Marine Biological Laboratory
@mblscience.bsky.social
The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), founded in 1888, is an international center for research & education in biology & ecology in Woods Hole, MA. An affiliate of the University of Chicago. www.mbl.edu
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MBL Announces Largest Ever Gift for Its Renowned Biological Education and Research Programs | Marine Biological Laboratory
Cell Biology Researcher Mark Terasaki’s $25 Million Unrestricted Gift Will Support Operations and Infrastructure Contact: Samantha Cummis scummis@mbl.edu; 973.800.4119
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We're thrilled to announce the largest private gift in our 137-year history: a $25 million unrestricted donation from MBL Whitman Scientist Mark Terasaki.
His extraordinary generosity will bolster our renowned research and education programs. 🔬
Learn more: bit.ly/452WL1m
His extraordinary generosity will bolster our renowned research and education programs. 🔬
Learn more: bit.ly/452WL1m
November 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Make your spring term unforgettable! 🌊 Join MBL’s Semester in Biological Discovery for an immersive, hands-on dive into parasitology, biodiversity, neurophysiology & more.
📅 Mar 1–May 23, 2026
🗓️ Apply by Dec 12: go.mbl.edu/sbd
No research experience required!
📅 Mar 1–May 23, 2026
🗓️ Apply by Dec 12: go.mbl.edu/sbd
No research experience required!
November 1, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Make your spring term unforgettable! 🌊 Join MBL’s Semester in Biological Discovery for an immersive, hands-on dive into parasitology, biodiversity, neurophysiology & more.
📅 Mar 1–May 23, 2026
🗓️ Apply by Dec 12: go.mbl.edu/sbd
No research experience required!
📅 Mar 1–May 23, 2026
🗓️ Apply by Dec 12: go.mbl.edu/sbd
No research experience required!
2026 Whitman Center Fellowship Applications are Open!
Every year, we bring together biologists to push the frontiers of knowledge. Scientists are invited to spend 4 to 10 wks at the MBL, with support available throughout the year. Deadline Nov. 1. https://go.mbl.edu/whitman
Every year, we bring together biologists to push the frontiers of knowledge. Scientists are invited to spend 4 to 10 wks at the MBL, with support available throughout the year. Deadline Nov. 1. https://go.mbl.edu/whitman
October 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
2026 Whitman Center Fellowship Applications are Open!
Every year, we bring together biologists to push the frontiers of knowledge. Scientists are invited to spend 4 to 10 wks at the MBL, with support available throughout the year. Deadline Nov. 1. https://go.mbl.edu/whitman
Every year, we bring together biologists to push the frontiers of knowledge. Scientists are invited to spend 4 to 10 wks at the MBL, with support available throughout the year. Deadline Nov. 1. https://go.mbl.edu/whitman
We are hiring an Imaging Scientis. Apply here: go.mbl.edu/AS1887
October 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
We are hiring an Imaging Scientis. Apply here: go.mbl.edu/AS1887
🔬 Applications are now open!
Join MBL’s world-renowned Advanced Research Training Courses, where scientists from around the globe come together to explore new ideas, master cutting-edge techniques, and become part of a dynamic network.
➡️Apply today: go.mbl.edu/courses
Join MBL’s world-renowned Advanced Research Training Courses, where scientists from around the globe come together to explore new ideas, master cutting-edge techniques, and become part of a dynamic network.
➡️Apply today: go.mbl.edu/courses
Course Offerings | Marine Biological Laboratory
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October 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
🔬 Applications are now open!
Join MBL’s world-renowned Advanced Research Training Courses, where scientists from around the globe come together to explore new ideas, master cutting-edge techniques, and become part of a dynamic network.
➡️Apply today: go.mbl.edu/courses
Join MBL’s world-renowned Advanced Research Training Courses, where scientists from around the globe come together to explore new ideas, master cutting-edge techniques, and become part of a dynamic network.
