The MDI Biological Laboratory

The MDI Biological Laboratory has been a member of Linktree for 3 years and joined in November 2022. The social media accounts linked to from The MDI Biological Laboratory are: • Facebook • Instagram • YouTube • LinkedIn • Threads • Bluesky Besides social media accounts, mdibl has populated their site with: • Romain Madelaine • Hiring: Regenerative & Aging faculty member • Support MDIBL • Maine's eelgrass research • Evident Life Science's 5th Annual Image of the Year Contest • Maine Bioscience Day • National Geographic Italia • MDIBL Microscopy • "The evolutionary origin and mechanism of chordate tail regeneration. An ancient tale?" • Major Gifts Officer Position • Maine INBRE • MDIBL Resources: LMT • 2024 Year in Review • MDI Bio Lab to host info session on Tremont PFAS contamination • Unlocking the Secrets of Vision Restoration • MDI Biological Laboratory • Scientific Resources - Light Microscopy Facility • 8 Most Unconventional Towns in Maine • MDI Bio Lab Research • Visiting Scientist Program • SURF program reminder • Scientific Resources - LMT • 2025 Courses & Conferences • How to Keep Blood Vessels Young and Fight Aging • The Corporation at MDI Bio Lab • MDI Bio Lab Location and Culture • Scientific Resources - LMF • Feb 3 Science Cafe • Murawala and Masselink Redefine the Evolution of Axolotl Tail Regeneration • Ph.D. Student Bidhi Diwedi • Murawala Lab • Courses at MDI Bio Lab • MDIBL Location and Culture • Dr. Elisabeth Marnik in HuffPost • MDIBL Courses • MDI Bio Lab • MDIBL Light Microscopy Facility • Events at MDIBL • How NIH funding impacts local institutions • MBSS Conference • Current understanding of heparanase 2 regulation, a non-heparanase • Emily Spaulding, Ph.D. • International Day of Women and Girls in Science • Uncertainty around federal funding leaves Maine nonprofits in limbo • 2025 Microscopy Courses at MDIBL • The Star Point Society • BioME Career Exploration 2025 Registration • F&A Explainer • ReBilD Course Registration • MDI Bio Lab 2024 Impact Report • MDI Bio Lab Light Microscopy Facility Core • The Power of Science, The Gift of Time • Haller Lab • This is why we stand we science • Planned Giving • Opinion: Federal research investments drive Maine’s economy • Scientific Resources • The Last One To Go from Woods Hole Historical Museum • More Research Required • MDI Bio Lab Research Areas • 5 Minute Genius • MDI Bio Lab Responds to Announced Cuts in NIH Research Grants • MDIBL • This is Why We Stand with Science • MDI Bio Lab Scientific Resources • Bowdoin Officially Recognized as Research Institution • MaineBiz Sciences/Innovation Roundup • Court Stays NIH Cuts in Vital Research Support • Science is the Lifeblood of Progress • Examining Potential PFAS Contamination of Well Water on MDI • Monthly Giving • Cutting Through the Noise: Pseudoscience and How to Combat It • MDI Bio Lab LMF • A Powerful Light on Biology May Go Dark • Maine scientists raise alarm over possible federal research cuts • Hello, I'm an Axolotl • Finding What You Weren’t Looking For • Today’s Discoveries, Tomorrow’s Therapeutics • ReBilD program • Partnerships for Environmental Public Health Newsletter • The small molecule ML233 is a direct inhibitor of tyrosinase function • College students research PFAS in drinking water at MDI Bio Lab • Careers at MDI Bio Lab • Scientific Speakers Series at UMaine at Fort Kent • Introduction to Workflows in the Cloud 2025 • Grads Keep Coming Back • Our Research Is Making Maine Communities Safer • Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy 2025 • Maine college students investigate health effects of forever chemicals • MDI Bio Lab Corporation • BioME Student Showcase • Maine research organizations face uncertainty as Trump administration vows to cut “wasteful spending” Federal • Graduate & Professional Programs • MBMSS