In the Media

Procter & Gamble: MDI Researcher Will Use Fruit Flies to Study Macular Degeneration

Market Screener · November 30, 2018

An MDI Biological Laboratory researcher has won a grant of up to $50,000 to use fruit flies to help study leading causes of blindness.

MDI Biological Laboratory Scientist Receives Scientific Innovation Award

Bio-IT World · November 30, 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-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of vision…

‘Lava-Lamp’ Proteins May Help Cells Cheat Death

Quanta Magazine · November 26, 2018

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

Award for Cultivating Excellence 2018: The Yin Laboratory

Regenerative Medicine Network · November 1, 2018

The MDI Biological Laboratory was a finalist for the 2018 Regenerative Medicine Network “Award for Cultivating Excellence.” The lab was one of only five finalists selected from a field of nearly 50 applicants and the only finalist from the United States. The lab is profiled in this Q&Ale from the publication.

RegMedNet Announces Latest Winner of the Award for Cultivating Excellence

Regenerative Medicine Network · November 1, 2018

The MDI Biological Laboratory’s Yin Laboratory was one of only five finalists for Regenerative Medicine Network’s “Award for Cultivating Excellence” and the only finalist from the United States.

MDI Lab Sees Breakthrough in Regenerative Medicine

The Working Waterfront · October 29, 2018

The Working Waterfront, a publication of the Island Institute, looks at MSI-1436, a drug candidate discovered by MDI Biological Laboratory scientists Kevin Strange, Ph.D., and Voot Yin, Ph.D., with collaborator Michael Zasloff, M.D., Ph.D. The compound promises to regenerate heart muscle tissue after a heart attack.

100-plus Turn Out for Benefit Walk for Huntington’s Disease Research

Ellsworth American · October 29, 2018

The MDI Biological Laboratory was among the organizations that sponsored teams in the Maine Team Hope Walk for the Huntington’s Disease Society of America in Ellsworth on Oct. 14. Among the participants was Aric Rogers, Ph.D., whose research on interventions that slow aging has implications for the understanding of Huntington’s.

The Heart Unbreakers

Tufts · October 6, 2018

There are many parts of the genetic code in humans and other organisms that we still fail to understand. Scientists had previously labeled a large portion of the genetic material in zebrafish “junk” because its function was not known to us. The article named “New Genetic Regulators of Regeneration Identified” describes how a recent study explains that these “junk” genes that were previously overlooked, carry out the very important function of cardiac regeneration.

Scientists at the MDI Biological Laboratory Identify New Genetic Regulators of Regeneration

Bangor Daily News · September 4, 2018

Scientists at the MDI Biological Laboratory and the University of Maine have discovered that genetic material in the cell that was previously thought to be “junk” because of its apparent lack of function likely plays a part in regulating genetic circuits responsible for regeneration in highly regenerative animals.

Scientists from the MDI Biological Laboratory Are Another Step Closer to Regeneration in Humans

ABC7/Fox 22 · August 28, 2018

We may one day have access to drugs that help trigger regeneration in damaged tissues and organs thanks to scientists from the MDI Biological Laboratory and University of Maine.