➡️Apply today: go.mbl.edu/courses
Calling All Undergrads
Make your spring term unforgettable! 🌊 Join MBL’s Semester in Biological Discovery for an immersive, hands-on dive into parasitology, biodiversity, neurophysiology & more.
📅 Mar 1–May 23, 2026
🗓️ Apply by Dec 12: go.mbl.edu/sbd
Make your spring term unforgettable! 🌊 Join MBL’s Semester in Biological Discovery for an immersive, hands-on dive into parasitology, biodiversity, neurophysiology & more.
📅 Mar 1–May 23, 2026
🗓️ Apply by Dec 12: go.mbl.edu/sbd
Semester in Biological Discovery (SBD) | Marine Biological Laboratory
The MBL’s Semester in Biological Discovery (SBD) is a 12-week program that provides an intensive, immersive research experience in discovery-driven biological sciences modeled on the MBL’s world-renow...
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October 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Calling All Undergrads
Make your spring term unforgettable! 🌊 Join MBL’s Semester in Biological Discovery for an immersive, hands-on dive into parasitology, biodiversity, neurophysiology & more.
📅 Mar 1–May 23, 2026
🗓️ Apply by Dec 12: go.mbl.edu/sbd
Make your spring term unforgettable! 🌊 Join MBL’s Semester in Biological Discovery for an immersive, hands-on dive into parasitology, biodiversity, neurophysiology & more.
📅 Mar 1–May 23, 2026
🗓️ Apply by Dec 12: go.mbl.edu/sbd
A napping dog might twitch her feet, flick her ears, and thump her tail. But cephalopods are even more active. While sleeping, their skin blooms with colors.
Horst Obenhaus, a 2025 Whitman Fellow, investigates.
Read more: bit.ly/4fpV96o
Horst Obenhaus, a 2025 Whitman Fellow, investigates.
Read more: bit.ly/4fpV96o
Snoozing Cephalopods May Wear Their Dreams on Their Skin | Marine Biological Laboratory
A dog napping on the couch often twitches its feet, flicks its ears and thumps its tail. Watching this behavior, it’s easy to say the dog is lazily pantomiming a vivid dream: He’s chasing a squirrel; ...
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August 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
A napping dog might twitch her feet, flick her ears, and thump her tail. But cephalopods are even more active. While sleeping, their skin blooms with colors.
Horst Obenhaus, a 2025 Whitman Fellow, investigates.
Read more: bit.ly/4fpV96o
Horst Obenhaus, a 2025 Whitman Fellow, investigates.
Read more: bit.ly/4fpV96o
Dear MBL alumni (that's you!),
What do you wish everyone knew about the MBL?
Share with #MyMBLMoment to enter our giveaway.
A winner will be randomly chosen at the end of the month!
#MyMBLMoment
What do you wish everyone knew about the MBL?
Share with #MyMBLMoment to enter our giveaway.
A winner will be randomly chosen at the end of the month!
#MyMBLMoment
August 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Dear MBL alumni (that's you!),
What do you wish everyone knew about the MBL?
Share with #MyMBLMoment to enter our giveaway.
A winner will be randomly chosen at the end of the month!
#MyMBLMoment
What do you wish everyone knew about the MBL?
Share with #MyMBLMoment to enter our giveaway.
A winner will be randomly chosen at the end of the month!
#MyMBLMoment
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How do we measure #denitrification in our #saltmarsh ammonium and nitrate treatment plots at @pie-lter.bsky.social? Anne Giblin and Jane Tucker from @mblscience.bsky.social bring the lab into the field for this in situ "push-pull" denitrification measurement.
August 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
How do we measure #denitrification in our #saltmarsh ammonium and nitrate treatment plots at @pie-lter.bsky.social? Anne Giblin and Jane Tucker from @mblscience.bsky.social bring the lab into the field for this in situ "push-pull" denitrification measurement.
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I had the incredible opportunity to participate in the @mblscience.bsky.social Visual Neuroscience course these past two weeks! The MBL is an amazing place to do science and I learned so much to support my vision evolution research.
