In the Media

Research Firms Can Tap $3.5 Million to Improve Health in Maine

Bangor Daily News · February 6, 2019

The MDI Biological Laboratory is a member of a consortium of entrepreneurs, scientists and investors that can tap $3.5 million in federal funds over the next three years to try to improve the health of people in Maine and other parts of the Northeast.

Six Projects Receive Funds in Ninth Round of Coastal Community Grant Program

Mainebiz · February 1, 2019

The MDI Biological Laboratory’s Community Laboratory was among the partners awarded a state Department of Agriculture Conservation and Forestry grant for a project to produce a management plan for the Eastern Bay area of Frenchman Bay.

Talk on ‘Chronic Kidney Disease: The Hidden Danger of Diabetes’ at MDI Science Cafe

Bangor Daily News · January 30, 2019

The epidemic of chronic kidney disease in those with diabetes and its implications for public health will be the subject of a Feb. 11 MDI Science Café entitled “Chronic Kidney Disease: The Hidden Danger of Diabetes” by Hermann Haller, M.D., president of the MDI Biological Laboratory.

First Procter Award Goes to AMD Researcher

Retina Today · January 30, 2019

MDI Biological Laboratory scientist Vicki P. Losick, Ph.D., was recognized in the publication Retina Today for her research on age-related macular degeneration.

Organ and Limb Regeneration

Mount Desert Islander · January 11, 2019

James Godwin will give a talk about organ regeneration Jan. 14 at 5 p.m. in the Kinne Library at the MDI Biological Laboratory. The talk, the first in the 2019 MDI Science Café series, is titled “Unlocking the Potential for Repair and Regeneration of Human Limbs, Hearts, Brains and Other Organs.”

Finding a Cure for Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Bangor Daily News · January 7, 2019

Dr. Vicki Losick, a scientist at the MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, may be helping to bring science a step closer to a cure for age-related macular degeneration. Dr. Losick recently became the first person to receive an award from the William Procter Scientific Innovation Fund for her research on retinal diseases.

Finding a Cure for Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Catching Health · January 7, 2019

MDI Biological Laboratory Scientist James Godwin, Ph.D., to Discuss Scar-Free Repair and Regeneration in Humans at Talk

Bangor Daily News · January 7, 2019

James Godwin, Ph.D., will talk about how the potential for humans to achieve “salamander-like” regenerative capabilities could transform medicine in a Jan. 14 science café entitled “Unlocking the Potential for Repair and Regeneration of Human Limbs, Hearts, Brains and Other Organs.”

Do Fruit Flies Hold the Key to AMD?

Vision Monday · December 26, 2018

Vicki P. Losick, PhD, has been named the inaugural recipient of an award from the William Procter Scientific Innovation Fund to support her research at the MDI Biological Laboratory in Salisbury Cove, Maine, on age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of vision loss in older people.

MDI Researcher Will Use Fruit Flies to Study Macular Degeneration

Bates in the News · December 14, 2018

Vicki Losick ’01, a researcher at the MDI Biological Laboratory, received a $50,000 grant to use fruit flies to study age-related eye diseases.

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