Happy New Year to All! And a Quick Look Back at 2014
The MBL brimmed with news and activity in 2014, its always busy pace quickened by joint events and new programs with its affiliate, the University of Chicago. Below are just a few of many scientific, educational, and institutional highlights from an exciting year of discovery and transition. As we look forward to 2015, it’s important to note that, at the MBL, the most significant events often occur under the radar of “news.” A student focuses the microscope and sees something new, the import of which is not yet known. A “let’s just try this” experiment brings baffling results, which in retrospect turn out to be the turning point in a successful investigation. These moments of scientific discovery may not make headlines (yet), but they are the essence and the future of the MBL.
A dividing cell imaged by 2014 Nobel Laureate Eric Betzig. The cell is in anaphase; image shows histones and 3D tracks of growing microtubule ends color-coded by velocity.December
Huntington Willard Named President and Director of Marine Biological Laboratory
November
MBL Announces First Recipients of MBL-UChicago/Argonne Collaboration Awards
October
Tarantula Toxin is Used to Report on Electrical Activity in Live Cells
September
Undergraduate Semester in Environmental Sciences Program Enters 18th Year
August
Three Ph.D. Students Graduate from the Brown-MBL Partnership and Graduate Program in 2014: Justine J. Allen; Xi Yang; and Akash Srivastava.
July
Summer at the MBL is a whirlwind of activity. Here is a sampling of dispatches from MBL summer courses, programs and labs.
Becoming Fearless: The Neural Systems & Behavior Experience
PEP Broadens the Woods Hole Net
An MBL Success Story: Providing Career Guidance to Young Scientists
University of Chicago Graduate Research Awardees Discover the MBL
University of Chicago Undergraduates Spend Summer at MBL Through Metcalf Program
June
New Analysis Reveals Previously “Hidden Diversity” of Mouth Bacteria
MBL Scientists Participate in International Ocean Sampling Day
MBL Friday Evening Lecture Series Kicks Off with Paleontologist and Author Neil Shubin
A New Look at Old Forests: Study Revises Theory on Growth and Carbon Storage in Mature Trees
May
MBL’s Jerry Melillo at The White House to Release Third National Climate Assessment
MBL Director Joan Ruderman Announces Decision Not to Seek Re-Appointment
Second Scientific Retreat Moves MBL, University of Chicago Toward “A New Era in Discovery”
April
University of Chicago President Robert J. Zimmer Becomes Chairman of MBL Board of Trustees
March
UChicago and MBL Announce First Recipients of Lillie Awards for Collaborative Research
Sensing Gravity with Acid: Scientists Discover a Role for Protons in Neurotransmission
Negative Impacts of Advanced Maternal Age on Offspring are Preventable, MBL Study Finds
February
First MBL-UChicago Retreat Explores New Ideas for Joint Research and Programs
January
Harvard-MBL Bioengineering Collaboration Uncovers New Reflective Mechanism in Cuttlefish Skin
Different Sponge Species Have Highly Specific and Stable Microbiomes, MBL Scientists Report