August 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I had the incredible opportunity to participate in the @mblscience.bsky.social Visual Neuroscience course these past two weeks! The MBL is an amazing place to do science and I learned so much to support my vision evolution research.
Happy #MicroscopyMonday!
The Nikon Small World Exhibit showcases life's beauty and complexity as seen through the light microscope. 1st place went to Dr. Bruno Cisterna and Dr. Eric Vitriol, who photographed mouse brain tumor cells.
Can you guess the magnification of the lens?
The Nikon Small World Exhibit showcases life's beauty and complexity as seen through the light microscope. 1st place went to Dr. Bruno Cisterna and Dr. Eric Vitriol, who photographed mouse brain tumor cells.
Can you guess the magnification of the lens?
August 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Happy #MicroscopyMonday!
The Nikon Small World Exhibit showcases life's beauty and complexity as seen through the light microscope. 1st place went to Dr. Bruno Cisterna and Dr. Eric Vitriol, who photographed mouse brain tumor cells.
Can you guess the magnification of the lens?
The Nikon Small World Exhibit showcases life's beauty and complexity as seen through the light microscope. 1st place went to Dr. Bruno Cisterna and Dr. Eric Vitriol, who photographed mouse brain tumor cells.
Can you guess the magnification of the lens?
MBL has been awarded $200,000 in Massachusetts’ FY25 budget to support our high school education programs, helping open the doors of science to young scholars from across the state.
This will cover tuition for more than 80 high schoolers to attend an immersive science course here at the MBL.
This will cover tuition for more than 80 high schoolers to attend an immersive science course here at the MBL.
August 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
MBL has been awarded $200,000 in Massachusetts’ FY25 budget to support our high school education programs, helping open the doors of science to young scholars from across the state.
This will cover tuition for more than 80 high schoolers to attend an immersive science course here at the MBL.
This will cover tuition for more than 80 high schoolers to attend an immersive science course here at the MBL.
Happy Alumni August!
Check out these photos from one of our advanced research training courses, Physiology classes of 1894, 1971, and 2016.
Share your MBL class photo with #MyMBLMoment to enter our giveaway! A winner will be randomly chosen at the end of the month.
#throwbackthursday #MyMBLMoment
Check out these photos from one of our advanced research training courses, Physiology classes of 1894, 1971, and 2016.
Share your MBL class photo with #MyMBLMoment to enter our giveaway! A winner will be randomly chosen at the end of the month.
#throwbackthursday #MyMBLMoment
August 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Happy Alumni August!
Check out these photos from one of our advanced research training courses, Physiology classes of 1894, 1971, and 2016.
Share your MBL class photo with #MyMBLMoment to enter our giveaway! A winner will be randomly chosen at the end of the month.
#throwbackthursday #MyMBLMoment
Check out these photos from one of our advanced research training courses, Physiology classes of 1894, 1971, and 2016.
Share your MBL class photo with #MyMBLMoment to enter our giveaway! A winner will be randomly chosen at the end of the month.
#throwbackthursday #MyMBLMoment
The deadline to register for MBL's fall course, Light Microscopy Bootcamp, is this Friday, August 15!🔬
The course is engineered to empower graduate students to use light microscopy in their own research.
Read more: bit.ly/4e5QA0y
📷 Mark Lessard
The course is engineered to empower graduate students to use light microscopy in their own research.
Read more: bit.ly/4e5QA0y
📷 Mark Lessard
Focus In: MBL Expands Training in Advanced Microscopy | Marine Biological Laboratory
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August 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The deadline to register for MBL's fall course, Light Microscopy Bootcamp, is this Friday, August 15!🔬
The course is engineered to empower graduate students to use light microscopy in their own research.
Read more: bit.ly/4e5QA0y
📷 Mark Lessard
The course is engineered to empower graduate students to use light microscopy in their own research.
