Children of all ages and their families will have an opportunity to experience science in a way that stimulates children’s interest and encourages parental involvement in science education at a Family Science Night at the MDI Biological Laboratory on Thursday, July 11, from 5 to 7 p.m.
The long history of interactions between natural science and economics will be the subject of a June 24 MDI Science Café presentation entitled “The Search for Truth in the History of Science and Economics: Some Surprising Connections.”
The MDI Biological Laboratory has announced that Iain A. Drummond, Ph.D., will join the faculty as professor and senior scientist
University of Maine neuroscientist Kristy Townsend, Ph.D., will talk about factors contributing to the national epidemic of obesity and overweight and steps individuals can take to control their weight at an MDI Science Café presentation at the MDI Biological Laboratory.
The MDI Biological Laboratory has received an award of nearly $18 million from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), an Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), for the renewal of a grant to strengthen biomedical research and research training in Maine.
The MDI Biological Laboratory has announced that it has received more than $30,000 in cash and in-kind awards in support of its second annual “Applications of Organoid Technology” course, to be held May 26 through June 1 at the institution’s Bar Harbor campus.
The mission of Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park — to pursue collaborative solutions to critical environmental challenges through discovery and learning — will be the subject of a May 13 MDI Science Café at the MDI Biological Laboratory.
The MDI Biological Laboratory and the University of New England (UNE) are bringing Maine researchers together to discuss how they can collaborate to identify solutions to the opioid epidemic in Maine.
The science of hard cider will be the topic of an MDI Science Café and cider tasting at 5 p.m. on April 22 presented by Todd Little-Siebold, Ph.D., a history professor at College of the Atlantic (COA) in Bar Harbor and Elli Hartig, a research assistant at the MDI Biological Laboratory.
The role of next-generation therapies in cancer treatment will be the subject of a March 11 MDI Science Café entitled “The Frontiers of Cancer Research” by cancer biologist/immunologist Muneer G. Hasham, Ph.D., of The Jackson Laboratory.