MDI Biological Laboratory launches new drug discovery initiative
MDI Bioscience will improve efficiency and better inform early decision-making in drug development. Led by Jim Strickland, a biopharma entrepreneur with more than 25 years of experience, MDI Bioscience will utilize MDIBL's expertise in comparative biology to develop new tools to speed the drug discovery process and minimize the risks involved in bringing new drugs to market.
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HoL1day Tree
Hannah Somers, a research assistant in the Rollins lab, created this composite image of L1 C. elegans. C. elegans have four larval stages before adulthood – L1 is the first larval stage after hatching. These images were taken to understand how intermittent fasting impacts L1 C. elegans and protein translation rates. L1 C. elegans enter an ageless state of arrest when fasted, making…
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Haller Honored in Germany
Among Germany’s nephrological academics, Franz Volhard is a 20th century figure comparable to the U.S. kidney researcher Homer Smith (himself a venerated MDIBL leader), with numerous honors given in their names. Haller has already received two previous awards named after Volhard: the 1994 Franz Volhard Prize of the German Society of Nephrology, and the 2000…
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Giving Tuesday at MDIBL
Meet Marko Pende, Ph.D., a postdoctoral researcher in the Murawala lab at MDI Biological Laboratory. Marko investigates limb regeneration in axolotls, and is also an award-winning science photographer who’s inventing new ways to “clear” sample tissues, making them transparent for easier viewing. This fall, with his colleagues in the Light Microscopy Facility, Pende is building…
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This Citizen Science Project Is Taking On Roadkill — and Potentially Saving Animals
Project Roadkill Reports asks volunteers to note where they see roadkill to one day design better policies to prevent animals from getting struck by vehicles.
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Free home-test kits available to test well water for arsenic
Bar Harbor Health Officer Mike Gurtler is leading a new effort to test all the town’s residential wells for arsenic. Free home-test kits will be available at the municipal building.
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Scientists Reveal an Unexpected Gene in Worms
Human homolog in C. elegans opens new research window for diseases such as ALS and Alzheimer’s
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