Read more: bit.ly/4e5QA0y
📷 Mark Lessard
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One of my favorite #MyMBLMoments was when I took the grad students in my Phi-Geo Research Group down to @mblscience.bsky.social for a behind-the-scenes tour, & they all got to hold a Nobel Prize medal.
August 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
One of my favorite #MyMBLMoments was when I took the grad students in my Phi-Geo Research Group down to @mblscience.bsky.social for a behind-the-scenes tour, & they all got to hold a Nobel Prize medal.
Dear MBL alumni (that's you!),
What's your favorite MBL memory?
Share with #MyMBLMoment to enter our giveaway.
A winner will be randomly chosen at the end of the month!
#MyMBLMoment
What's your favorite MBL memory?
Share with #MyMBLMoment to enter our giveaway.
A winner will be randomly chosen at the end of the month!
#MyMBLMoment
August 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Dear MBL alumni (that's you!),
What's your favorite MBL memory?
Share with #MyMBLMoment to enter our giveaway.
A winner will be randomly chosen at the end of the month!
#MyMBLMoment
What's your favorite MBL memory?
Share with #MyMBLMoment to enter our giveaway.
A winner will be randomly chosen at the end of the month!
#MyMBLMoment
This weekend, ASICS Falmouth Road Race celebrates its 53rd year! Are you running with us?
Check out the race map: bit.ly/46MJc8S
Check out the race map: bit.ly/46MJc8S
Course Map - Falmouth Road Race
ASICS Falmouth Road Race Course Map
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August 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
This weekend, ASICS Falmouth Road Race celebrates its 53rd year! Are you running with us?
Check out the race map: bit.ly/46MJc8S
Check out the race map: bit.ly/46MJc8S
Happy #MicroscopyMonday!
This is a larval sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis. MBL researchers study this species, found in Sippewissett Marsh, for development and regeneration.
Image taken using a polychromatic polarizing microscope.
📷 Michael Shribak and Karen Echeverri
This is a larval sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis. MBL researchers study this species, found in Sippewissett Marsh, for development and regeneration.
Image taken using a polychromatic polarizing microscope.
📷 Michael Shribak and Karen Echeverri
August 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Happy #MicroscopyMonday!
This is a larval sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis. MBL researchers study this species, found in Sippewissett Marsh, for development and regeneration.
Image taken using a polychromatic polarizing microscope.
📷 Michael Shribak and Karen Echeverri
This is a larval sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis. MBL researchers study this species, found in Sippewissett Marsh, for development and regeneration.
Image taken using a polychromatic polarizing microscope.
📷 Michael Shribak and Karen Echeverri
Reposted by Marine Biological Laboratory
Throwback to #MyMBLMoment last year at MCN2024, amazing experience with a wonderful group of people @mblscience.bsky.social
August 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Throwback to #MyMBLMoment last year at MCN2024, amazing experience with a wonderful group of people @mblscience.bsky.social
Happy Alumni August!
Check out these photos from one of our Embryology classes of 1897, 1956, and 2023.
Share your MBL class photo with MyMBLMoment to enter our giveaway! A winner will be randomly chosen at the end of the month.
#throwbackthursday #MyMBLMoment
Check out these photos from one of our Embryology classes of 1897, 1956, and 2023.
Share your MBL class photo with MyMBLMoment to enter our giveaway! A winner will be randomly chosen at the end of the month.
#throwbackthursday #MyMBLMoment
August 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Happy Alumni August!
Check out these photos from one of our Embryology classes of 1897, 1956, and 2023.
Share your MBL class photo with MyMBLMoment to enter our giveaway! A winner will be randomly chosen at the end of the month.
#throwbackthursday #MyMBLMoment
Check out these photos from one of our Embryology classes of 1897, 1956, and 2023.
Share your MBL class photo with MyMBLMoment to enter our giveaway! A winner will be randomly chosen at the end of the month.
#throwbackthursday #MyMBLMoment
Dear MBL alumni (that's you!),
What makes the MBL special to you?
Share your favorite MBL memory with #MyMBLMoment to enter our giveaway.
