MDI Biological Laboratory
@mdibl
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
#ICYMI: Check out Dr. Emily Spaulding's 5-Minute Genius presentation from Maine Discovery's Maine Science Festival, "How a Tiny Worm has a Big Impact on Neurodegenerative Disease." 🪱 🧠 🍎 https://ow.ly/Kcxo50Zl4W0
What makes the #SURF experience so impactful? 🍎 👩🔬 🔬 Hannah Lust shares why this year's undergraduate researchers have stood out and how mentorship, science communication and hands-on research help students build confidence that lasts long after summer ends. Read the Q&A: https://ow.ly/enVI50Zm6He
Job opportunity for a #postdoc in the Updike Lab: The Dustin Updike Lab at MDI Bio Lab uses #Celegans to investigate gene function in the germline, with a particular focus on epigenetic mechanisms that maintain germ cell identity. Apply: https://ow.ly/Mg6i50Zl5rN #sciencejobs #STEMjobs #postdocjob
🔬 What an amazing evening of science, community and fun! 🧬 Family Science Night is one of our favorite summer events here at MDI Bio Lab, and for good reason! Thanks to our SURF students for their terrific science stations, and to everyone who joined us. See you next year! ✨
Application Reminder! Foundations and Applications of Human PSCs at MDI Bio Lab provides students, trainees and scientists with hands-on experience in human pluripotent stem cell (PSC) culture, maintenance & differentiation. Partnering with STEMCELL Technologies. https://mdibl.org/course/psc-2026/
Two foxes. One mission. Find something delicious. 🦊🦊 As people across the country gather around picnic tables and backyard grills, our wildlife neighbors are busy with their own holiday food hunt. Happy Fourth of July from all of us at MDI Bio Lab!
Big progress at the Neal Lab! Renovations are almost complete, and the historic building is set to reopen soon as a fully modernized research space. #lifesciences
Visiting Scientists from across the globe are arriving on campus to share cutting-edge research, exchange ideas and connect with our scientific community. We’re excited to welcome this year’s speakers and the conversations they’ll bring to MDI Bio Lab! 🧪 🍎
A good summer can change your plans. A great one can bring you back! Reilly Hedden and Abby Martin returned to MDI Bio Lab this year as RAs, continuing their research while helping mentor 2026 SURF students. 🧪 🐟🎸 🍎 👩🔬 🌎 🖥️ 🧬 https://mdibl.org/from-surf-fellows-to-mentors/
Congratulations to Dr. Blanca de Juan Mora and Dr. Sonia Sandhi on successfully defending their dissertations. We are thrilled to celebrate their success and can't wait to see what comes next!
ReBilD: Emerging Leaders in Regenerative Biology and Development 🔬 🧪 🍎 Course application deadline is coming up on May 15, 2026! Take a look at the course schedule and amazing faculty lineup! https://mdibl.org/course/rebild-2026/
Join MDI Bio Lab's Star Point Society! Members receive invitations to exclusive events, opportunities to meet our scientists and students, and behind-the-scenes access to MDI Bio Lab throughout the year. 🧪 Learn more: https://mdibl.org/starpointsociety
Thanks to an incredible team of volunteers, more than 80 years of MDI Bio Lab research bulletins are now searchable and accessible for future researchers, historians and curious minds. 🧪 #ScientificResearchPublishing https://ow.ly/YW0e50Z9unn
Here’s to the people, perspectives and curiosity that fuel the research at MDI Bio Lab. Thank you for enriching our community! 🪱📙🤝🧪🦎🐟 🧬 🪰
Summer brings new discoveries, new faces and new stories to MDI Bio Lab. Stay connected with the latest news, researcher profiles, scientific breakthroughs and upcoming events delivered right to your inbox each month. 🧪 Subscribe today! https://mdibl.org/subscribe
New from MDI Bio Lab Halyna Shcherbata Lab, "A single non-coding RNA locus produces small and long regulatory RNAs with distinct biological functions" published by the Genetics Society of America journal. 🧪 🧬 #ScientificResearchPublishing https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/iyag141
Attending #NISBRE2026 in Bethesda this June? Drs. Hannah Lust and Andrea Tilden from MDI Bio Lab will be there June 14–17. If you're attending too, reach out, introduce yourself and connect with our team. We look forward to seeing familiar faces and meeting new colleagues. #SciEd #EduSky 🧪🍎
MDI Bio Lab welcomes Carola McGiffert as new Vice President of Operations: “What excites me is bringing different pieces together — finding ways to work more effectively, strengthen operations and help take the organization to the next level.” https://ow.ly/zafc50Z4gVG
A new nephron born in a live #zebrafish. #FluorescenceFriday thanks to MDI Bio Lab's Olaleye Olajuyin and Iain Drummond. Stem cells (green) are clustered together and transforming into the microscopic, filtering unit of the kidney. #microscopy #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet 🧪 🐟🎸
👉 New episode of the Maine Discovery Museum's Maine Science Podcast featuring Jane Disney and her work in environmental health, education and community engagement. #conservation 🍎 👩🔬 🌎 🧪 Listen here: https://ow.ly/7JLm50Z0jOr
On this Memorial Day, our community takes a moment to remember and honor those who gave their lives in service to our country. Their sacrifice reminds us of the responsibility we share to each other and to the future we’re working toward together.
MDI Bio Lab welcomes to our incoming class of 2026 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship students! Science thrives here not just because of the labs, but because of our people, place and history. 🧪 🍎 #SciEd #iTeachBio #EduSky #AcademicSky
MDI Bio Lab's Markus Sujansky, Bioinformatician in the Comparative Genomics and Data Science Core, recently presented "scSAMap: Cross Species single-cell Cell Type Comparison" at the Nextflow Summit. 🧪 🍎 👩🔬 🖥️ 🧬 Watch it here: https://ow.ly/roTP50YZ5cX
Congrats to Hannah Somers! Her image Adult Zebrafish Brain earned Honorable Mention in Evident’s Illuminating the Unseen contest. Magenta/blue indicate the #zebrafish brain vessels labeled using dextran, imaged with the MesoSPIM #MicroscopyMonday MDIBL Light Microscopy Facility
#FavoriteThingsFriday at MDI Bio Lab from Colleen Spencer, Office Manager "I am drawn to this piece of art every morning. The way the early morning sun hits it is so beautiful. I truly appreciate being surrounded by nature and art on this campus—it makes my time spent here feel so special."
Calling all #Postdocs! Join the Spaulding Lab and explore how disrupted subcellular organization contributes to age-related forms of neurodegenerative disease. Learn more and apply: https://mdibl.org/careers/postdoctoral-researcher-spaulding-lab/ #hiring 🧪 #neurojobs #sciencejobs #postdocjob
A 7th grader from the Magnolia School in Houston, TX recently reached out to MDI Bio Lab's James Godwin to ask some great questions about axolotl regeneration for her science fair. We love seeing the next generation of science! Check out this awesome poster! #SciEd #iTeachBio #EduSky 🧪 🍎 👩🔬
Most discoveries never become medicine. MDI Bioscience is working to change that. By combining #zebrafish models, human #organoids, #datascience, and computational tools, researchers are helping move new ideas out of the lab—and closer to real treatments. 🧪 🖥️ 🧬 https://mdibl.org/mdi-bioscience/
The Science of Clouds ☁️ Our tour at the National Gallery with President Haller, M.D., explored how artists like Jacob van Ruisdael & John Constable share a curiosity about the natural world with scientists. #arthistory 🧪 Join us next time: https://mdibl.org/support/get-involved/art-meets-science/