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MDI Bio Lab training lab slated to open in March 2017
August 1, 2016The Bar Harbor-based MDI Biological Laboratory held a groundbreaking ceremony on July 29 for a new 6,560-square-foot training lab.
August 1, 2016
MDI Bio Lab president stepping down in 2018
July 29, 2016Kevin Strange, president of the Bar Harbor-based MDI Biological Laboratory, has announced that he will leave his post in July 2018, the end of his current term.
July 29, 2016
MDI Bio Lab inspires art for a visceral experience of science
July 25, 2016In the halls of the main laboratory building at MDIBL hang photographs, paintings and other art work by artists inspired by C. elegans, a one-millimeter-long roundworm for which lab President Kevin Strange has a special affinity.
July 25, 2016The ripple effect of Jackson Lab's base-pay boost
July 18, 2016The increase of minimum wage at Jackson Laboratory is getting praise from some politicians and educators in the state, with its rolling-out and effect on the community at large adding more talking points into November's ballot question that looks to
July 18, 2016Why is this Bar Harbor mainstay raising its minimum wage?
July 13, 2016Jackson Laboratory said it will adjust the wages of approximately 800 of its employees across the country by increasing the minimum wage for its full-time, frontline employees to $15 per hour.
July 13, 2016Jackson Lab researchers discover way to identify tumor's cell of origin
July 11, 2016Researchers at Jackson Laboratory and their colleagues said they have discovered a precise and reliable way to identify the kind of cell that leads to acute myeloid leukemia, a fast-growing form of cancer of the blood and bone marrow.
July 11, 2016
Venture-backed biotech companies race to public markets
July 6, 2016Biotechnology companies backed by venture capitalists continued to outpace the technology sector in both initial public offerings and mergers and acquisitions in the second quarter of this year.
July 6, 2016MDI Biological Lab researchers discover how salamanders regrow limbs
July 5, 2016Researchers at the MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor have discovered that zebra fish, bichirs and salamanders can create a lost limb or fin using the same tiny genetic components that have been conserved for millions of years, holding out hope
July 5, 2016ImmuCell looks to tax break to aid in Portland expansion
July 5, 2016The Portland-based animal health products manufacturer ImmuCell Corp. (NasdaqCM: ICCC) is requesting a tax break from the city that will be used to help pay for a $3 million expansion at its Riverside-area campus.
July 5, 2016
Living to 150? Two scientists make a $300 bet with a $500M payoff
July 1, 2016BAR HARBOR — In 2000, researchers Steven Austad, now of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and S. Jay Olshansky of the University of Chicago, each bet $150 over whether the first person who could live to age 150 was already born.
July 1, 2016
Jackson Lab spinoff grabs $2M for cancer treatment research
June 29, 2016Cyteir Therapeutics Inc., a spinoff of the Bar Harbor-based Jackson Laboratory, has been awarded a $2 million, two-year grant from the National Cancer Institute, under the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, to support preclinical
June 29, 2016
Jackson Lab researcher gets $3.3M to study fatigue syndrome
June 7, 2016A scientist at The Jackson Laboratory's Connecticut research arm will get $3,281,515 over five years from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to find better ways to treat chronic fatigue system.
June 7, 2016
Following sale, Putney founder gifts nearly $1M to employees
June 6, 2016What would you do following the $200 million sale of a company you founded? For Jean Hoffman, founder of the Portland-based veterinary product company Putney Inc., the answer was to let the company's employees know how vital they were to its success.
June 6, 2016
Maine nonprofits are big draw for federal R&D funding
June 3, 2016Maine's colleges and universities fell short in attracting federal funding for science and engineering in fiscal 2014, but the state's nonprofit institutions made a comparatively strong showing with almost double the amount of money.
June 3, 2016
Fed science, engineering funding up for first time in five years
May 30, 2016Maine fared last in federal funding among the six New England states, with $38.5 million in fiscal 2014, down significantly from the $52 million in fiscal 2013 for all science and engineering activities.
May 30, 2016Jackson Lab officials lay out aggressive schedule for $125M project
May 26, 2016Ellsworth's planning board will be meeting with officials at Jackson Laboratory to begin the official review process of the biomedical lab's planned expansion.
May 26, 2016
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