A winner will be randomly chosen at the end of the month!
#MyMBLMoment
What makes the MBL special to you?
Share your favorite MBL memory with #MyMBLMoment to enter our giveaway.
A winner will be randomly chosen at the end of the month!
#MyMBLMoment
August 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Dear MBL alumni (that's you!),
What makes the MBL special to you?
Share your favorite MBL memory with #MyMBLMoment to enter our giveaway.
A winner will be randomly chosen at the end of the month!
#MyMBLMoment
What makes the MBL special to you?
Share your favorite MBL memory with #MyMBLMoment to enter our giveaway.
A winner will be randomly chosen at the end of the month!
#MyMBLMoment
Join us for a celebration of the world-class ocean science happening in Woods Hole!
This family-friendly event features hands-on activities and opportunities to learn about Woods Hole’s science institutions, the U.S. Coast Guard, and local non-profits.
woodsholesciencestroll.org
This family-friendly event features hands-on activities and opportunities to learn about Woods Hole’s science institutions, the U.S. Coast Guard, and local non-profits.
woodsholesciencestroll.org
July 31, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Join us for a celebration of the world-class ocean science happening in Woods Hole!
This family-friendly event features hands-on activities and opportunities to learn about Woods Hole’s science institutions, the U.S. Coast Guard, and local non-profits.
woodsholesciencestroll.org
This family-friendly event features hands-on activities and opportunities to learn about Woods Hole’s science institutions, the U.S. Coast Guard, and local non-profits.
woodsholesciencestroll.org
Despite their history as model organisms, scientists understand little about horseshoe crabs at the molecular level, and “pretty much nothing" about how their eyes develop, said Gui Gainett, a Whitman Fellow at the MBL.
📷 Dee Sullivan
Read the story: bit.ly/3TS20Me
📷 Dee Sullivan
Read the story: bit.ly/3TS20Me
Whitman Fellow Designs Genomic Tools to Study Horseshoe Crab Eye Development | Marine Biological Laboratory
They may be famous for their striking blue blood, but horseshoe crabs have an award-winning vision system. In the 1930s, Haldan Keffer Hartline produced the first single-cell recording of a photorec...
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July 30, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Despite their history as model organisms, scientists understand little about horseshoe crabs at the molecular level, and “pretty much nothing" about how their eyes develop, said Gui Gainett, a Whitman Fellow at the MBL.
📷 Dee Sullivan
Read the story: bit.ly/3TS20Me
📷 Dee Sullivan
Read the story: bit.ly/3TS20Me
The deadline to register for MBL's fall course, Light Microscopy Bootcamp, has been extended to August 15!🔬
The course is engineered to empower graduate students to use light microscopy in their own research.
Read about the course and register: www.mbl.edu/news/focus-m...
The course is engineered to empower graduate students to use light microscopy in their own research.
Read about the course and register: www.mbl.edu/news/focus-m...
July 30, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The deadline to register for MBL's fall course, Light Microscopy Bootcamp, has been extended to August 15!🔬
The course is engineered to empower graduate students to use light microscopy in their own research.
Read about the course and register: www.mbl.edu/news/focus-m...
The course is engineered to empower graduate students to use light microscopy in their own research.
Read about the course and register: www.mbl.edu/news/focus-m...
If you're in Woods Hole this Thursday, join us and Phil Sharp himself for the screening of "Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution."
For a sneak preview, check out this interview with Sharp!
For a sneak preview, check out this interview with Sharp!
Take Five with Phil Sharp, Star of "Cracking the Code" | Marine Biological Laboratory
"Take Five" is an occasional feature in which we pose five questions to a scientist about their career, dreams, and passions. Here we profile Phillip A. Sharp, Institute Professor and Professor of Bi...
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July 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If you're in Woods Hole this Thursday, join us and Phil Sharp himself for the screening of "Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution."
For a sneak preview, check out this interview with Sharp!
For a sneak preview, check out this interview with Sharp!