Recent Grants

Grants and Fellowships Awarded in Research and Education

Awarded in FY 2025 (beginning July 1, 2024)

 

Anne Sylvester, Director of Research, received a grant from The Grass Foundation for 91ל2025 Grass Fellowship Program at the Marine Biological Laboratory.91ם

Linda Hyman, Director of Education, received a grant from The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative for 91לAI @MBL Advanced Research Training Course.91ם

Matthew Parent, Staff Scientist in the Bay Paul Center and Abhishek Kumar, CZI Imaging Scientist in the Bay Paul Center, received a grant from the Wellcome Trust in collaboration with the University of Warwick for 91לA Multi-modal Imaging Platform Using Light-sheet and Photostable Probes for Quantitative Cell and Tissue-Scale Biology.91ם

Nipam Patel, Director of the MBL, received continuation funding from The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation in collaboration with the University of New South Wales for 91לNew Tools for Advancing Model Systems in Aquatic Symbiosis: Establishing marine sponges as models for evolutionary, ecological, and mechanical aspects of animal-bacterial symbiosis.91ם

Linda Hyman, Director of Education, received a grant from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund for 91ל3-Year Support for MBL Embryology (EMB) Course (2025-2027).91ם

Linda Hyman, Director of Education, received a grant from Company of Biologists for 91ל2025 MBL Embryology Course: Concepts & Techniques in Modern Developmental Biology.91ם

David Mark Welch, Senior Scientist in the Bay Paul Center, received continuation funding from Amgen in collaboration with Northeastern University for 91לIncreasing STEM Equity, Access, and Engagement in Amgen Communities Through the Amgen Biotech Experience.91ם

Linda Hyman, Director of Education, received a grant from the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) for 91לBiology of Aging Advanced Research Training Course.91ם

Michael Shribak, Senior Scientist in the Bell Center, received a grant from ExxonMobil Technology & Engineering Company for 91לThe development of polychromatic polarized light microscopy for petroleum coke samples.91ם

Linda Hyman, Director of Education, received grant number 2024-350947 from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative DAF, an advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation for 91לNeurobiology: Mechanism and Advanced Approaches.91ם

Abhishek Kumar, CZI Imaging Scientist in the Bay Paul Center, received grant number 2024-349542 from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative DAF, an advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation for 91לPKMzeta organization in memory tagged cells.91ם

Linda Amaral Zettler, MBL Fellow in the Bay Paul Center, received a grant from the European Commission in collaboration with NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research for 91לValidating Biodegradation Rates and Reactions Applying Novel Technologies and Systems Ecology Approaches (ViBRANT-SEA).91ם

Linda Hyman, Director of Education, received a contract from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for 91לResearch and Education at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole.91ם

Loretta Roberson, Associate Scientist in the Bell Center, received a grant from The Kavli Foundation for 91לEngineering Plants and Algae as Dye-Free Alternatives to Fossil-Based Textiles.91ם

Loretta Roberson, Associate Scientist in the Bell Center, received a Scialog grant #SA-SM3-2024-044b from Research Corporation for Science Advancement and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for 91לSeaweed for Critical Element Extraction and Transformation (Sea-CrEET).91ם

David Mark Welch, Senior Scientist in the Bay Paul Center, received a grant from the Army Research Office (ARO) under Award Number W911NF-24-1-0402 for 91לA novel antioxidant defense mechanisms in bdelloid rotifers.91ם

Zoe Cardon, Senior Scientist in the Ecosystems Center, received supplemental funding from The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation for 91לUnderground allies: dynamic interactions among cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) and sulfur-cycling microbes in the rhizosphere.91ם

Karen Echeverri, Associate Scientist in the Bell Center, received a grant from the Herbert W. Hoover Foundation in collaboration with the Stark County Educational Service Center for 91לExploring Relationships Among Different Fields of Science and Humans.91ם

Irina Arkhipova, Senior Scientist in the Bay Paul Center, received supplemental funding from the National Institute Of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R01GM111917 for 91לHorizontal gene transfer as the source of evolutionary innovation in eukaryotes.91ם

George Langford, Adjunct Scientist in the Division of Education, received a grant from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund for 91לPAIR-UP Imaging Science Program for Black Imaging Scientists.91ם

Loretta Roberson, Associate Scientist in the Bell Center, received a grant from Schmidt Sciences, LLC, with support from the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research in collaboration with The Trustees of Princeton University for "Sargassum seaweed as a future renewable feedstock for sustainable biomanufacturing."

