The Science of Cocktails: Elderflower Gin Fizz
Last month we shared with you the benefits of lemons and raspberries. This month, as we’ve enjoyed a few more hints of warm weather and the summer to come, we’ll be enjoying the wonderful elderflower (Sambucus nigra subspecies canadensis), a perennial native to Maine that can be found near roadsides and wet meadows. This brilliant...
Continue ReadingThe Science of Cocktails: Clover Club
Nothing says summer quite like a sun-warmed raspberry, freshly picked from the bush. And although we’re not quite there yet (I’m still willing my daffodils to show their pretty little heads), the inimitable Clover Club will give you both nostalgia for summers past and hope for the one that is just around the seasonal corner....
Continue Reading2022 Visiting Scientists Arrive at MDIBL
The 2022 Visiting Scientist program has begun in earnest with the arrival of Helmut Augustin, Ph.D., DVM, from Heidelberg University in Heidelberg, Germany, and Hillary Maddin, Ph.D., from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada to the MDIBL campus.
Continue ReadingFirst Annual Statewide Research Symposium on Biomedical Science and Engineering
The University of Maine’s Institute of Medicine has announced the First Annual Statewide Research Symposium on Biomedical Science and Engineering, planned for October 13 and 14, 2022. MDI Biological Laboratory is proud to partner with the University of Maine, University of New England, Jackson Laboratory, the Roux Institute, Northern Light Healthcare and Maine Health to...
Continue ReadingThere is Always Something New: A COVID-19 Update
Guest blog by Dr. Hermann Haller, President of MDI Biological Laboratory.
Continue ReadingThis Is Why: Chuck Dinsmore, Ph.D.
Chuck Dinsmore has devoted his life to curiosity, discovery and fostering a love of science in others.
Continue ReadingWill You Invest in The Future of Science?
Your gift today can help postdoctoral researchers make the scientific breakthroughs of tomorrow.
Continue ReadingFirst Step in Major Makeover for Bowen Hall
As one of the first building you see when arriving on the MDI Biological Laboratory campus, Bowen Hall is a central and visible part our history. Sitting contented and yellow on its rise, Bowen serves as a sentinel, watching over the lab and all that is happening in pursuit of good science.
Continue ReadingThis Is Why: Joan Mansfield
I spent my summers on Mt. Desert Island as a child, and I loved (and still do!) hiking the island trails and combing the beaches. At the end of high school, I worked at MDIBL for five weeks in the summer of 1969. We worked to extract a nerve substance from starfish legs and used...
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