“If everything regenerated, there would be no death.” Richard J. Goss, Ph.D.Principles of Regeneration Richard J. Goss, Ph.D., author of Principles of Regeneration, was a visiting scientist at the MDI Biological Laboratory in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. But is the statement that there would be no death if everything regenerated correct? The zebrafish,…
Read MoreEarlier this year Rose Besen-McNally graduated from College of the Atlantic with a degree in human ecology. During her freshman year, Rose applied for a student research fellowship at the MDI Biological Laboratory through the IDeA Network of Biomedical Research (INBRE). Although Rose had not previously considered a career in research, after spending just a…
Read MoreIt happens frequently in INBRE short courses: the students ask questions like “Is this the right answer?” or “Is this the result you were expecting?” only to be told that we don’t know the “right” answer until we do the experiment – that an unexpected answer, or an answer that reveals a hypothesis to be…
Read More“We believe in the critical importance of basic research and appreciate the community outreach they do. We feel like a part of the MDIBL family and making a planned gift was a way for us to connect beyond our selves.” Allan KleinmanVolunteer Allan Kleinman is an active volunteer and supporter of many nonprofit organizations on…
Read MoreThis 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.
Read MoreGuest 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.
Read MoreGuest Post by Diane Atwood
This blog post by Diane Atwood on the research of MDI Biological Laboratory scientist Aric Rogers, Ph.D., originally appeared on Atwood's popular "Catching Health with Diane Atwood" blog, which is carried in the Bangor Daily News and other media outlets. Read more of Atwood's posts on Catching Health or listen to her podcasts.
Read MoreKarlee 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.
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