A Convening Place

The MBL has a long and rich history. Since 1888 the MBL has “served as a gathering spot for biologists who come to Woods Hole not only to work with their favorite marine organisms, but also to converse with each other and exchange ideas in a way that seldom happens in the more limited confines of university biology departments” (Allen 1989, vii). From the beginning, the MBL has acted as a convening place leading scientists and specialists from around the world. The attraction of the MBL is due to a few different factors: the extensive marine and aquatic diversity available for scientific study, the collegial yet intensive scientific atmosphere, and the rich and activity of the surrounding Woods Hole community.

Suggested citation
Facemire, Challie. 2018. "The Marine Biological Laboratory." MBL History Project digital exhibit. https://history.archives.mbl.edu/exploring/exhibits/marine-biological-laboratory
Bibliography

A Convening Place

  • Allen, Garland. 1989. Introduction to 100 Years Exploring Life 1888-1988: The Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole. Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
  • Maienschein, Jane. 1989. 100 Years Exploring Life 1888-1988: The Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole. Boston: Jones and Bartlett.
  • Maienschein, Jane. 2013. “The Marine Biological Laboratory.” MBL History Project article. http://history.archives.mbl.edu/archives/items/marine-biological-laboratory

Dual Mission

  • MacCord, Kate, and Jane Maienschein. 2018. “Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory.” eLS. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester. DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0027989

MBL Directors 1888-2018

  • MacCord, Kate, and Jane Maienschein. 2018. “Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory.” eLS. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester. DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0027989

Select Scientific Notables

  • Allen, Garland, Dletrich, Michael, Huber, Florian. 2016. "Victor Hamburger and Experimental Embryology." MBL History Project digital exhibit. history.archives.mbl.edu/exploring/exhibits/viktor-hamburger-and-experimental-embryology
  • Elliott, Steve. 2009. "Jocques Loeb." The Embryo Project Encyclopedia. embryo.asu.edu/pages/jacques-loeb-1859-1924
  • LaTourelle, J.J. 2016. "Squids, Axons, and Action Potentials: Stories of Neurobiological Discovery." MBL History Project digital exhibit. history.archives.mbl.edu/exploring/exhibits/squids-axons-and-action-potentials-stories-neurobiological-discovery
  • LaTourelle, Jonathan Jacob. 2015. "The Neurobiology of Vision at the MBL." MBL History Project digital exhibit. history.archives.mbl.edu/exploring/exhibits/neurobiology-vision-mbl
  • Lowe, James. 2016. "Shinya Inoué: Capturing Dynamic Cellular Processes." MBL History Project digital exhibit. history.archives.mbl.edu/exploring/exhibits/shinya-inoue-capturing-dynamic-cellular-processes
  • Maienschein, Jane. 2015. "Edwin Grant Conklin." MBL History Project digital exhibit. history.archives.mbl.edu/exploring/exhibits/edwin-grant-conklin
  • Nobel Prize. 2018. "Albert Szent-Gyorgyi - Biographical." The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobelprize.org. https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1937/szent-gy...
  • Steinert, Beatrice and Jane Maienschein. 2016. "Edmund Beecher Wilson." MBL History Project digital exhibit. history.archives.mbl.edu/exploring/exhibits/edmund-beecher-wilson
  • Turriziani Colonna, Federica. 2016. "Envisioning the MBL: Whitman's Efforts to Create an Independent Institution." MBL History Project digital exhibit. history.archives.mbl.edu/exploring/exhibits/envisioning-mbl-whitmans-efforts-create-independent-institution

Women at the MBL

Woman's Education Association

Woods Hole Community