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IN THE NEWS

Massachusetts Life Sciences Center Board Approves $10 Million Grant for Marine Biological Laboratory

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Awards $15 Million to MBL for Loeb Laboratory Renovations
State Funding Commitment in Life Sciences Act Helps Leverage Major Private Investment.

Antibiotics Can Cause Pervasive, Persistent Changes to the Microbial Community in the Human Gut, MBL and Stanford Scientists Report
Scientists have completed the most precise survey to date of how microbial communities in the human gut respond to antibiotic treatment.

MBL Distinguished Scientist Osamu Shimomura Receives Japanese Order of Culture Medal
The 2008 Nobel Laureate was awarded the highest honor given annually by the Emperor of Japan, at a ceremony November 8 at the MBL.

A Closer Look
View the prize-winning entries of the 2008 MBL Photomicrography Contest.

MBL Scientist Osamu Shimomura Awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Shimomura shared the prize with Americans Martin Chalfie and Roger Tsien for research on green fluorescent protein, or GFP.

Thinking it Through
Scientists call for policy to guide biofuels industry toward sustainable practices.

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CALENDAR

December 2
Cellular Dynamics Program Seminar - "Purinergic mechanisms underlying peptide release from nerve terminals" - José Lemos, UMass Medical School - 12:00 Noon, MRC 210

December 2
"The biogeochemical-climate record: A new perspective on nitrate" - Meredith Hastings, Brown University - 12:15 PM, Lillie Auditorium

December 9
"Burn severity influences post-fire surface energy and mass exchanges in arctic tundra" - Adrian Rocha, MBL Ecosystems Center - 12:15 PM, Speck Auditorium

December 11
AON meeting starts

December 12
"Cryptic Sex in a Pathogenic Yeast" - Richard Bennett, Brown University - 12:00 Noon, Candle House 104/105

December 25
Christmas Day - MBL Closed

January 1
New Year's Day - MBL Closed