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Researchers in Little Sippewissett salt marsh, Falmouth, Mass. Credit: David Mark Welch

A Microdiversity for Each Season: Team Reveals Subtle Shifts in Salt Marsh Bacteria

October 20, 2017

Sepia apama (giant Australian cuttlefish) expressing its papillae for camouflage purposes.

Inspired by Octopus Skin, Engineers Develop a Programmable “Camouflaging” Material

October 12, 2017

Bacteria in a model human gut microbiome established in a germ-free mouse. Each bacterial species is lit up with a different colored probe, creating a map of the community's spatial organization.

Mixed Organization of Gut Bacteria is Revealed by MBL Imaging Technology

October 10, 2017

Heated and control plots in a long-term soil warming study at Harvard Forest, Petersham, Mass.

Carbon Feedback from Forest Soils will Accelerate Global Warming, 26-Year Study Projects

October 5, 2017

campus drone

Michael Rosbash, Former Embryology Course Faculty, Receives Nobel Prize

October 2, 2017

University of Chicago students sampling at Wood Neck Beach

University of Chicago Pilots Undergraduate “September Courses” at MBL

September 15, 2017

campus drone

Summer Undergraduates at MBL Inspire a Variety of Research Topics

September 11, 2017

HEI cell cluster

Microscope Invented at MBL Reveals Density of Chromosomal “Dark Matter”

September 8, 2017

University of Chicago students in Quantitative Biology boot camp

Innovative UChicago, MBL Training Program in Quantitative Biology Garners Federal Award

August 28, 2017