Bell Center http://www.mbl.edu/bell Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:44:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 “Neurulation and neurite extension require the zinc transporter ZIP12 (slc39a12)” http://www.mbl.edu/bell/2013/06/14/neurulation-and-neurite-extension-require-the-zinc-transporter-zip12-slc39a12/ http://www.mbl.edu/bell/2013/06/14/neurulation-and-neurite-extension-require-the-zinc-transporter-zip12-slc39a12/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:44:36 +0000 Barbara Burbank http://www.mbl.edu/bell/?p=673 Congratulations to Mark Messerli and David Graham of the Bell Center, co-authors on a  paper published in PNAS today.

]]> http://www.mbl.edu/bell/2013/06/14/neurulation-and-neurite-extension-require-the-zinc-transporter-zip12-slc39a12/feed/ 0 Gitlin receives Appointment in Brown University MCB Department http://www.mbl.edu/bell/2013/05/08/gitlin-receives-appointment-in-brown-university-mcb-department/ http://www.mbl.edu/bell/2013/05/08/gitlin-receives-appointment-in-brown-university-mcb-department/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 13:31:42 +0000 Barbara Burbank http://www.mbl.edu/bell/?p=648 The Brown University Appointments Committee recently approved Dr. Jonathan Gitlin’s appointment as Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry. He joins Marko Horb and Joel Smith as Bell Center faculty in Brown’s MCB, which is the largest on-campus department in the Division of Biology and Medicine.

To learn more about the MCB core facilities, faculty, graduate program, and upcoming events visit their website.

]]> http://www.mbl.edu/bell/2013/05/08/gitlin-receives-appointment-in-brown-university-mcb-department/feed/ 0 Steven Zottoli Joins the Bell Center http://www.mbl.edu/bell/2013/05/06/steven-zottoli-joins-the-bell-center/ http://www.mbl.edu/bell/2013/05/06/steven-zottoli-joins-the-bell-center/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 13:13:11 +0000 Barbara Burbank http://www.mbl.edu/bell/?p=527 The faculty and staff of the Eugene Bell Center for Regenerative Biology & Tissue Engineering welcome Dr. Steven Zottoli, Howard B. Schow ’50 Professor of Biology at Williams College, as Adjunct Senior Scientist.

SteveDr. Zottoli’s main research question is: after complete damage to their spinal cords, mammalian vertebrates do not regain function below the wound site. In contrast, after an equivalent injury, non-mammalian vertebrates (e.g., fish and amphibians) are capable of recovery. What is the neuronal basis of this recovery?

]]> http://www.mbl.edu/bell/2013/05/06/steven-zottoli-joins-the-bell-center/feed/ 0 Jonathan Gitlin, new Acting Director of the Bell Center http://www.mbl.edu/bell/2013/03/01/jonathan-gitlin-new-acting-director-of-the-bell-center/ http://www.mbl.edu/bell/2013/03/01/jonathan-gitlin-new-acting-director-of-the-bell-center/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:01:43 +0000 Barbara Burbank http://www.mbl.edu/bell/?p=286 We are very plejonathan_gitlanased that Jonathan Gitlin has generously agreed to serve as Director of the Bell Center.  Jonathan has a long and distinguished career in academic medicine, and is widely known for his mentoring of faculty members.  He will be joining the Bell Center as a senior research scientist while maintaining a joint appointment in the Cellular Dynamic Program at the MBL.
Jonathan is assuming the position from Josh Hamilton, who has been serving in this capacity since the retirement of Gary Borisy.
]]> http://www.mbl.edu/bell/2013/03/01/jonathan-gitlin-new-acting-director-of-the-bell-center/feed/ 0 MBL Scientists Find Genes Linked to Human Neurological Disorders in Sea Lamprey Genome http://www.mbl.edu/bell/2013/02/27/mbl-scientists-find-genes-linked-to-human-neurological-disorders-in-sea-lamprey-genome/ http://www.mbl.edu/bell/2013/02/27/mbl-scientists-find-genes-linked-to-human-neurological-disorders-in-sea-lamprey-genome/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:17:50 +0000 Barbara Burbank http://www.mbl.edu/bell/?p=273 Discovery will accelerate research on Alzheimer’s disease,

Parkinson’s disease and spinal cord injury

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MBL, WOODS HOLE, Mass.— Scientists at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) have identified several genes linked to human neurological disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and spinal cord injury, in the sea lamprey, a vertebrate fish whose whole-genome sequence is reported this week in the journal Nature Genetics.

“This means that we can use the sea lamprey as a powerful model to drive forward our molecular understanding of human neurodegenerative disease and neurological disorders,” says Jennifer Morgan of the MBL’s Eugene Bell Center for Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering. The ultimate goals are to determine what goes wrong with neurons after injury and during disease, and to determine how to correct these deficits in order to restore normal nervous system functions…

]]> http://www.mbl.edu/bell/2013/02/27/mbl-scientists-find-genes-linked-to-human-neurological-disorders-in-sea-lamprey-genome/feed/ 0 MBL establishes Center for Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering with leadership gifts from Millicent Bell and John W. and Valerie Rowe http://www.mbl.edu/bell/2012/05/22/mbl-establishes-center-for-regenerative-biology-and-tissue-engineering-with-leadership-gifts-from-millicent-bell-and-john-w-and-valerie-rowe/ http://www.mbl.edu/bell/2012/05/22/mbl-establishes-center-for-regenerative-biology-and-tissue-engineering-with-leadership-gifts-from-millicent-bell-and-john-w-and-valerie-rowe/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 20:37:36 +0000 dgallagher http://www.mbl.edu/bell-test/?p=11 http://www.mbl.edu/bell/2012/05/22/mbl-establishes-center-for-regenerative-biology-and-tissue-engineering-with-leadership-gifts-from-millicent-bell-and-john-w-and-valerie-rowe/feed/ 0