It’s Impact Week at the MBL—and tomorrow is Giving Day. But your impact doesn’t have to wait. 🔗 Give now: mbl.edu/give

Today for Impact Week, we’re highlighting #education, where hands-on learning and mentorship prepare the next generation of scientists to explore, discover, and lead. Donate today: mbl.edu/give

Marine Biological Laboratory Receives $5 Million Gift from Valerie and John W. Rowe to Support Graduate Education 🔗 go.mbl.edu/Rowe

The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) announced the establishment of The Robert Jeffrey Zimmer Chair for Financial Leadership. 🔗 Full press release: go.mbl.edu/zim

Today is the start of Impact Week, a week-long celebration of the people and philanthropy that power the MBL. Each day, we’re highlighting a different area of impact, beginning today with #research, the foundation of breakthroughs in Woods Hole. Donate: mbl.edu/give

⭐ Meet our first #NESM Spring Symposium Keynote: Zak Swartz! @zakswartz.bsky.social 📸: Live sea star oocyte 🟨 microtubules | 🟪 actin 🔬: Nikon / Yokogawa W1 spinning disk 🥼: Beverly Naigles 🌐: www.theswartzlab.org 🏛️: Marine Biological Laboratory @mblscience.bsky.social #MicroscopyMonday

Today's #MicroscopyMonday: a whole-mount image of a larval zebrafish. Imaged by high school students from New Bedford Whaling Museum Internship Program in the CRISPR course with Zeiss 780 confocal. Special thanks to Billy Shogren from the Echeverri Lab for helping the students.

DEADLINE APPROACHING! ⏰ Apply to Organoid Biology: From Concept to Practice by March 30. This brand new course is four weeks long and will immerse participants in both the fundamentals and the latest advances in organoid research. 🔗More info here: go.mbl.edu/org

A senior scientist at the MBL, and colleagues, found that supra-permafrost groundwater is a source of highly biodegradable dissolved organic matter to the Arctic Ocean. 🔗 Read about it here: go.mbl.edu/supra

DEADLINE APPROACHING! Apply to Semester in Environmental Science (SES) by March 30. This 15-week program provides immersive field and laboratory-based learning opportunities for undergraduate students. 🔗More info here: go.mbl.edu/SES

We’re excited to share that Wallace Lab PhD student Adam Tiesman has been selected to attend the Neural Systems & Behavior course this summer at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. @vanderbilt.edu

DEADLINE EXTENDED! ⏰ 🔬Apply to Molecular Mycology: Current Approaches to Fungal Pathogenesis by March 25. Financial aid is available. 🔗More info here: go.mbl.edu/MOMY

Daniel Cortes, returning to the MBL this year as a Whitman Fellow, discovered a new, never-before-described species of Stentor. He and his colleagues named it Stentor stipatus. 🔗 Read about it here: go.mbl.edu/stentor

DEADLINE EXTENDED! ⏰ Apply to Methods in Computational Neuroscience by March 22. Financial aid is available. 🔗More info here: go.mbl.edu/MCN

🦋 Butterfly wings form from invisible developmental boundaries long before their colors appear.🏆Congrats to Gabby Jerz, Poster Winner from the #NESM Fall Symposium and Lab Manager in the Patel Lab at the MBL @mblscience.bsky.social. 🔬 Zeiss LSM880 #MicroscopyMonday #Bioimaging #DevBio

Day 3 at 2900 m depth is mainly for analyzing gas and isotope geochemistry. @davidbekaert.bsky.social brought a mass spec and colleagues from @whoi.edu and @ethz.ch are collecting ancient brines in pressure vessels. #darkoxygen @mblscience.bsky.social @hfspo.bsky.social #OxyMoRon #NASA #deeplife 🧪⚒️

Students from Barnstable High School joined us last week for the High School Discovery Program at the MBL. During their CRISPR genome editing course, they used SyGlass virtual reality headsets to explore and visualize confocal microscopy data.

This polychromatic polarizing microscope image of 0.3µ thick calcite film shows real colors, as it is seen by naked eye. The vibrant colors are produced as the calcite crystals form, revealing their molecular orientation. Imaged by @shribak.bsky.social #MicroscopyMonday

DEADLINE APPROACHING! Apply to Brains, Minds, and Machines by March 23. This three-week course is designed for graduate students, postdocs, and faculty in computer science or neuroscience. 🔗More info here: go.mbl.edu/BMM

Our Black History Month Lunch, originally scheduled for the end of February, was postponed to mid-March due to the major snowstorm that week — but we were still thrilled to see such a great turnout at Swope.

Congratulations to Aaron Mitchell, an inaugural course co-director of Molecular Mycology (MOMY) at the MBL, for receiving an award from the Genetics Society of America! Want to see what MOMY is all about? Applications are still open! 🔗 Apply here: go.mbl.edu/MOMY

Congratulations to the 2026 cohort of Grass Fellows! 🔗 go.mbl.edu/grass26

DEADLINE EXTENDED! ⏰ Apply to Summer Program in Neuroscience, Excellence and Success (SPINES) by March 20. 🔗More info here: https://go.mbl.edu/SPINES

DEADLINE APPROACHING! Apply to Molecular Mycology: Current Approaches to Fungal Pathogenesis by March 18. Financial aid is available. 🔗More info here: go.mbl.edu/MOMY