Registration • Anecdata • Science Cafe: Advancing Drug Discovery Through Innovation • Those Nerdy Girls • Honoring the Legacy of Dr. Karl John Karnaky, Jr. • Graduate Program • Scientific Resources at MDIBL • Intrinsically disordered arginine-glycine (RG) repeat domains tune sub-nucleolar compartmentalization in C. elegans • Research at MDI Bio Lab • Access to Science Information Can Change Lives • The Murawala Lab • Blog Post: Renal Fellows Course at Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratories (MDIBL) • Publication Is a Milestone for Ph.D. candidate Romain Menard • ReBilD: Emerging Leaders in Regenerative Biology and Development 2025 • Careers at MDIBL: Bioinformatician • Building a Regeneration Factory: New Discoveries in Limb Regrowth • Effect of Cu(ATSM) on the expression and activity of ABC export proteins in killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) kidney tubules • Beyond Resolution • MDI Bio Lab President Testifies to U.S. Senate Committee on At-Risk Research Funding • Chapter Nine - Kidney development, injury and regeneration—Zebrafish • What in the World - BBC • MDI Lab President testifies at Senate appropriations committee hearing on biomedical research • Reproducible and FAIR Bioinformatics Analysis of Omics Data 2025 • Learn about MDIBL's Research • A Message from the President • MDI Bio Lab Light Microscopy Facility • Join the Star Point Society • Events at MDI Bio Lab • Q&A with Joel Graber, Ph.D. • Exploring Future Sea Levels with Science, History & Art on Mount Desert Island • Lawmakers take bold action on hidden threat lurking in kids' toys: 'We're protecting children' • Open position: Spaulding Lab • Welcoming Maine’s Life Science Leaders to Mount Desert Island • ASBMB members call for funding and agency support amidst uncertainty • The Coffman Lab • President Haller's Op-ed • Inside the Light Microscopy Core: Q&A with Frederic Bonnet, Ph.D. • Science Cafe: Worming Our Way Toward a Better Understanding of Neurodegenerative Disease • MDI Bio Lab Murawala Lab • Drummond lab • Summer Events at MDIBL • Origins of Renal Physiology: Fellows 2025 • MDIBL Campus • A Q&A with Edward Seckeler: Comparative Animal Model Core Manager • The balancing act between lipid droplets and lysosomes for membrane functionality in age-related neurodegeneration and inflammation • Maine Microscopy: Foundations and Fundamentals 2025 • 2025 Visiting Scientists at MDI Bio Lab • The Disney Lab • Family Science Night 2025 • Executive Operations Coordinator Position • The Spaulding lab • 2025 Visiting Scientists • 2025 Science Cafe Series • Wisdom, Generosity, and Humor Distinguish Renowned Hematologist, Edward J. Benz Jr., MD, FEL ’79 • SURF’s Up on Salisbury Cove • Science Cafe: Art Meets Science • This Is Why: “I’m Honored to Contribute to Such a Noble Cause” • The essential role of connective-tissue cells during axolotl limb regeneration • 2025 Family Science Night • A New Lens on Biology • Disney lab • Applications of Human iPSCs and Organoids 2025 • Updike lab • A biomedical program trains future researchers, but federal funding cuts jeopardize its outlook • Family Science Night • 2025 Annual Meeting of the Corporation • MDI Science Cafes • Letter to the Editor: The New England Journal of Medicine • ReBilD course • Madelaine lab • Learn about the MDI Biological Laboratory • MDI Bio Lab YouTube • Leaders in Regenerative & Developmental Biology Converge on MDI Bio Lab campus • New MDI Bio Lab President Circle Members • Star Point Society • The Mighty Fruit Fly • Spaulding lab • Undergraduate and High School Programs • Giving Opportunities • MDI Bio Lab Scientific Resources: Microscopy • https://insight.jci.org/articles/view/181298 • MDI Bio Lab is setting a course in times of uncertainty • Protecting the Surface of Blood Vessels • Science Friday podcast • Unlocking