Introduction
The MBL has three main resident research centers with 270 scientists and staff: The Ecosystems Center; the Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution; and the Eugene Bell Center for Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering.
In addition, hundreds of visiting investigators from around the world each year conduct research in the MBL's Whitman Center for Research and Discovery.
During the summer, young scientists come to the MBL to attend the laboratory's famous graduate-level courses, including Neurobiology, Microbial Diversity, Frontiers in Reproduction, and Biology of Parasitism. Some of these courses (Physiology, Embryology, and Neural Systems and Behavior ) have been offered for more than a century.
The MBL and Brown University share a research and educational affiliation, The Brown-MBL Partnership, which includes a Ph.D.-awarding Graduate Program in Biological and Environmental Sciences. Other MBL programs train postgraduates, undergraduates, science teachers, historians, and science journalists. Throughout the year, the MBL is the site for research and planning conferences organized by professional scientific groups.
The MBL shares a library, the MBLWHOI Library, with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The MBLWHOI Library holds print and electronic collections in the biological, biomedical, ecological, and oceanographic sciences, and houses a growing archival collection, including photograph and videos from the MBL's 120-year history. The library also conducts digitization and informatics projects.
The many opportunities for recreation in Woods Hole are an important part of the social fabric of the MBL. Over the decades, hundreds of scientists have relaxed at MBL's Stony Beach; enjoyed oceanside bike and walking trails; and met for conversation and rejuvenation at The Captain Kidd bar and restaurant.
The MBL is a private, nonprofit corporation. Its president and director is Joan V. Ruderman, Ph.D., who is best known for her work on the molecular mechanisms that regulate cell division. The prior director and president, Gary Borisy, Ph.D., led the institution from 2006-2012.
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