Cyanobacteria isolated from desert "microbiotic" crust soil. @zcardon.bsky.social's group is exploring how these tiny green algae and cyanobacteria can completely dry out in deserts and then opportunistically pop back to activity when a raindrop hits. #MicroscopyMonday

DEADLINE APPROACHING! Apply to Methods in Computational Neuroscience by March 16. This four-week course is designed for graduate students, postdocs, and faculty in a variety of fields. Financial aid is available. 🔗More info here: go.mbl.edu/MCN

Did you know some of the most influential science books were authored by alumni at the Marine Biological Laboratory? 🔗 Explore the MBL Alumni Bookshelf here: go.mbl.edu/alum-book

DEADLINE EXTENDED! ⏰ 🔬Apply to Zebrafish Development and Genetics by March 9. This two-week course is designed advanced graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and independent investigators. Financial aid is available. 🔗More info here: go.mbl.edu/zebrafish

DEADLINE APPROACHING! Apply to Summer Program in Neuroscience, Excellence and Success (SPINES) by March 9. 🔗More info here: go.mbl.edu/SPINES

DEADLINE APPROACHING! Apply to Molecular and Cell Biology of Symbiosis by March 4. This immersive four-week course is designed to teach basic concepts and and facilitate state-of-the-art experimental approaches in symbiosis research. 🔗More info here: go.mbl.edu/symbiosis

Kaitlyn Webster joined the MBL's Frontiers in Reproduction (FIR) course in 2019. What she learned in FIR enabled her to develop an entirely new research program, and eventually led her to a 2025 L’Oréal For Women in Science Fellowship. 🔗 Full story here: go.mbl.edu/take5-webster

DEADLINE APPROACHING! Apply to Zebrafish Development and Genetics by March 2. This two-week course is designed advanced graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and independent investigators. Financial aid is available. 🔗More info here: go.mbl.edu/zebrafish

The MBL Annual Fund that powers the people, programs, and discoveries at the heart of our work every day. Gifts to the Annual Fund provide flexible support for innovation across the MBL community. Join us in advancing the science that shapes our future. 🔗mbl.edu/give

It's a Blizzard! MBL is closed, but our snow team is out there keeping campus safe. Huge thanks to the crew braving the storm! ❄️ Watch live: https://go.mbl.edu/live

Every month, research from MBL scientists and affiliates is published in academic journals across the globe. In January 2026, 8 new studies were published. Check them out here: go.mbl.edu/jan2026

APPLICATIONS OPEN! Apply to Comparative Developmental Biology by July 26. This intensive 2-week lab course is designed for graduate students in their second or later year of Ph.D studies and post-docs. 🔗Info: go.mbl.edu/CDB

Despite last weekend’s heavy snowstorm, students and teachers from Shanghai Starriver Bilingual School arrived at MBL for their third consecutive year to develop independent research projects on zebrafish and flies.

Every month, research from MBL scientists and affiliates is published in academic journals across the globe. In December 2025, 11 new studies were published. Check them out here: go.mbl.edu/pub

MBL is pleased to announce that Damian N. Desiderio, CPA, will join the institution as Chief Financial and Operating Officer this March. With 20+ years of nonprofit financial leadership experience, Damian will help advance MBL’s strategic and financial goals.

Applications are now open for the 2026 Workshop on Molecular Evolution (MOLE)! www.mbl.edu/education/ad... Claudia Solis-Lemus and I will be holding an informational session on Zoom next Wed (1/21) from 10:30-11:30 AM Central for those interested: lsu.zoom.us/j/4968115684 Deadline to apply: 1/26

So Long 2025, hello 2026! It was a year of bold science and meaningful progress at MBL. Take a look at our 2025 highlights: go.mbl.edu/2025

Don't miss out. Apply to our 2026 Advanced Research Training Courses today!

ICYMI — there’s another chance to learn more about the MBL Physiology Course Join our Virtual Open House on Tues, Jan 20, 2026 | 11 AM–12 PM ET to connect with course leadership, hear about the experience, and ask questions. 🔗 Register/Join: https://go.mbl.edu/p8fyb7

It's not too late. Apply now to our Advanced Training Research Courses: go.mbl.edu/courses

Is improving your microscopy skills one of your 2026 resolutions? Should it be? Apply to an excellent course that will get you up to (light) speed! Analytical and Quantitative Light Microscopy at the MBL is accepting applications. @mblscience.bsky.social @aqlm.bsky.social

📣 Calling Undergrads — Spend your semester at the MBL 🧬 The Semester in Biological Discovery is a 12-week, immersive research program in discovery-driven biological sciences. Hands-on research. Intensive mentorship. A transformative experience. 🔗 go.mb.edu/sbd

Apply by Jan. 15! The acclaimed MBL Logan Science Journalism fellowships immerse journalists, writers, producers & editors in biomedical or environmental research training. Get invaluable, hands-on experience with scientific discovery on Cape Cod!Apply at mbl.edu/sjp

Interested in the MBL Physiology Course and want to learn more before you apply? Join our Virtual Open House on Tues, Jan 6, 2026 | 2–3 PM ET to meet the team, hear what the course experience is like, and get your questions answered. 🔗 Register/Join: https://go.mbl.edu/r5q

Thanks to everyone who donated on #GivingTuesday Your generosity fuels the discoveries, courses, and community that make MBL such a remarkable place. If you missed yesterday’s celebration, there’s still time to make a gift and be part of the impact. mbl.edu/give

We are hiring! Interested? Apply here: go.mbl.edu/AS1887