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“Groovy BSO Chamber Ensemble” Boston Cello Quartet To Perform at the MBL, September 30

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Printable version (pdf) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 12, 2012 Contact: Susan Joslin, (508) 289-7281; sjoslin@mbl.edu Concert proceeds to benefit MBL Falmouth Forum MBL, Woods Hole, MA – The Boston Cello Quartet will perform at the MBL (Marine Biological Laboratory) on Sunday, September 30 at 4:00 PM in the Lillie Auditorium, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole. Click here [...]

MBL Scientists Discover Nerves Control Iridescence in Squid’s Remarkable “Electric Skin”

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Printable version (pdf)   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 24, 2012 Contact:Gina Hebert, (508) 289-7725; ghebert@mbl.edu Laboratory of Roger Hanlon Link to paper     MBL, WOODS HOLE, MA—Squid’s colorful, changeable skin enables the animal—and their close relatives, cuttlefish and octopus—to display extraordinary camouflage, the speed and diversity of which is unmatched in the animal kingdom. But [...]

August 17th MBL Friday Evening Lecture to Explore How Bacteria “Talk”

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Printable version (pdf) Bonnie L. Bassler, a world-renowned molecular biologist whose discoveries regarding how bacteria “talk” to each other launched a revolution in biological and medical research, will discuss her research and its implications for new infection treatment at the final 2012 MBL (Marine Biological Laboratory) Friday Evening Lecture on August 17. The lecture, titled [...]

Advocate and Author Discusses Ethics and the Autism/Asperger World at MBL Summer Falmouth Forum, August 13

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Printable version (pdf) This lecture was recorded live on August 13, 2012. Click here to watch the video.   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, July 26, 2012 Contact: Susan Joslin, Marine Biological Laboratory, (508) 289-7281, sjoslin@mbl.edu MBL, Woods Hole, MA – Michael John Carley, author and executive director of The Global and Regional Asperger Syndrome Partnership [...]

Distinguished Neurobiologist Leslie Vosshall to Discuss Drive Mechanisms that Control Feeding and Sex at MBL Friday Evening Lecture, August 10

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Printable version (pdf) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 Contact:  Gina Hebert, Senior Publicist/Development Communications, Marine Biological Laboratory, (508) 289-7725, ghebert@mbl.edu MBL, Woods Hole, MA – The biological drive to eat and have sex is important for all sexually reproducing species. These drives, however, must be carefully controlled for animals—including humans—to function normally. Renowned [...]

It’s Hot Down Here: How Some Microbes Make a Living in Undersea Volcanoes

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Traveling on a Woods Hole Passport: From Physiology to the World

2012 Physiology course participants. Credit: Dyche Mullins

MBL Scientists to Explore Hidden Realm of Microbes, Viruses Beneath the Ocean Floor

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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 [...]

Neuroscientist to Discuss Use of Deadly Cone Snail Venom as Pain Drug at MBL Friday Evening Lecture, July 20

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Printable version (pdf) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, July 16, 2012 Contact:    Gina Hebert, Senior Publicist/Development Communications, Marine Biological Laboratory, Phone: (508) 289-7725, E-Mail: ghebert@mbl.edu MBL, Woods Hole, MA – Beautiful but deadly cone snails use venom to capture prey, defend against predators, and deter competitors.  The venoms of these marine snails, which can be found [...]

MBL Announces New Program in the Study of Vision, Balance, and Hearing

Left: MBL research is aimed at the development of biomaterials that mimic the camouflage abilities of squid skin. This image shows the light-reflecting  organs in squid skin -- chromatophores (large brown, red, and yellow structures) and iridophores (pink iridescent splotches). Photo by Lydia Mäthger.

Right: Much of what we know about the sense organs in the inner ear that govern balance and equilibrium, and disorders of those organs such as vertigo and Ménière’s disease, have derived from MBL studies in the toadfish. Photo by David Remsen.

Printable version (pdf) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 17, 2012 Contact: Diana Kenney, Marine Biological Laboratory, 508-289-7139; dkenney@mbl.edu WOODS HOLE, MASS.—The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) announces the formation of a new program to capitalize on its many strengths in sensory biology—especially research into vision, balance, and hearing. The new Program in Sensory Physiology and Behavior (PSPB) [...]