The Eugene Bell Center for Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering is named in honor of Dr. Eugene Bell (1919 – 2007), a pioneer in the field of tissue engineering and a valued member of the Marine Biological Laboratory scientific community.
In the 1980s, Dr. Bell developed a method to grow human skin that could be grafted onto wounds of burn victims and other severely injured patients without rejection. He also devised ways to grow “skin equivalents” for blood vessels or organ tissue. His research led to what is now known as regenerative medicine.
Please join us for the inaugural Bell Center Symposium where we will learn about the latest discoveries in areas including regenerative biology and tissue engineering, cell and developmental biology, neuroscience, imaging and more! Featuring a variety of model organisms, including marine and aquatic species.
Recent Publications
Sterner, Z. R., Jabrah, A., Shaidani, N.-I., Horb, M. E., Dockery, R., Paul, B., & Buchholz, D. R. (2023). Development and metamorphosis in frogs deficient in the thyroid hormone transporter MCT8. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 331, 114179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2022.114179
Shindyapina, A., V., Cho, Y., Kaya, A., Tyshkovskiy, A., Castro, J. P., Deik, A., Gordevicius, J., Poganik, J. R., Clish, C. B., Horvath, S., Peshkin, L., & Gladyshev, V. N. (2022). Rapamycin treatment during development extends life span and health span of male mice and Daphnia magna. Science Advances, 8(37). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abo5482
Echeverri, K. (2022). Zebrafishing for enhancers of hearing regeneration. Cell Genomics, 2(9), 100178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xgen.2022.100178
Houston, D., Elliott, K., Coppenrath, K., Wlizla, M., & Horb, M. (2022). Maternal Wnt11b regulates cortical rotation during Xenopus axis formation: Analysis of maternal-effect wnt11b mutants. Development, 149(17). https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.200552
Drinkwater, E., Allen, W., Endler, J., Hanlon, R., Holmes, G., Homziak, N., Kang, C., Leavell, B., Lehtonen, J., Loeffler‐Henry, K., Ratcliffe, J., Rowe, C., Ruxton, G., Sherratt, T., Skelhorn, J., Skojec, C., Smart, H., White, T., Yack, J., Young, C. M. & Umbers, K. (2022). A synthesis of deimatic behaviour. Biological Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12891