Linda Hyman, Director of Education, received continuation funding from the National Science Foundation in collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology and The President and Fellows of Harvard College on behalf of Harvard Medical School for "Brains Minds and Machines FY24."

Rut Pedrosa Pamies, Assistant Research Investigator in the Ecosystems Center, received a grant from the National Science Foundation for "Time Series Particle Flux Measurements in the Sargasso Sea."

Marko Horb, Senior Scientist in the Bell Center, received supplemental funding from the Office Of The Director, National Institutes Of Health of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number P40OD010997 for "National Xenopus Resource - Revision to include Curation and Informatics Component."

Linda Hyman, Director of Education, received a grant from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund for "3-Year Support for MBL Physiology (PHY) Course (2024-2026)."

Marko Horb, Senior Scientist in the Bell Center, received supplemental funding from the Office Of The Director, National Institutes Of Health of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R24OD030008 for "National Xenopus Resource."

Allen Mensinger, Co-Director NSF-REU, received a grant from the National Science Foundation for " REU Site: Biological Discovery in Woods Hole."

Linda Hyman, Director of Education, received a grant from Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Of Child Health & Human Development of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R25HD094666 for " Embryology: Methods & Concepts in Modern Developmental."

Javier Lloret, Research Scientist in the Ecosystems Center, received a contract from the Great Pond Foundation for " Laying the Foundation for Island Coastal Pond Restoration."

Molly Moynihan, Postdoctoral Scientist in the Ecosystems Center, received a postdoctoral fellowship from the National Science Foundation for " OCE-PRF: Impacts of endolithic microbial sulfur cycling on coral holobiont ecophysiology, biomineralization, and geochemistry."

Ken Foreman, Research Scholar in the Ecosystems Center, received a cooperative agreement from the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration/Department of Commerce in collaboration with WHOI Sea Grant for " OCE-PRF: Impacts of endolithic microbial sulfur cycling on coral holobiont ecophysiology, biomineralization, and geochemistry."

Linda Hyman, Director of Education, received a grant from the Simons Foundation for " MBL Methods in Computational Neuroscience Course."

Linda Hyman, Director of Education, received a grant from the National Science Foundation for "Advanced Research Training in Physiology - Integrating Biology Across the Scales."

Awarded in FY 2024 (beginning July 1, 2023)

David Mark Welch, Senior Scientist in the Bay Paul Center, received continuation funding from the Smithsonian Institution for "EOL SI Core Biodiversity Informatics 2024."

Kenneth Foreman, Research Scholar in the Ecosystems Center, received supplemental funding from the Harken Foundation for "Restoration and Recovery of the Little Pond Ecosystem after Nutrient Load Reduction following Sewer Construction and Wastewater Diversion."

Margherita Perillo, Research Scientist in the Bell Center, received a grant from The University of Chicago for "The Black experience in the Biological Sciences and the MBL."

Christopher Neill, Adjunct Scientist in the Ecosystems Center, received supplemental funding from Buzzards Bay Coalition for "Buzzards Bay Coalition Citizens Water Quality Monitoring Program, Baywatchers 5 Year Quality Assurance Project."

Carrie Albertin, Assistant Scientist in the Bell Center, received a grant from the Kinship Foundation (Searle Scholars Program) for "Insights into the development and design principles of complex nervous systems from a new model system."

Zoe Cardon, Senior Scientist in the Ecosystems Center, received a grant from the Department of Energy in collaboration with Mizar Imaging LLC for "Light Disc Microscopy."

Linda Hyman, Director of Education, received a grant from The Grass Foundation for "Grass Foundation - Neurobiology and Neural Systems and Behavior Post Course."

