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WOODS HOLE, Mass. – The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) is pleased to announce the election of five new members to its Board of Trustees and the transition of Trustee William I. (Bill) Huyett to the role of Board Chair. The new Trustees are David Johnson, MBA, of Bain & Company; Max Paul Rosen, MD, MPH, of University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School; Robert Rosiello, MBA, of Flagship Pioneering; Catherine Mahoney Thomas of the Whitehall Foundation; and Lewis T. (Rusty) Williams, MD, PhD of Ten30Bio. New MBL Board Chair Bill Huyett is director emeritus of McKinsey and Company, where ..read more

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MBL Senior Scientist Roger Hanlon talks Cephalopods with Mindy Todd on "The Point" on WCAI. Brainy… sophisticated….colorful….. strange: a few words to describe cephalopods, a family of marine animals that includes octopuses, squid, cuttlefish and nautilus. On The Point, we talk with MBL senior scientist and cephalopod researcher Roger Hanlon about these fascinating creatures. He shares insights about their complex behaviors, and the mysteries that still remain. Mindy Todd hosts. Listen here... Source: Cephalopods | WCAI ..read more

Elizabeth Wilbanks, lead author on this study, is an MBL Whitman Fellow and a microbiologist at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Bacterial superorganisms must evolve defenses to fight off infections, and microbiologists found that they use a weapons cache coincidentally similar to that of the human immune system. The vast majority of bacteria are single-celled creatures that compete with one another for survival. However, some bacteria team up to build multicellular communities. While loner bacteria boast impressive genetic diversity, cooperating bugs are genetically similar to ens ..read more

The ocean plays a vital role in Earth’s carbon cycle, acting as a vast sink that absorbs atmospheric carbon dioxide. Understanding how carbon moves from the ocean’s surface to its depths is crucial for modeling climate change. New research from Brown University, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and the Marine Biological Laboratory sheds light on a previously overlooked mechanism: oceanic intrusions. What are oceanic intrusions? Oceanic intrusions are fascinating and complex phenomena that occur when water masses of different densities, temperatures, or salinities come into contact within ..read more

MBL Senior Scientist Roger Hanlon talks Cephalopods with Mindy Todd on "The Point" on WCAI. Brainy… sophisticated….colorful….. strange: a few words to describe cephalopods, a family of marine animals that includes octopuses, squid, cuttlefish and nautilus. On The Point, we talk with MBL senior scientist and cephalopod researcher Roger Hanlon about these fascinating creatures. He shares insights about their complex behaviors, and the mysteries that still remain. Mindy Todd hosts. Listen here... Source: Cephalopods | WCAI ..read more

A team of over 70 scientists, including the late Jianwu (Jim) Tang, senior scientist in the MBL Ecosystems Center, used open-top chambers (OTCs) to experimentally simulate the effects of warming on 28 tundra sites around the world. The massive synthesis study was published in Nature in April. Anne Giblin, director of the Ecosystems Center, is quoted in this article by Sierra Club Magazine. New analysis shows that over time, this process could turn tundra ecosystems from carbon sinks to sources of emissions. Beneath snow and the low-lying vegetation that can survive in a tundra’s frigid tempera ..read more

This article interviews Alexander Schnell a former MBL Grass Fellow. Schnell worked extensively with MBL Senior Scientist Roger Hanlon, who was on her PhD committee and has co-published eight scientific papers with him on cuttlefish. Dr. Alex Schnell on the surprising things we're learning about these amazing creatures. With Earth Day fast approaching once again, it's time for another new documentary from National Geographic and Disney+: Secrets of the Octopus. It's the third in what has become a series, starting with the remarkable 2021 documentary Secrets of the Whales (narrated by Sigourney ..read more