Environment
This Citizen Science Project Is Taking On Roadkill — and Potentially Saving Animals
Project Roadkill Reports asks volunteers to note where they see roadkill to one day design better policies to prevent animals from getting struck by vehicles.
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Free home-test kits available to test well water for arsenic
Bar Harbor Health Officer Mike Gurtler is leading a new effort to test all the town’s residential wells for arsenic. Free home-test kits will be available at the municipal building.
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MDIBL’s history informs its future
At the 2022 annual meeting of the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (MDIBL) in July, President Hermann Haller outlined how the lab at a time of unprecedented growth will draw on its rich history as it continues to expand its drug discovery and education initiatives, the physical campus and scientific resources.
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UMF graduate and first-generation college student goes on to cellular research Ph.D. program after gene discovery
First-generation college student Anyssa Phaneuf, a member of the UMF graduating Class of 2022, always liked knowing how things work.
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Scientists developing the axolotl as a model for regeneration
Highly regenerative salamander could lead to new regenerative medicine therapies
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MDI lab pledges to offer haven for Ukrainian scientists fleeing the war
A Bar Harbor lab is pledging to offer haven for Ukrainian scientists fleeing from the 2-month-old war devastating their country.
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MDI Biological Laboratory opens its doors to Ukrainian scientists from the war-torn country
The MDI Biological Laboratory (MDIBL) is announcing plans to shelter scientists, research personnel, and their families fleeing the war in Ukraine.
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MDI researchers win NIH grants
Two scientists at Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory have been awarded Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). These grants, also called R21s, will fund two years of innovative research in the labs of Prayag Murawala, Ph.D. and James A. Coffman, Ph.D.
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