the Healing Powers of Zebrafish • Longtime MDI Bio Lab Leader Joins Board of Trustees • Boston Globe: One Maine scientist can't sleep at night because hes thinking about how this creature could unlock human regeneration • From Basic Discovery to Real-World Therapies • Heparanase 2 Modulates Vascular Permeability via Heparan Sulfate–Dependent Growth Factor Signaling • MDI Bio Lab concerned by 'uncertainty' with federal funding • NIH Awards MDI Bio Lab $2.3M to Train Leaders in Regenerative Biology • Science Cafe: Protecting the Surface of Blood Vessels • MDI Science Cafe: Using Science and the Law to Combat Salmon Farm Pollution • Breaking Through magazine • 2025 Summer Recap Video • Dr. Elisabeth Marnik at TEDxBates College • MDI Bio Lab is a Magnet for World Leaders in Regenerative Biology • SURF Program Wraps Up with Presentations, Posters and Celebration • Renewed NIH grant to expand UMaine’s impact on biotech workforce • Little-known molecule identified as natural guardian of blood vessel health • MDI Bio Lab on LinkedIn • IT Manager Job Description • Joel Graber at MDI Bio Lab • Graduate and Professional Programs at MDI Bio Lab • Restoring the Symbiotic Ecology of a Garden • Maine INBRE Data Science Colloquium • MDI Bio Lab congratulations Colby College • MDI Bio Lab's Coffman lab • MDI Bio Lab's Murawala lab • MDI Bio Lab's Godwin lab • A Q&A with Yannic Becker, Ph.D. • Governor Mills Announces Creation of the Maine Life Sciences Center • MDI Bio Lab Culture • MDI Bio Lab’s Elisabeth Marnik Is One of Maine’s “40 Under 40” Leaders • DAF gift link to MDI Bio Lab • MDI Bio Lab YouTube Shorts • A Habit of Working Together: Colby College, MDI Bio Lab, and a Shared Vision for the Future • Get to know the MDI Biological Laboratory • MDI Bio Lab's Disney Lab • MDI Bio Lab President's Cabinet • MDI Bio Lab's Drummond lab • The MDI Biological Laboratory • A versatile depigmentation, clearing, and labeling method for exploring nervous system diversity • MDI Bio Lab on Bluesky Social • MDI Bio Lab's Dr. Hermann Haller • Dr. Marnik: 40 Under 40 • From physics research to bridal consultancy, Bobcats had an array of internships this summer • MDI Bio Lab Launches New Study of PFAS Health Effects on Families and Children • Maine Science Podcast - Emily Spaulding, episode 90 • MDI Bio Lab’s Hannah Somers’ Image Wins International Recognition • Speaking science in a fractured world: making truth land when facts alone cannot • Maine IDeA Biomedical Data Science Conference • UMFK student advances research through INBRE fellowship • Dr. Liz Marnik Empowers Parents to Cut Through Health Misinformation • Echoes Beyond the Lab • Kynurenine Pathway Dysregulation Impairs Podocyte Morphology and Bioenergetics In Vitro and Leads to Glomerular Dysfunction • Bridging Disciplines 2026 • 2026 SURF program applications now open • Saving science by the sea • This is Why: Full Circle Stories • 53rd Maine Biological and Medical Sciences Symposium • iScience: Systematic monocyte subset analysis reveals differential contribution of Notch signaling components to monocyte heterogeneity • Giving Tuesday • Board of Trustees at MDI Bio Lab • The Evolution of a Comparative Biologist • Nicotinamide nucleotide transhydrogenase deficiency and genetic susceptibility to high glucose-mediated peritoneal injury in mice • Dec 11 SURF Info Session registration • Online Science Cafe: Vascular Contributions to Age-Related Cognitive Decline • Quantitative Fluorescence Microscopy Course 2026 • December 17 SURF Info Session • Subscribe • National Academy of Medicine Launches the Building Trust in Health Science Through Community Partnership and Lived Experience Action Collaborative • A Home for MDI Bioscience: Neal Lab Renovation Begins • “Discover STEM” Program to Expand Hands-on Science Learning for Downeast Students • SURF Fellowship Q&A: