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