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The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) is an international center for research & education in biology & ecology in Woods Hole, MA. An affiliate of @UChicago.

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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-annou…

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MBL Announces Largest Ever Gift for Its Renowned Biological Education and Research Programs |...

Cell Biology Researcher Mark Terasaki’s $25 Million Unrestricted Gift Will Support Operations and Infrastructure Contact: Samantha Cummis [email protected]; 973.800.4119


🌟 Alumni Spotlight 🌟 Congratulations to two MBL community members elected to the National Academy of Medicine — one of the highest honors in health and science! #MBLAlumni #ScienceStartsHere Read more: go.mbl.edu/mbl-nam-elect

MBLScience's tweet image. 🌟 Alumni Spotlight 🌟
Congratulations to two MBL community members elected to the National Academy of Medicine — one of the highest honors in health and science! 

#MBLAlumni #ScienceStartsHere

Read more:  go.mbl.edu/mbl-nam-elect

🔬 Applications are now open! Join MBL’s world-renowned Advanced Research Training Courses, where scientists from around the globe come together to explore new ideas, master cutting-edge techniques, and become part of a dynamic network. ➡️Apply today: go.mbl.edu/courses

MBLScience's tweet image. 🔬 Applications are now open!

Join MBL’s world-renowned Advanced Research Training Courses, where scientists from around the globe come together to explore new ideas, master cutting-edge techniques, and become part of a dynamic network.

➡️Apply today: go.mbl.edu/courses

📚 Introducing the MBL Alumni Bookshelf! Explore books by MBL alumni that showcase how their ideas inspire the world. Have a book of your own? Submit it today! 🔗 mbl.edu/about/alumni/a…

MBLScience's tweet image. 📚 Introducing the MBL Alumni Bookshelf!

Explore books by MBL alumni that showcase how their ideas inspire the world. Have a book of your own? Submit it today!

🔗 mbl.edu/about/alumni/a…

Happy #MicroscopyMonday! The Nikon Small World Exhibit showcases life's beauty and complexity as seen through the light microscope. 14th place went to Marek Miś, who photographed recrystallized mixture of hydroquinone and myoinositol. Can you guess the lens magnification?

MBLScience's tweet image. Happy #MicroscopyMonday!

The Nikon Small World Exhibit showcases life's beauty and complexity as seen through the light microscope.

14th place went to Marek Miś, who photographed recrystallized mixture of hydroquinone and myoinositol.

Can you guess the lens magnification?

Zebrafish Course 2026 An intensive two-week program on zebrafish development and genetics for advanced students, postdocs, and investigators. Hands-on labs, evening lectures, and the latest techniques. 📅 7/23–8/6 🗓 Apply by 3/2/26 💰 Aid available: go.mbl.edu/mbl-zebrafish

MBLScience's tweet image. Zebrafish Course 2026
An intensive two-week program on zebrafish development and genetics for advanced students, postdocs, and investigators. Hands-on labs, evening lectures, and the latest techniques.
📅 7/23–8/6
🗓 Apply by 3/2/26
💰 Aid available: go.mbl.edu/mbl-zebrafish

“Gee, they almost look like droplets!” Cliff Brangwynne describes the game-changing observation of condensates forming in cells in the 2008 MBL Physiology course. youtu.be/NHVQi3G0oEw?si… 📸: Dee Sullivan

MBLScience's tweet image. “Gee, they almost look like droplets!” Cliff Brangwynne describes the game-changing observation of condensates forming in cells in the 2008 MBL Physiology course. youtu.be/NHVQi3G0oEw?si…

📸: Dee Sullivan

Embryology: Concepts and Techniques in Modern Developmental Biology — Explore key paradigms, problems, and technologies shaping modern developmental biology through integrated lectures and labs. 📅 5/30-7/10 📝 2/3 go.mbl.edu/mbl-embryo $ Aid Avail

MBLScience's tweet image. Embryology: Concepts and Techniques in Modern Developmental Biology — Explore key paradigms, problems, and technologies shaping modern developmental biology through integrated lectures and labs.

📅 5/30-7/10
📝 2/3  go.mbl.edu/mbl-embryo
$ Aid Avail

What’s in the “secret sauce” that makes the MBL a hotbed for discovery? We have a few clues. mbl.edu/news/what-mbls… 📸: Tom Kleindinst

MBLScience's tweet image. What’s in the “secret sauce” that makes the MBL a hotbed for discovery? We have a few clues. mbl.edu/news/what-mbls…

📸: Tom Kleindinst

Happy #MicroscopyMonday! The Nikon Small World Exhibit showcases life's beauty and complexity as seen through the light microscope. This year, 13th place went to Paweł Błachowicz, who photographed eyes of a green crab spider (Diaea dorsata). Can you guess the lens magnification?

MBLScience's tweet image. Happy #MicroscopyMonday!

