Summer Student Spotlight
The SURF Difference: a Q&A with Hannah Lust
MDI Bio Lab's Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program brings together talented students from across the country. But what makes this year's cohort unique?
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From Discovery to Diagnosis: MDI Bioscience and a New Biomarker for Sepsis
Fundamental research and clinical applications
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A Q&A with Poet Julia Bouwsma
For Maine’s sixth Poet Laureate Julia Bouwsma, a visit to MDI Biological Laboratory became the starting point for a new set of poems inspired by the microscopic world.
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A New Window on Vision Loss and How to Fight It
Romain Madelaine, Ph.D., and his team ask: if zebrafish can regenerate damaged retinal cells, why can't we?
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A Searchable Past: Volunteers Digitize a Century of MDI Bio Lab’s History
Making the Laboratory's historic trove of annual bulletins widely accessible
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From SURF Fellows to Mentors
When MDI Bio Lab’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program wrapped up last August, rising seniors Reilly Hedden and Abby Martin chose to come back to Bar Harbor.
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How to Repair a Kidney Without Making Things Worse
MDI Bio Lab's Iain Drummond, Ph.D., has spent a career asking how to rebuild or replace a kidney that’s injured by disease. In this Q&A, he explains how the zebrafish is showing the way.
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MDI Bio Lab Welcomes Carola McGiffert as Vice President of Operations
An experienced operational leader for the Laboratory, with MDI roots
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A 50-Year Quest Motivated by a Question
MDI Bio Lab Associate Professor James A. Coffman addressed the largest-ever Maine Biological and Medical Sciences Symposium, held April 24–25, 2026. As the Director of the Maine IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE), his keynote speech touched on what evolution can teach us about regeneration, aging and human health.
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