January 6 Registration • Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy Course Registration • #1 post on Threads in 2026 • Top post on Instagram in 2026 • Top Post on Bluesky for 2026 • New paper in Kidney International • ReBilD: Emerging Leaders in Regenerative Biology and Development • A Scientist's View on Hope • SURF Fellowship Applications • Maine IDeA Data Science Conference • Zebrafish genetic model of neuromuscular degeneration associated with Atrogin-1 expression • MDI Bio Lab Reveals a Fundamental Driver of Kidney Disease • 2026 Bridging Disciplines course • MDI Bio Lab and Partners Win $50k to Develop PFAS Filters for Coastal Waters • Art Meets Science on YouTube • INNOVATORS podcast with Dr. Hermann Haller, President MDI Bio Lab • A Fast-Aging Fish Reveals How a Familiar Drug Preserves Youthful Kidney Function • Setting a Course in Uncertain Seas • Reciprocal inhibition of Wnt signaling pathways pattern the interconnection of epithelial tubules in the regenerating zebrafish kidney • MDI Science Cafe: Forever Chemicals in Northern New England • Maine’s Biomedical Training Network Hits 25 • Job Opening: Director of Philanthropy at MDI Bio Lab • The evolutionary origin and mechanism of chordate tail regeneration. An ancient tale? • Job opening: Constituent Database Manager at MDI Bio Lab • From Student to Scientist: My INBRE Fellowship Journey • Public Health Concerns at the Intersection of Drinking Water Contamination and Low Healthcare Access in Maine • Maine Microscopy: Foundations & Fundamentals course at MDI Bio Lab • Biochar bags to tackle PFAS contamination in Acadia National Park this spring • Maine Science Fair 5 Minute Genius • MDI Bio Lab Develops a Transgenic Fish to Study Age-Related Muscle Decline • Chronic exposure to low levels of glyphosate and metals induces kidney dysfunction • Science Daily: A fish that ages in months reveals how kidneys grow old • Navigating Change with Clarity and Confidence • MDI Online Science Cafe: The Science of Storytelling • Changing Forms • MDI Bio Lab in the News • The shared mechanisms and potential diagnostic markers for IgA nephropathy and celiac disease • Automated Image Management and Metadata Annotation (AIMM) User Group • Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy 2026 • The Portrait of Antoine & Marie-Anne Lavoisier • Growing Up Unvaccinated • ReBilD: Emerging Leaders in Regenerative Biology and Development 2026 • Non-canonical muscle stem cells and other lessons from regenerative vertebrates • Light Microscopy Fundamentals • MDI Bio Lab Events • MDI Bio Lab on Threads • Public Investments Boost Research and Workforce Training at MDI Bio Lab • Science Cafe: The Portrait of Antoine & Marie-Anne Lavoisier • Reconnecting Kidney Plumbing, the Zebrafish Way • Postdoctoral Researcher Open Position • Mapping Regeneration Pathways: A Talk with Romain Madelaine, Ph.D. • NIH Awards $2.3M to Maine Scientist to Study Cell’s “Protein Factory” • MDI Bio Lab Hosts First Maine IDeA Data Science Conference • Biomedical Bootcamp 2026 • Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy registration • MaineBiz Life Sciences in Maine • Jane Disney on Maine Policy Matters podcast • Development of a sensitive and specific method to measure heparanase activity in complex biological matrices • Rembrandt in the Laboratory • Careers at MDI Bio Lab: Food Services Assistants • 15 Research Programs for High School Students in Maine • Maine Microscopy: Foundations and Fundamentals 2026 • History Timeline • MDI Bio Lab secures funding to strengthen Maine’s role in regeneration science • Science Cafe: The Power of "C. elegans" • A Young Maine Scientist Makes New Tools to Accelerate Regeneration Research • Fundamental Processes in Renal Function Discovered at the Mt. Desert Island Biological Laboratory • Senior Faculty Member Job Post • Students