Murawala and Masselink Redefine the Evolution of Axolotl Tail Regeneration
With colleague Wouter Masselink, Ph.D., of the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, MDI Bio Lab's Prayag Murawala, Ph.D., is revising scientific perceptions of how the axolotl (Mexican salamander) can regrow its tail.
Continue ReadingMy Axolotl Co-Pilot
A conversation with MDI Bio Lab Assistant Professor James Godwin, Ph.D., about the powerful example of limb, tissue and organ regeneration the Mexican salamander called axolotl provides for the future of human health. “If they can do it, we can do it,” he says.
Continue ReadingMurawala Lab Discovers a New Stem Cell
Globe-spanning research project opens new possibilities for regenerative medicine
Continue ReadingMDI Bio Lab Scientists Share Salamander Secrets
“AxoBase is an enabling resource. It enables biology to get done.” -- from a recent publication in the Node.
Continue ReadingLaunching Bioscience Careers at MDI Bio Lab
A growing number of graduates and post-docs are energizing the campus.
Continue ReadingAxolotl and MDI Bio Lab Featured in Meet the Wild Things Children’s Book Series
Researchers assist writer Hayley Rocco and award-winning illustrator John Rocco.
Continue Reading2022 MDI Biological Laboratory Publications
In 2022 MDI Biological Laboratory’s researchers continued to push into new scientific frontiers in the biology of aging, repair and regeneration, expanding our knowledge of how to protect and extend healthy lifespans.
Continue ReadingMicroscopy Momentum at MDIBL
MDIBL’s facilities and website overflow with the beautiful and sometimes startling images its scientists, staff and students produce in the course of their research with the laboratory’s battery of microscopy and transgenic animal models. One of the experts, Marko Pende, Ph.D., was recognized this month by Nikon’s international “Small World Photomicrography Competition” for making an...
Continue ReadingComparative Biology: Animal Models Strut Their Stuff
Scientists at the MDI Biological Laboratory use the comparative model approach to understand the basic biology of tissue regeneration and aging. Thanks to evolution and common ancestry, we humans actually share a large portion of our DNA with fish, worms, and salamanders. Humans and zebrafish, for example, share 70% of the same genes; 84% of human genes known to be associated with human disease have a zebrafish equivalent. That’s a lot of similarity.
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