REGEN2017 Students Share Their Thoughts

The  MDI Biological Laboratory’s recent signature course in comparative regenerative biology, REGEN2017, attracted senior graduate students, post-docs and junior faculty from around the world. Here, some of the students talk about what the experience meant to them. Pictured above: Susannah Kassmer, Ph.D., post-doctoral fellow, University of California-Santa Barbara.    ‘I want to help people who…

Big Data: Computational Biology Opens a New Window on the World’s Challenges for Colby Scientists

Guest post by Kate Carlisle

In this excerpt from an article in Colby Magazine by Kate Carlisle, genomics expert Andrea R. Tilden, Ph.D., The J. Warren Merrill Associate Professor of Biology at Colby and a visiting scientist in bioinformatics at the MDI Biological Laboratory, discusses the evolution of the fields of bioinformatics and computational biology.

How the Loathsome Fruit Fly Is Contributing to Important Wound Healing Research

Guest Post by Diane Atwood

This guest post is by Diane Atwood whose popular blog, "Catching Health with Diane Atwood," is carried by the Bangor Daily News and other media outlets. Read other "Catching Health" posts.  

Research Models Less Traveled By

Guest Post by Regina McEnery

The following interview with Kevin Strange, Ph.D., president of the MDI Biological Laboratory, is excerpted from Eureka, a blog serving the CRO (contract research organization) industry. Launched by Charles River Labs in 2012, the site is a way for scientists to connect and share big ideas on the cutting-edge bench science driving drug discovery and development, particularly in the areas of preclinical safety and assessment, pharmaceutical manufacturing and animal research models.

MDI Biological Laboratory President Kevin Strange, Ph.D., Speaks to Maine Startups Insider About Novo Biosciences

The following post is excerpted from a "Founder Forum" interview with Kevin Strange, Ph.D., about Novo Biosciences that originally appeared in the online publication, "Maine Startups Insider (MSI)."

Students Share Observations on Their Summer Research Fellowships

Forty-one high school and undergraduate students participated in summer research fellowships at the MDI Biological Laboratory this summer. Here, three summer research fellows share their observations on what the experience has meant to them.

The Art of Diagnosis: Recognizing Disease in Paintings

Hermann Haller, M.D.

This post by MDI Biological Laboratory faculty member Hermann Haller, M.D., professor and director of the Department of Nephrology and Hypertension at Hannover Medical School in Hanover, Germany, uses the painting "Allegory of Love" by the Florentine painter Agnolo Bronzino to discuss how paintings can be used to teach the art of diagnosis. Haller lectures frequently on the interface between art and medicine.

Star Point Society Members Enjoy ‘Fire and Ice’ at Taste for Science Dinner

Did you know that … Flavor is a complex mixture of sensations including taste, texture and aroma, with 80 percent of the flavor experience coming from aroma and only 20 percent from taste and texture. The sensation of taste includes five established basic tastes; in addition to sweet, sour, salty and bitter, there is umani,…