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An independent, non-profit biomedical research institution in Salisbury Cove, Maine, improving human health through research, education, and ventures that transform discoveries into cures: mdibl.org
🎙️Today! MDI Bio Lab’s @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social is on @scifri.bsky.social!
Following new #Alzheimer’s findings from Bruce Yankner, she joins @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social & host @heyira.bsky.social to discuss “the quiet engine of science” — the NIH.
Tune in! 🎧
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Upcoming Science Cafe: Aug 25 from 5–6 p.m.
"Protecting the Surface of Blood Vessels"
MDI Bio Lab's Yannic Becker will discuss how a molecule called heparanase 2 (Hpa2) might help protect the glycocalyx—and what that means for treating diabetic kidney + #vascular disease.
#researchmatters 🧪 🤝 🫀
“While the broader economic outlook remains uncertain, I am pleased to report that the MDI Bio Lab remains on solid financial footing.” – President Hermann Haller, M.D.
Read the full article from the Mount Desert Islander.
#standwithscience #researchmatters 🧪 🤝
Learn how to incorporate #iPSC and #organoid technologies into your work at MDI Bio Lab!
In response to new NIH initiatives and funding priorities, and in collaboration with @stemcell.com, we’ve extended the application deadline for Applications of Human iPSCs and Organoids 2025.
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📗 New paper in @jclinical-invest.bsky.social, "Cytoskeleton-associated protein 4 affects podocyte cytoskeleton dynamics in diabetic kidney disease" with MDI Bio Lab Visiting Scientist Mario Schiffer, University Hospital Erlangen.
#standwithscience #researchmatters 🧪 🤝 #ScientificResearchPublishing
axolotls under a microscope
This 2022 #microscopymonday image by Marko Pende is of two axolotls. The samples were mounted facing the objective lens with the neurons and Schwann cells stained. Schwann cells are the glial cells that form the myelin sheath on axons outside the brain.
#researchmatters 🧪 🤝 #microscopy #lightsheet
Celebrating our 2025 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) students!
After 10 weeks of immersive, hands-on research at MDI Bio Lab, our #SURF fellows presented their work at the final Student Symposium.
We are so proud of this year’s cohort! 🧪 🤝 🍎
#researchmatters #reu #inbre
Meet the Minds of MDI Bio Lab: Emily Spaulding, Ph.D.
Dr. Spaulding researches uses #C.elegans to learn how disrupted cell organization can contribute to #neurodegenerative disease.
Learn more about her lab's work:
mdibl.org/faculty/emil...
#standwithscience #researchmatters 🧪 🤝 🍎 👩🔬
Excited to see @mdibiolab.bsky.social President Dr. Hermann Haller introduce COA’s Summer Institute session on #TrustInScience with Drs. Kizzmekia Corbet-Hilaire and Francis Collins
29.07.2025 14:08 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Learn about The Mighty Fruit Fly on August 11 at our next MDI Science Cafe!
Join MDI Bio Lab Senior Research Scientist Dr. Travis Carney as we explore why #Drosophilamelanogaster remains one of the most powerful tools in biomedical research.
🧪 🤝 🪰 #standwithscience #researchmatters #fruitfly
Earlier this year, many NIH grants were abruptly canceled by the current administration despite covering a wide range of critical health research. This research covered topics ranging from cancer to community health.
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star fish under a microscope
A beautiful #microscopymonday sea star captured by @hsomers.bsky.social in 2022.
Sample: Asterias amurensis (Northern Sea Star)
Label: Nuclear staining with DAPI in Cyan and auto-fluorescence in green
#standwithscience #researchmatters #microscopy #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet 🧪 🤝 #wildlife
MDI Bio Lab leadership reported on the state of the Lab, and our course moving forward at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the Corporation.
An addition this year is our expanded President’s Cabinet, a key advisory group established to increase awareness and support of the institution’s mission. 🧪 🤝
Blue graphic shows a photograph view of islands in the Atlantic Ocean and white text that reads, "September 18 - 19, 2025 | Immuno-Cardiology Symposium | Bar Harbor, Maine USA | The Jackson Laboratory | MDI Biological Laboratory | LEDUCQ | Immuno- Fib HF."
Join the Immuno-Cardiology Symposium to explore how dysregulated immune system function contributes to inflammation and fibrosis in organ systems: www.jax.org/education-an...
📅 Sept. 18 – 19, 2025
📍 @jacksonlab.bsky.social & @mdibiolab.bsky.social
📢 Abstract deadline: Aug. 1
#ImmunoSky #CardioSky
Last night we spent a wonderful evening with our Star Point Society members at the annual cocktail party! We’re thankful for our SPS members—both for their generous support, making our work at the MDI Bio Lab possible, and the community they help to build!
