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The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) is an international center for research & education in biology & ecology in Woods Hole, MA.
Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
Joined February 2010
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We're thrilled to announce the largest private gift in our 137-year history: a $25 million unrestricted donation from MBL Whitman Scientist Mark Terasaki.
His generosity will bolster our renowned research and education programs. 🔬
Learn more: mbl.edu/news/mbl-announces-l…
What if you could see light in a whole new way?
Michael Shribak (@mshribak), a senior scientist at the MBL, developed and patented a polychromatic polarization microscope that allows him to visualize an "invisible" property of light.
🔗 Read more here: go.mbl.edu/light
🧬 Oops, we missed World #CRISPR Day yesterday… we were a little busy gene editing cells in the lab! Want to get hands-on with CRISPR? Our Advanced Research Training Courses offer opportunities to learn cutting-edge techniques.
🔗 go.mbl.edu/ARTC27
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We’re heading to Woods Hole, MA for the 12th Aquatic Models of Human Disease Conference at @MBLScience!
Join Aneesh Acharya and Megan Le on Monday, October 19, for our scientific session exploring how the HCR™ platform can support research across aquatic model organisms and sample types.
Bring your questions, share your research and use cases, and stop by our table to connect with the team.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) retweeted
Researchers at @UCSF published a new study in Cell in collaboration with @MBLScience, revealing how squids use extensive RNA editing to expand the functionality of thousands of proteins, diversifying their stability, localization, and activity.
qbi.ucsf.edu/qbi-highlights/…
🔬 Happy #MicroscopyMonday! Meet Arietellus plumifer, a deep-sea calanoid copepod collected 500 meters below the surface.
Imaged by JC Weber, a senior research assistant at the Oceanic Flux Program, using a ZEISS Stemi SV-11 stereomicroscope and Olympus DP73 camera. (@NSF)
👏 We loved welcoming this year’s The Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT (@KSJatMIT) fellows to the Marine Biological Laboratory!
🪝 “Start with the hook.”
MBL alumna and science communicator Samantha Jones, PhD (@samjscience at @AmerChemSociety), shared tips with Comparative Developmental Biology students on turning a love of science into a career in science communication.
🔗 go.mbl.edu/n3hj0b
🔬 Myth vs. fact? Let’s take a closer look at the impact of giving.
Learn how your support helps the Marine Biological Laboratory make groundbreaking discoveries.
🔗 Donate today: mbl.edu/give
📣 APPLICATIONS OPEN!
Applications for the MBL's Advanced Research Training Courses are now open.
🔗 Check out details for course offerings here: go.mbl.edu/ARTC27
⏰ EARLY AND ROLLING ADMISSIONS!
Apply to early admissions round 2 for Semester in Biological Discovery program by October 15, with the final deadline on December 15.
🔗 More info here: go.mbl.edu/SBD
Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) retweeted
🎉 Wrapping up another fantastic #IHCIFCourse2026, a great week of hands-on learning, collaboration, and new connections!
Thursday night - you can find our crew at Captain Kidd! It’s a tradition and a fun ending to a great course!
A big thank you to the Marine Biological Laboratory @MBLScience for hosting us and helping make this course such a wonderful experience!
A video of Filoreta ramosa, a fascinating protist that can form multinucleate networks, for #MicroscopyMonday.
Imaged by Erandi Sachinthanie, Andrew Kennard, Amaranta Kahn, Jason Bear, Annie Rowe, and John Spear (@spearmicrobe) from the 2026 Microbial Diversity course.
Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) retweeted
25年間ほぼ欠かさず18ヶ月ごとのsea urchin meeting @MBLScience Woods
Holeに来ています。今回もまず見るべき手紙ですね
Condensates 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
Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) retweeted
Congrats to @KarlDeisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel on the Nobel Prize! I've been waiting for this day since first seeing Karl talk at the Monday Night Lectures at @MBLScience ~15 years ago. I knew then that this work would change the future of neuroscience forever.
BREAKING NEWS
The 2026 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”
Congratulations 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
Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) retweeted
🔬 The #IHCIFCourse2026 is officially underway in Woods Hole, MA!
This week, HCS is at the Marine Biological Laboratory @MBLScience for hands-on training in immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence, combining foundational learning with practical lab experience.
We’re excited for a great week of learning, collaboration, and science!
#Immunohistochemistry #Immunofluorescence #Histochemistry
Happy #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.
We’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:
surveymonkey.com/r/6YBKF5M
Marine 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.
