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The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), founded in 1888, is an international center for research & education in biology & ecology in Woods Hole, MA. www.mbl.edu
@mblscience.bsky.socialCondensates have their roots in the MBL’s Physiology course, and new research about these cellular compartments that act as hubs for facilitating biological reactions continues to reveal novel insights into how cells function.
🔗 Full story here: go.mbl.edu/k72o6g
@mblscience.bsky.socialCongratulations to MBL alumnus Karl Deisseroth, co-recipient of the 2026 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine!
We’re proud to celebrate this remarkable achievement.
🔗 More info here: go.mbl.edu/p30rtz
@pcart.bsky.socialReposted by @mblscience.bsky.socialHad such a wonderful time back in my happy place @mblscience.bsky.social attending #cnidofest2026. Great science, great people and great fun. (T-shirt art credit @stoilovamarina.bsky.social)
@mblscience.bsky.socialHappy #MicroscopyMonday!
Check out this free-swimming cercaria larva of a local parasitic flatworm Lepocreadium setiferoides, which infects mud snails.
Imaged and sampled by Ana Corum and Yuxuan Xu in the Rawlinson Lab.
@mblscience.bsky.socialWe’re exploring the possibility of an MBL Alumni Weekend—and we want to know what would make you excited to return!
Tell us what you’d love to see, do, learn, and experience during an alumni weekend.
Take the Alumni Weekend Interest Survey:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6YBKF5M
@mblscience.bsky.socialMarine copepod legs for #MicroscopyMonday!
Exoskeleton (blue) stained with WGA and nuceli (pink-orange) stained with Hoescht.
This image was placed #20 in Nikon’s 2025 Small World photomicrography competition.
Imaged by Zachary Sanchez.
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@mblscience.bsky.socialOn Monday, undergraduate students in the 2026 Semester in Environmental Science (SES) course sampled water at multiple locations including Waquoit Bay to examine photosynthesis and chlorophyll content. 🌊 The goal: to compare marine and freshwater systems to glean insights
@mblscience.bsky.socialAPPLICATIONS OPEN‼️
Apply to the Grass Fellowship by December 1 and gain access to research support including laboratory space, animals, equipment and supplies for one summer at the MBL.
Partnered with @grassfoundation.bsky.social
🔗 More info here: go.mbl.edu/grass2026
@mblscience.bsky.socialHappy #MicroscopyMonday!
This is a holomatography image of a larval tubeworm imaged on a Tomocube Mini.
Imaged by students Le Pham and Sophia Aredas during the 2026 Molecular and Cell Biology of Symbiosis course.
@mblscience.bsky.socialLearning from experts and from one another—amidst an environment of non-model organisms, cutting-edge technology, and deep scientific history—has made for a pretty great summer for MBL’s students.
Curious what they’ve accomplished?
🔗 Read here: go.mbl.edu/q8fua8
@mblscience.bsky.socialThe Marine Biological Laboratory has expanded its Board of Trustees with the election of six distinguished leaders.
🔗 Full press release here: go.mbl.edu/2tyzi0
@mblscience.bsky.socialAPPLICATIONS OPEN‼️
Apply to the Whitman Center Fellowship program and gain access to state-of-the-art instrumentation, innovative imaging technology, genome sequencing, and availability of model freshwater and marine organisms.
🔗 More info here: go.mbl.edu/whitman
@open-ephys.orgReposted by @mblscience.bsky.socialButterflies and axolotls: our acquisition systems had a busy summer at the MBL @mblscience.bsky.social ! 🦋🧠
This year, we supported Grass Fellow Jack Supple and Whitman Fellow Angelo Forli @aforli89.bsky.social with Open Ephys acquisition boards. Here’s what they’ve been up to.
@geiselbiofilm.bsky.socialReposted by @mblscience.bsky.socialSarvesh Surve, a PhD student in the lab, is presenting the work he and many others in the class did, at the Microbial Diversity course @mblscience.bsky.social at the Microbial Dark Matter Symposium. This exciting work advances our understanding of CPRs.
www.microbial-dark-matter-symposium.com
@mblscience.bsky.social⏰ ROLLING ADMISSIONS!
Apply to the Semester in Biological Discovery program by December 15, and gain immersive research experience in discovery-driven biological sciences.
🔗 More info here: go.mbl.edu/SBD
@mblscience.bsky.socialJoin MBL Board Chair Bill Huyett in supporting the MBL Annual Fund.
@mblscience.bsky.socialAPPLICATIONS OPEN‼️
Volume Microscopy: from Array Tomography to PFIB SEM is a new course that will introduce participants into a dynamic area of technology development.
Photo credit: Kristina D. Micheva
🔗 More info here: go.mbl.edu/vm
@mblscience.bsky.socialNo, this isn’t a banana!
For today's #MicroscopyMonday, we have a confocal image of a parasitoid wasp egg, filled with a symbiotic bacterium.
Imaged by student Loretha Jack during the 2026 Molecular and Cell Biology of Symbiosis course.
