Latest news from Marine Biological Laboratory on News en-us Copyright 2025 News 115 31 / /images/newswise-logo-rss.gif /articles/marine-biological-laboratory-welcomes-sharon-stanczak-as-chief-advancement-officer/?sc=rsin /articles/marine-biological-laboratory-welcomes-sharon-stanczak-as-chief-advancement-officer/?sc=rsin Wed, 08 Jan 2025 08:00:38 EST The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) announces the appointment of Sharon Stanczak, CFRE, as its new Chief Advancement Officer, marking a significant step forward in MBL's commitment to advancing its mission of exploring fundamental biology to improve the human condition. Stanczak, who starts Feb. 1, will spearhead a comprehensive philanthropic strategy to elevate MBL's fundraising initiatives, strengthen institutional partnerships, and ensure the laboratory's long-term financial sustainability. Marine Biological Laboratory /articles/distinctive-shark-skin-offers-potential-medical-applications/?sc=rsin /articles/distinctive-shark-skin-offers-potential-medical-applications/?sc=rsin Thu, 02 Nov 2023 21:05:58 EST Sharks differ from other fish in many ways, including an apparently remarkable ability to heal from wounds, according to reports of sharks recovering from injuries sustained in the wild. While this healing ability has not yet been documented in controlled laboratory conditions, some of the chemical compounds found in shark skin may have significant biomedical potential. Marine Biological Laboratory /articles/antarctic-octopus-thrives-in-cold-with-unique-nervous-system/?sc=rsin /articles/antarctic-octopus-thrives-in-cold-with-unique-nervous-system/?sc=rsin Wed, 04 Oct 2023 07:05:17 EST Laden with dissolved salt, Antarctic waters can hover just above freezing and even dip below it. Temperatures this low would likely kill the animals that prosper in warmer waters further north. Yet, some creatures have found ways to live in this inhospitable cold. Marine Biological Laboratory /articles/most-of-world-s-salt-marshes-likely-to-be-underwater-by-2100-study-concludes/?sc=rsin /articles/most-of-world-s-salt-marshes-likely-to-be-underwater-by-2100-study-concludes/?sc=rsin Thu, 30 Mar 2023 17:40:27 EST Cape Cod's salt marshes are as iconic as they are important. These beautiful, low-lying wetlands are some of the most biologically productive ecosystems on Earth. Marine Biological Laboratory /articles/framework-helps-local-planners-prepare-for-climate-pressures-on-food-energy-water-systems/?sc=rsin /articles/framework-helps-local-planners-prepare-for-climate-pressures-on-food-energy-water-systems/?sc=rsin Fri, 24 Mar 2023 14:30:06 EST As the world faces increasingly extreme and frequent weather events brought on by climate change - such as droughts, floods, heatwaves, and wildfires - critical civic resources such as food, water, and energy will be impacted. Marine Biological Laboratory /articles/as-temps-rise-low-marsh-emits-more-carbon-gas-than-high-marsh/?sc=rsin /articles/as-temps-rise-low-marsh-emits-more-carbon-gas-than-high-marsh/?sc=rsin Fri, 02 Dec 2022 11:30:09 EST Salt marshes are a well-known carbon sink and can aid in carbon sequestration efforts. But they are also dynamic ecosystems that change with the seasons and tides. Marine Biological Laboratory /articles/a-new-protocol-for-light-sheet-live-imaging-of-c-elegans-adults-emerges-from-woods-hole-embryology-course/?sc=rsin /articles/a-new-protocol-for-light-sheet-live-imaging-of-c-elegans-adults-emerges-from-woods-hole-embryology-course/?sc=rsin Mon, 31 Oct 2022 19:25:49 EST The beauty of live-imaging studies is the specimen is alive, allowing dynamics such as cell division and embryonic development to be recorded over time. Marine Biological Laboratory /articles/new-model-sheds-light-on-daynight-cycle-in-the-global-ocean/?sc=rsin /articles/new-model-sheds-light-on-daynight-cycle-in-the-global-ocean/?sc=rsin Tue, 09 Aug 2022 17:05:02 EST Phytoplankton is the foundation of all life on the planet. Understanding how these photosynthetic organisms react to their ocean environment is important to understanding the rest of the food web. Marine Biological Laboratory /articles/squid-and-octopus-genome-studies-reveal-how-cephalopods-unique-traits-evolved/?sc=rsin /articles/squid-and-octopus-genome-studies-reveal-how-cephalopods-unique-traits-evolved/?sc=rsin Wed, 04 May 2022 12:40:39 EST Squid, octopus, and cuttlefish - even to scientists who study them - are wonderfully weird creatures. Marine Biological Laboratory /articles/cuttlefish-retain-sharp-memory-of-specific-events-in-old-age-unlike-humans-study-finds/?sc=rsin /articles/cuttlefish-retain-sharp-memory-of-specific-events-in-old-age-unlike-humans-study-finds/?sc=rsin Wed, 18 Aug 2021 16:50:48 EST Cuttlefish can remember what, where, and when specific events happened - right up to their last few days of life, researchers have found. Marine Biological