The Nikon Small World Exhibit showcases life's beauty and complexity as seen through the light microscope. This year, 13th place went to Paweł Błachowicz, who photographed eyes of a green crab spider (Diaea dorsata).
Can you guess the lens magnification?

Accelerated evolution is observed in the gut microbiome as it passes from mother to child in the birth canal. mbl.edu/news/dominant-… Photo credit: Freepik

MBLScience's tweet image. Accelerated evolution is observed in the gut microbiome as it passes from mother to child in the birth canal. mbl.edu/news/dominant-…
Photo credit: Freepik

How does a butterfly make brilliant green wings? New study illuminates the development of structural color, with MBL Director Nipam Patel as a co-author. mbl.edu/news/how-butte… Photo credit: Nipam Patel

MBLScience's tweet image. How does a butterfly make brilliant green wings? New study illuminates the development of structural color, with MBL Director Nipam Patel as a co-author. mbl.edu/news/how-butte…
Photo credit: Nipam Patel

Undergrads! Are you ready to take your science outdoors? Spend fall 2026 on Cape Cod at the MBL studying coastal forests, ponds & estuaries. Applications due Mar 30! 📅 Aug 30–Dec 15, 2026 Learn more and apply today bit.ly/4hspr8S


Happy #MicroscopyMonday! The Nikon Small World Exhibit showcases life's beauty and complexity as seen through the light microscope. This year, 12th place went to Daniel Knop, who photographed wing scales of a butterfly (Papilio ulysses) on a medical syringe needle.

MBLScience's tweet image. Happy #MicroscopyMonday!

The Nikon Small World Exhibit showcases life's beauty and complexity as seen through the light microscope. 

This year, 12th place went to Daniel Knop, who photographed wing scales of a butterfly (Papilio ulysses) on a medical syringe needle.

Make your spring term unforgettable! 🌊 Join MBL’s Semester in Biological Discovery for an immersive, hands-on dive into parasitology, biodiversity, neurophysiology & more. 📅 Mar 1–May 23, 2026 🗓️ Apply by Dec 12: go.mbl.edu/sbd No research experience required!

MBLScience's tweet image. Make your spring term unforgettable! 🌊 Join MBL’s Semester in Biological Discovery for an immersive, hands-on dive into parasitology, biodiversity, neurophysiology & more.
📅 Mar 1–May 23, 2026
🗓️ Apply by Dec 12: go.mbl.edu/sbd
No research experience required!

We are hiring an Imaging Scientist. Apply here: go.mbl.edu/AS1887

MBLScience's tweet image. We are hiring an Imaging Scientist. 

Apply here: go.mbl.edu/AS1887

Ctenophores (teen-o-fores) are found in all oceans, including the waters around Woods Hole! Their "ctene rows" are made up of thousands of cilia fused into plates, which beat rhythmically. Here at the MBL, we study how these flexible structures propel them through the water.


Who’s an MBL Alum? ✨ Students ✨ Course Directors ✨Visiting Scientists ✨ Employees ✨ Council member ✨ Society member ✨ Trustees We'd love to hear what you’re up to now with our alumni survey. surveymonkey.com/r/NRDC555 📸Nipam Patel

MBLScience's tweet image. Who’s an MBL Alum? 
✨ Students 
✨ Course Directors
✨Visiting Scientists
✨ Employees
✨ Council member
✨ Society member
✨ Trustees
We'd love to hear what you’re up to now with our alumni survey. surveymonkey.com/r/NRDC555
📸Nipam Patel

Happy #MicroscopyMonday! The Nikon Small World Exhibit showcases life's beauty and complexity as seen through the light microscope. This year, 11th place went to Dr. Ferenc Halmos, who photographed slime mold on a rotten twig with water droplets.

MBLScience's tweet image. Happy #MicroscopyMonday!

The Nikon Small World Exhibit showcases life's beauty and complexity as seen through the light microscope.

This year, 11th place went to Dr. Ferenc Halmos, who photographed slime mold on a rotten twig with water droplets.

🔬 Applications are now open! Join MBL’s world-renowned Advanced Research Training Courses, where scientists from around the globe come together to explore new ideas, master cutting-edge techniques, and become part of a dynamic network. ➡️Apply today: go.mbl.edu/courses

MBLScience's tweet image. 🔬 Applications are now open!

Join MBL’s world-renowned Advanced Research Training Courses, where scientists from around the globe come together to explore new ideas, master cutting-edge techniques, and become part of a dynamic network.

➡️Apply today: go.mbl.edu/courses

Undergrads! Are you ready to take your science outdoors? Spend fall 2026 on Cape Cod at the MBL studying coastal forests, ponds & estuaries. Applications due Mar 30! 📅 Aug 30–Dec 15, 2026 Learn more and apply today bit.ly/4hspr8S


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