In the Media

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.

ASN Workforce and Career Advancement Opportunities Now Open

ASN Kidney News Online · December 14, 2018

The American Society of Nephrology has announced that it is now accepting applications for the 2019 Kidney TREKS (Tutored Research and Education for Kidney Scholars) program at the MDI Biological Laboratory. The deadlines to apply is Friday, January 18, 2019, at 4:00 p.m. EST.

MDI Biological Lab Scientist Earns Award for Fruit Fly Work

ABC7/Fox 22 · December 10, 2018

Can fruit flies help us figure out why older Americans lose their vision? A scientist at the MDI Biological Laboratory says yes, yes they can.

“Lava-Lamp” Proteins May Help Cells Cheat Death

Scientific American · December 5, 2018

MDI Biological Laboratory scientist Dustin Updike, Ph.D., is quoted in this article from Scientific American about how certain proteins aggregate like liquids in order to perform certain functions in the cell — a phenomenon called “liquid-liquid phase separation.”

MDI Biological Laboratory Scientist Receives Scientific Innovation Award

Healthcare Dive · December 5, 2018

Vicki P. Losick, Ph.D., has been named the inaugural recipient of an award from the William Procter Scientific Innovation Fund. The award will support her research at the MDI Biological Laboratory on age-rel…