and researchers converge in Bar Harbor for 53rd annual science symposium: 'this is for the future' • A Research Pilgrimage: Portland Students Head to MDI for Hands-on Training • Free Hybrid Science Cafe: The Power of "C. Elegans" • Junior Faculty Position at MDI Bio Lab • Art Meets Science at MDI Bio Lab • MDI Bioscience • Postdoc Position in the Spaulding Lab • PLOS One: Integration of a neuronal RNAseq dataset with the draft Gryllus bimaculatus transcriptome refines gene predictions and highlights potential systematic response to injury • The Rectal Gland of the Shark: A Model for the Epithelial Transport of Chloride and Its Control • 2026 Biomedical Bootcamp Registration • Summit Boston 2026 Poster Lightning Talks • A 50-Year Quest Motivated by a Question • Exploring Regeneration With the Axolotl • Maine Science Podcast with Jane Disney • Biomedical Bootcamp at MDI Bio Lab • Foundations and Applications of Human PSCs 2026 • Opinion Piece: The FDA and My Daughter's Death from Cancer • How to Repair a Kidney Without Making Things Worse • A single non-coding RNA locus produces small and long regulatory RNAs with distinct biological functions • Subscribe: MDI Bio Lab News • A Searchable Past: Volunteers Digitize a Century of MDI Bio Lab’s History • A New Window on Vision Loss and How to Fight It • MDI Bio Lab's 2026 Family Science Night • From SURF Fellows to Mentors • A federal proposal puts Maine’s scientific research in peril | Opinion • Science Cafe—From Scars to Regrowth: Lessons from a Salamander • Colby College Magazine article "Beyond Mayflower Hill" • A Q&A with Poet Laureate Julia Bouwsma • Come to Family Science Night! • MDI Bio Lab's Annual Meeting of the Corporation • Foundations and Applications of Human PSCs • Postdoctoral Researcher position in the Updike Lab • The SURF Difference: a Q&A with Hannah Lust • Emily Spaulding: 5 Minute Genius • African Turquoise Killifish Conference 2026 • Maine INBRE 25th Anniversary Celebration • Postdoctoral Researcher: Spaulding Lab • From Discovery to Diagnosis: MDI Bioscience and a New Biomarker for Sepsis • Learning from Leaders in Regeneration • SURF2026: Meet Teagan Rupp • Lessons from the Axolotl De Novo Nephron Formation after Nephrectomy • Open Senior Faculty Position at MDI Bio Lab • SURF2026: Meet Joyce Quiñones-Fernandez • Junior Faculty Position • MDI Bio Lab forges ahead • MDI Science Cafe Environmental Stressors & Kidney Health • Student Spotlight: Meet Kirin Guay • Gene Editing of Human PSCs 2026 • Cracking the axolotl code: How to regrow limbs and stay young • SURF2026: Meet Anna Yegorova • Breaking Through magazine, Summer 2026 • Gene Editing of Human PSCs • African Turquoise Killifish Conference • Nonhistone Post-translational Modifications as Integrative Signaling Networks in Podocyte Injury and Glomerular Disease • News at MDI Biological Laboratory • Leading Research and Media Communicator Joins Board of Trustees • 2026 Annual Meeting of the Corporation • STAT News: She grew up unvaccinated. Now she’s a leading voice for science — and empathy • LMF on YouTube • Early Investment Sparks Innovation: Maine INBRE • How One Colby Student Is Reimagining Science Education • Securing the Future of a Beloved Science Gathering • How a Spring Break Course at MDI Bio Lab Launched a Career • A Love Story, Twice Told • ATK Conference 2026 • Cory Johnson: Haller Lab • MDIBL Blog: C.elegans and pregnancy • ATK Conference • Courses – MDI Biological Laboratory • Like A Boss event • Subscribe/Stay Informed • Research Fellowships • Elementary school/MDI Bio Lab partnership • EOY Thank You • MBMSS conference • Apprenticeship position • Breaking Through online magazine • MDIBL Blog Post: PFAS research • Microscopy Courses • MDI Bio Lab YouTube channel • Now hiring: Head Chef • Jan 13 Science Cafe Event • MDI Bio Lab on Bluesky • Dustin Updike