Laboratory /articles/the-mysterious-legendary-giant-squid-s-genome-is-revealed/?sc=rsin /articles/the-mysterious-legendary-giant-squid-s-genome-is-revealed/?sc=rsin Fri, 17 Jan 2020 01:50:50 EST How did the monstrous giant squid - reaching school-bus size, with eyes as big as dinner plates and tentacles that can snatch prey 10 yards away -- get so scarily big? Marine Biological Laboratory /articles/wetlands-will-keep-up-with-sea-level-rise-to-offset-climate-change/?sc=rsin /articles/wetlands-will-keep-up-with-sea-level-rise-to-offset-climate-change/?sc=rsin Fri, 20 Dec 2019 11:05:15 EST Coastal wetlands provide stunning views and are hosts to a vast biodiversity. But they provide another service to the warming Earth: they capture carbon from the atmosphere and sequester it in their sediment at high rates. In the United States alone, coastal wetlands can offset the yearly carbon dioxide emissions from 800,000 cars. But as sea level rises with climate change, will coastal wetlands be overwhelmed, or will they retain their power as carbon sinks? Marine Biological Laboratory /articles/how-deep-does-life-go/?sc=rsin /articles/how-deep-does-life-go/?sc=rsin Tue, 26 Apr 2016 13:05:31 EST One of the startling discoveries about life on Earth in the past 25 years is that it can − and does − flourish beneath the ocean floor, in the planet's dark, dense, rocky crust. Marine Biological Laboratory /articles/scientists-hopes-to-pry-open-part-of-the-clam-genome/?sc=rsin /articles/scientists-hopes-to-pry-open-part-of-the-clam-genome/?sc=rsin Wed, 25 Aug 2004 16:50:00 EST An international team of scientists-who credit studying surf clam cells with important research breakthroughs in the study of diseases such as cancer, premature aging, and muscular dystrophy-has convened at the Marine Biological Laboratory to begin sequencing some of the clam's active genes. Marine Biological Laboratory /articles/listen-up-mice-may-hold-key-to-restoring-human-hearing-loss/?sc=rsin /articles/listen-up-mice-may-hold-key-to-restoring-human-hearing-loss/?sc=rsin Wed, 25 Aug 2004 16:30:00 EST Marine Biological Laboratory visiting investigators Jeffrey Corwin and Stefan Heller are working this summer to make large numbers of mouse stem cells "grow" into inner ear sensory hair cells-acoustic receptors that are a critical part of the auditory system. Marine Biological Laboratory /articles/woods-hole-scientific-community-signs-diversity-initiative/?sc=rsin /articles/woods-hole-scientific-community-signs-diversity-initiative/?sc=rsin Thu, 29 Jul 2004 16:10:00 EST A Woods Hole Scientific Community Diversity Initiative was signed by the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole Lab. of NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Sea Education Association, US Geological Survey-Woods Hole, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and Woods Hole Research Center. Marine Biological Laboratory /articles/researcher-and-teacher-visit-siberia-to-study-climate-excite-schoolchildren-about-science/?sc=rsin /articles/researcher-and-teacher-visit-siberia-to-study-climate-excite-schoolchildren-about-science/?sc=rsin Wed, 19 May 2004 17:40:00 EST A scientist and a schoolteacher are leaving for Siberia on May 21 on a double-edged mission: to conduct two weeks of important MBL climate-related research on the Lena River and to share their scientific adventures with Clapp's fourth, fifth, and sixth graders and others. Marine Biological Laboratory /articles/an-evolutionary-exception-confirmed/?sc=rsin /articles/an-evolutionary-exception-confirmed/?sc=rsin Wed, 21 Jan 2004 13:40:00 EST Biologists have confirmed that a group of microscopic animals has evolved for tens of millions of years without sexual reproduction. Their results demonstrate a radical exception to the biological rule that abandonment of sexual reproduction is an evolutionary dead end. Marine Biological Laboratory /articles/herpes-research-uncovers-possible-clue-to-alzheimers-disease/?sc=rsin /articles/herpes-research-uncovers-possible-clue-to-alzheimers-disease/?sc=rsin Mon, 10 Nov 2003 16:20:00 EST Investigating the transport mechanisms of the herpes simplex virus, researchers discovered a physical connection between the herpes virus and amyloid precursor protein. A byproduct of APP is a major component of the amyloid plaques that are found consistently in the brains of persons with Alzheimer's disease. Marine Biological Laboratory /articles/mbl-receives-22-million-for-education-program/?sc=rsin /articles/mbl-receives-22-million-for-education-program/?sc=rsin Thu, 29 May 2003 00:00:00 EST The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has awarded the Marine Biological Laboratory a four-year, $2.2 million grant that will support the Laboratory's advanced courses for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and university faculty members. Marine Biological Laboratory