BAR HARBOR — In reviewing the 125-year history of the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, emeritus director David Evans used a series of milestones ranging from the lab’s founding and
MDI Biological Laboratory hosts COVID-19 discussion
BAR HARBOR On Thursday April 29, MDI Biological Laboratory held a COVID-19 research panel discussion via Zoom as part of its annual Maine Biological and Medical Sciences Symposium.
James Coffman, associate professor at MDI Biological Laboratory, said the symposium’s purpose is to bring biologists and biomedical scientists from around the state together once a year to share research over the course of three days. As the host of the pandemic Zoom webinar, Coffman introduced Maine research panelists.
Meghan May, a professor of microbiology and infectious disease at the University of New England, was the first to speak. “Part of my work is biological concepts surrounding emerging diseases, where they come from and how they adapt to new hosts,” she said.
How did birds acquire feathers and why did some birds like ostriches, emus and kiwis lose the ability to fly? One way to address these questions, said Scott V. Edwards, professor of organismic and evolutionary biology at Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology, is to use comparative genomics, a mapping technology that allows scientists to map genes that code for specific traits.
MDI Biological Laboratory hosts statewide science symposium April 24, 2021 on News
BAR HARBOR The MDI Biological Laboratory is holding the 48th annual Maine Biological and Medical Sciences Symposium online again this year from April 28-30.
Students, postdoctoral fellows and scientists alike have registered to attend the symposium a symposium that offers unique networking opportunities with Maine scientists and the collaborative space to share research and ideas. Participants can engage with online poster and speaker sessions, while students have access to a career panel. Additionally, this year’s online program will include a panel on COVID-related research in Maine.
The 2021 keynote speaker, Scott V. Edwards, Ph.D., is curator of ornithology, professor of organismic and evolutionary biology, Alexander Agassiz professor of zoology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology and the director of graduate studies at Harvard University. His keynote presentation, “Wings,