Printable version (pdf) Embargoed until 8 AM EST, September 10, 2012 CONTACT:  Diana Kenney, Marine Biological Laboratory, dkenney@mbl.edu; 508-289-7139 Lasker Foundation press kit Michael Sheetz, James Spudich, and Ron Vale cited for groundbreaking discoveries related to biological motors WOODS HOLE, Mass.—Scientists who invented new ways to study how “cargo” is moved within cells and, as [...]

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 [...]

Printable version (pdf) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 20, 2012 CONTACT:  Diana Kenney, Marine Biological Laboratory, 508-289-7139; dkenney@mbl.edu WOODS HOLE, MASS.—The microbes and viruses shrouded in darkness below the ocean floor are bound to become much less mysterious, due to a bold research program led by MBL Bay Paul Center Scientist Julie Huber and her colleagues [...]