MBL Receives Gift of T. H. Morgan’s Nobel Prize Medal and Diploma
Printable version (pdf) Three granddaughters of Thomas Hunt Morgan, the late MBL scientist, trustee, and pioneer of modern genetics, have donated his Nobel Prize medal and brilliantly colored diploma to the MBL Archives. In 1933, Morgan received the first Nobel Prize ever awarded in the field of genetics for his “discoveries concerning the role played [...]
Why Are Our Salt Marshes Falling Apart?
Printable version (pdf) CONTACT: Diana Kenney, Marine Biological Laboratory dkenney@mbl.edu; 508-289-7139; 508-685-3525 Video Interview with Linda Deegan at Plum Island Estuary: http://youtu.be/eP3hRkX03Q8 WOODS HOLE, Mass.—Salt marshes have been disintegrating and dying over the past two decades along the U.S. Eastern seaboard and other highly developed coastlines, without anyone fully understanding why. This week in the [...]
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University and MBL Sign Agreement on Scientific Cooperation
Printable version (pdf) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 5, 2012 Contacts: Kaoru Natori, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University +81-98-966-2389; kaoru.natori@oist.jp Diana Kenney, Marine Biological Laboratory 508-289-7139; dkenney@mbl.edu Okinawa, Japan, and Woods Hole, Mass., USA—One scientific institution held its inaugural ceremonies last year, while the other will celebrate the 125th anniversary of its founding [...]
