In the Media

Fruit Fly Model Boosts Eye Study

Mount Desert Islander · July 14, 2019

Faculty member Vicki P. Losick will deliver the inaugural William Procter lecture on the fruit fly as a model for the study of retinal diseases, including age-related macular degeneration, at the MDI Biological Laboratory on Wednesday, July 17, at 5 p.m.

MDI Biological Laboratory to Sponsor ‘Resetting the Aging Clock’ Lecture Series

Bangor Daily News · July 10, 2019

BAR HARBOR — The interface between regeneration and aging will be the subject of a “Resetting the Aging Clock” lecture series July 22 – Aug. 1 at the MDI Biological Laboratory,159 Old Bar Harbor Road.

New Hires

Portland Press Herald · July 9, 2019

Iain Drummond, Ph.D., will join the faculty at the MDI Biological Laboratory as a professor and senior scientist.
Drummond is currently an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. He’s an associate biologist in the Nephrology Division at Massachusetts General Hospital and director of the kidney program of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute. He will assume the position in October.

A Shot at Regeneration (Japanese)

Scientific American · July 1, 2019

This article from the Japanese edition of Scientific American by Kevin Strange, Ph.D., and Viravuth Yin, Ph.D., of the MDI Biological Laboratory discusses their discovery of a new regenerative medicine drug candidate to restore heart issue after a heart attack.

MDI Biological Laboratory Faculty Member to Deliver Inaugural William Procter Lecture

Bangor Daily News · July 1, 2019

MDI Biological Laboratory faculty member Vicki P. Losick, Ph.D., will deliver the inaugural William Procter lecture, “Accelerating Discoveries to Address Macular Degeneration and Other Age-related Retinal Disease Using the Fruit Fly,” 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 17, at 159 Old Bar Harbor Road.

Newsworthy People and Performances for June 24: New Hires

Mainebiz · June 24, 2019

The MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor has hired Iain Drummond as professor and senior scientist.

Game-changers: Extraordinary Gifts Transform Colby Experience and Downtown Waterville

Colby News · June 13, 2019

The Pulver Science Scholars Program at Colby will fund and facilitate high-level student research with Colby faculty and at places like the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory.

Lots of ‘Cool Science’ at Bates Spurred by Federal Program

Lewiston Sun Journal · June 9, 2019

An in-depth look at the MDI Biological Laboratory-led Maine INBRE program by Lewiston Sun Journal reporter Steve Collins, with a focus on its impact on Bates College.

Lots of ‘Cool Science’ at Bates Spurred by Federal Program

Portland Press Herald · June 9, 2019

An in-depth look at the MDI Biological Laboratory-led Maine INBRE program by Lewiston Sun Journal reporter Steve Collins, with a focus on its impact on Bates College.

$18M Research Grant Renewed

Mount Desert Islander · June 4, 2019

The MDI Biological Laboratory has received an award of nearly $18 million from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), an institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), for the renewal of a grant to strengthen biomedical research and research training in Maine.

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