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. Over the last…
Read MoreScience is a complex and ever-evolving field. Advances in microscopy in recent years now allows scientists to capture the beauty of nature at the most minute levels. Marko Pende, a postdoctoral researcher in the Murawala lab, recently entered the 2021 ZEISS Microscopy Image Contest with an image he took using a ZEISS Axio Zoom Stereo…
Read MoreArsenic, lead, and uranium, naturally occurring contaminants in some groundwater, are not uncommon in New England, where significant portions of the population rely on wells for drinking water. Long-term or acute exposure to these contaminants can lead to multiple types of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and more. Federal and state guidelines regulate the maximum contaminant…
Read MoreWalking through the MDI Biological Laboratory courtyard on a sultry August afternoon, you couldn’t help but be inspired by the depth and breadth of research from our 2021 student fellows. Forty-five undergraduate and high school students from institutions across the country, working with mentors at MDIBL and other INBRE institutions around Maine, spent 10-weeks of…
Read MoreBy Pip Hansen — If you live in Maine, it’s almost compulsory to spend your summer months eating copious amounts of wild blueberries. In fact, given their versatility and freezabilty, you could make it enjoying these little sweetness bombs a year-round activity: blueberry jam, blueberry pie, in a salad, on a smoothie, or as a…
Read MoreOur animal core team are always busy raising and keeping our animal models in the best possible condition for our faculty. This month, they took a few snaps along they way to show us some of their behind the scenes action.
Read MoreBy Pip Hansen — For me, the nectarine (latin name Prunus persica var. nucipersica) is a compulsory part of summer. Each little nibble evokes memories of balmy childhood summers, lolling around in the backyard, juice dripping down my chin and all over my hands and laughing with my sister. While I’m happy to say that I’m…
Read MoreBy Pip Hansen — There’s nothing that says summer quite like delicious, sun-sweet berries. Maine is well known for it’s short but delicious strawberry season, but let’s not let that overshadow the many other berries summer kindly supplies us – especially the sweet yet tart blackberry (scientific name Rubus). Beneath it’s deliciousness, the blackberry hides…
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