Next Generation Citizen Science Using Anecdata.org

This guest post on citizen science by Jane Disney, Duncan Bailey, Anna Farrell and Ashley Taylor is excerpted from an article that originally appeared in the Maine Policy Review.

Saving Sea Turtles Through Community Litter Cleanups

Guest Post by Christi Hughes

This guest post by Christi Hughes, a conservation and research specialist at the South Carolina Aquarium in Charleston, discusses how an online citizen science app developed by the MDI Biological Laboratory to crowdsource meaningful, actionable environmental data is facilitating the clean-up of plastic trash that threatens the lives of sea turtles.

Getting Middle Schoolers Excited About Science

Karlee Markovich

In this post, MDI Biological Laboratory animal core technician Karlee Markovich talks about her experience inspiring interest in science among students at a Bangor middle school as part of Maine BioScience Day.

Understanding Regeneration: A Monumental Quest

An Interview With James Godwin, Ph.D.

In this post, MDI Biological Laboratory scientist James Godwin, Ph.D., talks about what inspired him to study regenerative biology. The profile appears in the fall edition of the MDI Biological Laboratory magazine, "Breaking Through," which focuses on how the study of highly regenerative animal models can help science understand the potential for regeneration in humans.

This Is Why: Inspiring Future Discoveries

The following profile of REGEN2017 student Susannah Kassmer, Ph.D., appears in the fall edition of the MDI Biological Laboratory's "Breaking Through" magazine, which focuses on how the study of highly regenerative animal models can help science understand the potential for regeneration in humans.

Troubled Water

Jane E. Disney, Ph.D., MDI Biological Laboratory senior staff scientist and director of education, and Anna Farrell, program coordinator for the institution's Community Environmental Health Laboratory, were interviewed for the investigative documentary, "Troubled Water," on environmental threats to the nation's water supply.

On Creating Etch A Sketch® Art

Andrea R. Tilden, Ph.D.

In this post, artist and scientist Andrea R. Tilden, Ph.D., a visiting professor at the MDI Biological Laboratory, talks about the process involved in creating her Etch A Sketch® art, which is now on display in the Kinne Library in the lobby of the Morris Building.

Walking in Support of Huntington’s Disease

By Aric Rogers, Ph.D.

In this post, MDI Biological Laboratory scientist Aric Rogers, Ph.D., discusses his participation in a recent walk in support of Huntington's disease. Photo caption (left to right): Marc Letendre, Nancy Patterson, Aric Rogers, Ph.D.