David Mark Welch, Senior Scientist in the Bay Paul Center, received supplemental funding from The Microbiome Center at University of Chicago for " Microbiome Beacon Project Award."

Abhishek Kumar, Imaging CZI Scientist in the Bay Paul Center, received a grant from the National Institute Of Biomedical Imaging And Bioengineering of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R03EB035329 for "Building a lightsheet system with dual-color fluorescence anisotropy capability for mapping protein-protein interactions in live cells."

Linda Hyman, Director of Education, received a grant from the National Institute Of Mental Health of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R25MH059472 for "Neural Systems and Behavior."

Irina Arkhipova, Senior Scientist in the Bay Paul Center, received a contract from the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences for " Understanding the role of transposons as novel forces in genomic landscapes."

Jennifer Morgan, Senior Scientist in the Bell Center, received a diversity supplement from the National Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number RF1NS078165 for " Mechanisms of Synaptic Dysfunction in Parkinson's and Other Synuclein-Linked Diseases."

Linda Hyman, Director of Education, received a grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Of Child Health & Human Development of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R25HD114553 for " Zebrafish Development and Genetics."

Linda Hyman, Director of Education, received a grant from Burroughs Wellcome Fund for "3-Year Support for MBL Frontiers in Reproduction (FIR) course (2024-2026)."

Loretta Roberson, Associate Scientist in the Bell Center, received supplemental funding for a cooperative agreement from Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-e)/ US Department of Energy in collaboration with the University of Alaska for "Development of Scalable Coastal and Offshore Macroalgal Farming."

Linda Hyman, Director of Education, received a grant from Company of Biologists for "2024 Embryology: Concepts and Techniques in Modern Developmental Biology Course."

David Mark Welch, Senior Scientist in the Bay Paul Center, received supplemental funding from The Microbiome Center at University of Chicago for "Microbiome Beacon Project Award."

Linda Hyman, Director of Education, received a grant from the William Townsend Porter Foundation for "William Townsend Porter Support for Underrepresented Minority Scholars 2024."

Rut Pedrosa Pamies, Assistant Research Investigator in the Ecosystems Center (former Principal Investigator Maureen Conte, Senior Research Scientist in the Ecosystems Center), received a grant from the National Science Foundation for "Time Series Particle Flux Measurements in the Sargasso Sea."

Loretta Roberson, Associate Scientist in the Bell Center, received a grant from the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration in collaboration with Scripps Institute for Oceanography for 91לmCDR 2023: Carbon capture and ocean acidification mitigation potential by seaweed farms in tropical and subtropical coastal environments.91ם

Zoe Cardon, Senior Scientist in the Ecosystems Center, received a grant from the Simons Foundation for 91לEcosystem on the Edge: How Coastal Marsh Plants and Microbes Thrive in an Oscillating Environment.91ם

Anne Giblin, Senior Scientist in the Ecosystems Center, received a grant from the Simons Foundation for 91לEcosystem on the Edge: How Coastal Marsh Plants and Microbes Thrive in an Oscillating Environment.91ם

Mirta Teichberg, Director, Semester in Environmental Science and Associate Scientist in the Ecosystems Center, received a grant from Oceankind for 91לSEAGEN: Development of genome modification tools for seagrasses.91ם

Marko Horb, Senior Scientist in the Bell Center, received supplemental funding from the National Institutes of Health in collaboration with the Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College on behalf of Harvard Medical School for 91לXenCAT: Xenopus Single Cell Atlas.91ם

George Langford, Whitman Adjunct Scientist, received a grant from The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative for 91לCZI Support of the Langford Lab.91ם

Joshua Rosenthal, Senior Scientist in the Bell Center, received a grant from The Kavli Foundation for 91לEffects of temperature and hypoxia on RNA editing in squid.91ם

James McClelland, Senior Scientist in the Ecosystems Center, received a grant from the National Science Foundation in collaboration with The University of Texas at Austin for 91לLTER: Seasonal controls and emergent effects of changing land-ice-ocean interactions on Arctic coastal ecosystems (BLE II).91ם

