MDI Researcher Will Use Fruit Flies to Study Macular Degeneration
Bates in the News ·
Vicki Losick ’01, a researcher at the MDI Biological Laboratory, received a $50,000 grant to use fruit flies to study age-related eye diseases.
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ASN Workforce and Career Advancement Opportunities Now Open
ASN Kidney News Online ·
The American Society of Nephrology has announced that it is now accepting applications for the 2019 Kidney TREKS (Tutored Research and Education for Kidney Scholars) program at the MDI Biological Laboratory. The deadlines to apply is Friday, January 18, 2019, at 4:00 p.m. EST.
Students Explore How Science Research Works
Mount Desert Islander ·
About 100 fourth grade students from the five Mount Desert Island and Trenton elementary schools visited the MDI Biological Laboratory the week of Nov. 26 for an introduction to biology.
MDI Biological Lab Scientist Earns Award for Fruit Fly Work
ABC7/Fox 22 ·
Can fruit flies help us figure out why older Americans lose their vision? A scientist at the MDI Biological Laboratory says yes, yes they can.
“Lava-Lamp” Proteins May Help Cells Cheat Death
Scientific American ·
MDI Biological Laboratory scientist Dustin Updike, Ph.D., is quoted in this article from Scientific American about how certain proteins aggregate like liquids in order to perform certain functions in the cell — a phenomenon called “liquid-liquid phase separation.”
MDI Biological Laboratory Scientist Receives Scientific Innovation Award
Healthcare Dive ·
Vicki P. Losick, Ph.D., has been named the inaugural recipient of an award from the William Procter Scientific Innovation Fund. The award will support her research at the MDI Biological Laboratory on age-rel…
Losick Lands Grant to Study Macular Degeneration
Innovation Toronto ·
MDI Biological Laboratory researcher Vicki Losick has been named the inaugural recipient of an award from the William Procter Scientific Innovation Fund.
Losick Lands Grant to Study Macular Degeneration
Mount Desert Islander ·
MDI Biological Laboratory researcher Vicki Losick has been named the inaugural recipient of an award from the William Procter Scientific Innovation Fund.
MDI Biological Laboratory Scientist Receives Scientific Innovation Award for Research on AMD
Eyewire News ·
Vicki P. Losick, PhD, has been named the inaugural recipient of an award from the William Procter Scientific Innovation Fund. The award will support her research at the MDI Biological Laboratory on age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
MDI Biological Laboratory Scientist Receives Scientific Innovation Award
Bioengineer.org ·
BAR HARBOR, MAINE — Vicki P. Losick, Ph.D., has been named the inaugural recipient of an award from the William Procter Scientific Innovation Fund. The award will support her research at the MDI Biological Laboratory on age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of vision loss in older people.
The Procter Fund was established at the MDI Biological Laboratory earlier this year by a member of William Procter’s family in honor of his achievements in science and business. Procte…