MDI Biological Laboratory Receives Historic Archive of Award-Winning Scientific Films
The MDI Biological Laboratory has received a significant gift from Dr. Reinier Beeuwkes: an archive of 16mm scientific films documenting the microscopic blood vessels of the human kidney and heart in unprecedented, dynamic detail.
Continue ReadingReconnecting Kidney Plumbing, the Zebrafish Way
MDI Bio Lab scientists discover how the fish solves a basic challenge in regenerative biology—insights in their newest publication in the journal Development could one day guide human kidney repair.
Continue ReadingHow to Keep Blood Vessels Young and Fight Aging
Anastasia Paulmann, M.D., works with a unique, short-lived fish to study how the vascular system changes with age and test a new therapy to prevent those changes.
Continue ReadingUnlocking the Secrets of Vision Restoration
Exploring the zebrafish’s self-healing powers. Can we apply them to humans?
Continue ReadingAfrican Turquoise Killifish in Focus at National Conference Hosted by MDI Bio Lab
Anastasia Paulmann, M.D., a postdoctoral researcher in the laboratory of Hermann Haller, M.D., has adopted the remarkable African turquoise killifish as a model for aging studies. It’s a rising star in comparative biology, and Paulmann co-organized the first national conference dedicated to its development.
Continue ReadingPioneering New Kidney-Grafting Techniques
New research published in the journal Bioengineering was led by former visiting scientists Leif Oxburgh, D.V.M., Ph.D. and Denise Marciano, M.D., Ph.D., and the MDI Bio Lab’s Iain Drummond, Ph.D. Drummond calls the challenge of getting lab-grown kidney tissue to link with an organism's circulatory system and function properly a "plumbing problem."
Continue ReadingA Post-Doc Builds Proto-Kidneys from Scratch
More than 30 million Americans suffer from chronic kidney disease (CKD), including thousands in Maine.
Continue ReadingMDIBL’s Work in 2022 Includes a New Way To Prevent COVID-19 Infection
Over the course of the year just past, MDI Biological Laboratory’s researchers continued to push the frontiers in the biology of aging, repair, and regeneration, expanding our knowledge of how to protect and extend healthy lifespans.
Continue ReadingHaller Honored in Germany
MDI Biological Laboratory President Dr. Hermann Haller received two major honors this fall: he was awarded the Franz Volhard Medal and he was inducted into the German National Academy of Sciences -- both in recognition of his long career of scientific achievement.
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