Linda Hyman, Director of Education, received a contract from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for 91לBlue Economy Internship Program FY24.91ם

Scott Chimileski, Research Scientist in the Bay Paul Center, received a grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research/NIH/DHHS in collaboration with Forsyth Dental Infirmary for Children for 91לSpatial Organization of the Oral Microbiome.91ם

Caroline Albertin, Assistant Scientist in the Bell Center, received supplemental funding from the National Institute Of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R35GM147273 for 91לA new animal model to elucidate mechanisms of gene regulation and embryonic patterning.91ם

Anne Giblin, Senior Scientist in the Ecosystems Center, received supplemental funding from the National Science Foundation for 91לLTER: Plum Island Ecosystems, the impact of changing landscapes and climate on interconnected coastal ecosystems.91ם

Zoe Cardon, Senior Scientist in the Ecosystems Center, received a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy/Office of Science for 91לTidal Triggers and Hot-Spot Switches in Coastal Marsh.91ם

Periklis Paganos, Postdoctoral Scientist in the Bell Center, received a grant from The Global Consortium for Reproductive Longevity & Equality (GCRLE) at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, made possible by the Bia-Echo Foundation for 91לGene regulatory networks controlling sea star reproductive longevity and aging.91ם

Javier Lloret, Research Scientist in the Ecosystems Center, received supplemental funding from The Great Pond Foundation for 91לLaying the Foundation for Island Coastal Pond Restoration.91ם

Anne Sylvester, Director of Research, received a grant from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) for 91לBuilding Capacity and a Community for Correlative Imaging Technology in Southeastern Massachusetts.91ם

Kristin Gribble, Associate Scientist in the Bay Paul Center, received supplemental funding from the National Institute On Aging of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R01AG076592 for 91לMitochondrial mechanisms of maternal age effects on offspring health and lifespan.91ם

Michael Palmer, Postdoctoral Scientist in the Bay Paul Center, received a fellowship grant from the National Institute Of Arthritis And Musculoskeletal And Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number F32AR082273 for 91לMolecular control of chondrocyte hypertrophy: an evolutionary approach.91ם

Sarah Tucker, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Bay Paul Center, received a fellowship from Simons Foundation for 91לElucidating the roles of transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation in natural SAR11 populations.91ם

Sebastian Ruff, Assistant Scientist in the Ecosystems Center, received a grant from Human Frontier Science Program Organization for 91לDark oxygen production: Assessing an overlooked microbial process in Earth's hidden ecosystems.91ם

Robert Howarth, Adjunct Scientist in the Ecosystems Center, received a grant from the National Science Foundation for 91לLTREB Renewal: Nutrients and climate as drivers of carbon sequestration and ecosystem metabolism in a nitrogen-enriched, shallow coastal ecosystem.91ם

James McClelland, Senior Scientist in the Ecosystems Center, received a grant from the National Science Foundation for 91לCollaborative Research: Drivers and biogeochemical implications of saltwater intrusion along Arctic coastlines.91ם

Marko Horb, Senior Scientist in the Bell Center, received supplemental funding from the Office Of The Director, National Institutes Of Health of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R24OD030008 for 91לXenopus Mutant Resource.91ם

Marko Horb, Senior Scientist in the Bell Center, received supplemental funding from the Office Of The Director, National Institutes Of Health of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number P40OD010997 for 91לNational Xenopus Resource Center.91ם

Irina Arkhipova, Senior Scientist in the Bay Paul Center, received a grant from the National Science Foundation for 91לReverse transcriptase-related genes and their biological significance.91ם

Edward Rastetter, Senior Scientist in the Ecosystems Center, received a grant from the National Science Foundation in collaboration with Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York for 91לLTER: The Role of Climate Variability in Controlling Arctic Ecosystem Function.91ם

Irina Arkhipova, Senior Scientist in the Bay Paul Center, received supplemental funding from the National Institute Of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R01GM111917 for 91לHorizontal gene transfer as the source of evolutionary innovation in eukaryotes.91ם

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