#standwithscience #researchmatters 🧪 🤝
Reminder! Application Deadline: August 8, 2025
From mastering iPSC culture to directed differentiation and organoid creation, participants will gain skills they can immediately apply to their own research workflows.
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I had a fantastic time at @mdibiolab.bsky.social for the ReBilD course! Getting to learn about regeneration from pioneers in the field and experience first-hand the power of different models was life changing. ❤️
23.07.2025 13:14 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Last week, MDI Bio Lab hosted #ReBilD2025, a course that brought together top scientists working across a wide range of regenerative animal models.
The result? Exciting opportunities for collaboration and intellectual cross-pollination. 🧪 🤝 🍎 👩🔬 🧬
#standwithscience #researchmatters
Did you know you can revisit all of the Science Cafe presentations on our MDI Bio Lab YouTube channel?
In addition to these you can explore lectures from recent events, educational shorts and more—something for everyone interested in science and discovery!
🧪 🤝 #standwithscience #researchmatters
GFP+ stem cells moving through the complex environment of a zebrafish kidney.
This #microscopymonday image shows GFP+ stem cells moving through the complex environment of a #zebrafish kidney.
It was captured in 2023 by Senior Research Scientist Caramai Kamei.
#standwithscience #researchmatters #microscopy #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸
MDI Bio Lab Family Science Night 2025
MDI Bio Lab Family Science Night 2025
MDI Bio Lab Family Science Night 2025
MDI Bio Lab Family Science Night 2025
Family Science Night 2025 was a hit! Thanks to all the families, students and partners like the Oceanarium & Education Center and @mainediscovery.bsky.social who helped us celebrate hands-on science with our community!
Learn more about MDI Bio Lab events! mdibl.org/events
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Science gives us hope—and a path forward. 🔬
At MDI Biological Laboratory, we’re driven by curiosity, committed to discovery and inspired by possibility.
Discover what fuels our work.
#standwithscience #researchmatters
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Meet the Minds of MDI Bio Lab: Romain Madelaine, Ph.D.
The Madelaine lab explores cellular, genetic and molecular mechanisms of regeneration and repair in the #zebrafish, a uniquely valuable model for human health. Learn more about their work👇.
#standwithscience #researchmatters
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🖋️ New Commentary — a Letter to the Editor by MDI Bio Lab @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social and @sabivm.bsky.social from @uoftdlsph.bsky.social was recently published by @nejm.org.
Their response is to the article, “An Evidence-Based Approach to COVID-19 Vaccination.”
#SciComm #researchmatters 🧪 🤝
This week we welcome participants to ReBilD 2025: Emerging Leaders in Regenerative Biology & Development! Over 10 days, they’ll explore regeneration and development through hands-on research and seminars—guided by outstanding faculty!
#ReBilD2025 #standwithscience #researchmatters
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person talking on a stage, image courtesy of Romain Menard
person talking on a stage, image courtesy of Romain Menard
person talking on a stage, image courtesy of Romain Menard
person talking on a stage, image courtesy of Romain Menard
Representing MDI Bio Lab at the 19th International Zebrafish Conference, the go-to gathering for #zebrafish researchers, were Iain Drummond, Romain Madelaine & Romain Menard, along with Omadasola Adekeye who presented in the poster session!
#IZFC2025 #researchmatters 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸 👩🔬 🧬
@izfs.bsky.social
This colorized #microscopymonday image from 2023 by Frederic Bonnet shows kidney cells of a pig: the nuclei in yellow, the cytoplasmic vesicle in green and the membrane in magenta.
#standwithscience #researchmatters @mdibl-lmf.bsky.social
#microscopy #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸 🍎 👩🔬
A reminder that Family Science Night is coming up! Join us next Wednesday for some fun hands-on science activities! 🧪🧬🔬🐟🪱
11.07.2025 11:06 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
As reported by @mainebiz.bsky.social research efforts remain strong in Maine amid uncertainty about future funding, with students participating in 10-week paid fellowships at MDI Bio Lab and partner institutions across the #MaineINBRE network.
#standwithscience #researchmatters 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸 🍎 👩🔬 🌎 🖥️ 🧬
Congratulations to Kehinde Abayomi a GSBSE grad student in the @dustinupdike.bsky.social lab who took first place in the Genetics & Genomics poster session (out of 1,000+ attendees) at the 2025 @genetics-gsa.bsky.social International Worm Meeting!
#standwithscience #researchmatters #Worm25 🧪 🤝 🍎 🪱
