Acclaimed New York Vocal Group at MBL Falmouth Forum, February 1
January 15, 2013 by
Printable version (pdf) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 15, 2013 Contact: Susan Joslin 508-289-7281; sjoslin@mbl.edu MBL, WOODS HOLE, MA—The male vocal ensemble, New York Polyphony, will return to Falmouth February 1 with a performance titled, “Two Sides of Love.” The event, part of the MBL Falmouth Forum series, will be held at 7:30 PM in the [...]
MBL Scientists Find “Bipolar” Distribution of Marine Bacteria, Refuting Idea that “Everything is Everywhere”
January 14, 2013 by
Printable version (pdf) Contact: Diana Kenney, Marine Biological Laboratory 508-289-7139; dkenney@mbl.edu WOODS HOLE, MASS.—In another blow to the “Everything is Everywhere” tenet of bacterial distribution in the ocean, scientists at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) have found “bipolar” species of bacteria that occur in the Arctic and Antarctic, but nowhere else. And, surprisingly, they [...]
Christopher Neill Named Director of Ecosystems Center
January 2, 2013 by
Printable version (pdf) CONTACT: Gina Hebert, Marine Biological Laboratory, 508-289-7725; ghebert@mbl.edu Christopher Neill, a senior scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) and the Phyllis and Charles M. Rosenthal Director of the Brown-MBL Partnership, has been named Director of the MBL Ecosystems Center. The Ecosystems Center is the environmental research division of the MBL. Center [...]
Joint Brown University/MBL Graduate Program Awards Four Ph.D.s in 2012
December 21, 2012 by
Printable version (pdf) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 21, 2012 Contacts: Diana Kenney, Marine Biological Laboratory 508-289-7139 or 508-289-7423; dkenney@mbl.edu or comm@mbl.edu David Orenstein, Brown University 401-863-1862; David_Orenstein@brown.edu WOODS HOLE, Mass., and PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Three women successfully defended their Ph.D. dissertations in the Brown-MBL Partnership and Graduate Program in Biological and Environmental Sciences in the [...]
Roger Hanlon to Discuss Camouflage in Ocean Animals at “Science Before Supper” Talk, January 17
December 19, 2012 by
MBL, Woods Hole, MA – MBL Senior Scientist Roger Hanlon, Director of the Program in Sensory Physiology and Behavior, will explore camouflage used by marine animals at the next “Science Before Supper” talk, Thursday, January 17 at 5:00 PM at the Falmouth Public Library’s Hermann Foundation Meeting Room, 300 Main Street, Falmouth. His talk, “Color [...]
Christopher Neill Named Director of MBL Ecosystems Center
December 3, 2012 by
Printable version (pdf) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 5, 2012 CONTACT: Gina Hebert, Marine Biological Laboratory, 508-289-7725; ghebert@mbl.edu MBL, WOODS HOLE, MA—Christopher Neill, a senior scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) and director of the Brown-MBL Partnership, has been named Director of the MBL Ecosystems Center. The Ecosystems Center is the environmental research division of [...]
MBL Receives Gift of T. H. Morgan’s Nobel Prize Medal and Diploma
November 26, 2012 by
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 [...]
