library Appoints New Director
The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) has appointed Dr. Holly Miller director of the MBLWHOI Library. Dr. Miller will also serve as the associate director of the MBL's newly formed Center for Library and Informatics. She replaces former library director Catherine Norton, who retired in January after 30 years at the MBL. Norton will continue to serve the library as its Scholar of Library Science... More>>>
Annual Giving
Annual Giving to the MBL reaches $1 Million for Second Consecutive Year
More than 1,000 people from across the U.S. and in nine countries contributed $1,042,182 to the MBL Annual and Alumni Funds in 2010.
"This was a terrific result," said Jeff Pierce, Chairman of the MBL Development Committee. "Because a dollar goal for Annual Giving is built into the operating budget each year, meeting it is absolutely essential. Exceeding this goal, as we have the past two years, makes possible the margin of excellence that MBL is known for. We are extremely grateful to all the generous MBL fans out there!"
Annual Giving is the primary way that Corporation members, scientists, staff, and friends in the community help sustain the standards of excellence that set the MBL apart. It is a component of the ongoing $125 million Catalyst Campaign.
If you contributed the MBL Annual or Alumni Fund in 2010, thank you!
Associates News
 The MBL Associates will sponsor Microscopic Explorations, a hands-on science event for middle-schoolers on April 20th at 11:00 AM in the Loeb Laboratory. Pre-registration is requested. Contact Susan Joslin in the Associates Office at sjoslin@mbl.edu or 508-289-7281 for further information.
The MBL Gift Shop's website has been redesigned! Check it out at giftshop.mbl.edu.
 The Biological Bulletin
The image on the cover of the February 2011 issue of The Biological Bulletin is a four-celled embryo of the red abalone, about 60 minutes after sperm and eggs were mixed in the laboratory. The heads of several sperm are visible as tiny oblong dots attached to an outer illuminated ring, the egg envelope. Download a pdf of this cover here.
This issue features as the editor’s pick an article by T. Blough et al., “Ontogenetic changes in the bell morphology and kinematics and swimming behavior of rowing medusae: the special case of the limnomedusa Liriope tetraphylla,” a significant contribution to the literature on swimming medusae. This article will be available free at the end of February without a subscription.
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