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A new nephron born in a live #zebrafish. #FluorescenceFriday thanks to MDI Bio Lab's Olaleye Olajuyin and Iain Drummond. Stem cells (green) are clustered together and transforming into the microscopic, filtering unit of the kidney. #microscopy #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet 🧪 🐟🎸

MDI Bio Lab welcomes to our incoming class of 2026 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship students! Science thrives here not just because of the labs, but because of our people, place and history. 🧪 🍎 #SciEd #iTeachBio #EduSky #AcademicSky

#BasicResearch — where discoveries begin. 🧪

Most discoveries never become medicine. MDI Bioscience is working to change that. By combining #zebrafish models, human #organoids, #datascience, and computational tools, researchers are helping move new ideas out of the lab—and closer to real treatments. 🧪 🖥️ 🧬 https://mdibl.org/mdi-bioscience/

Our #animalmodels help us unlock new questions, leading to better answers. #zebrafish #killifish #ATK #celegans #axolotl #drosophila 🧪

Today's #fluorescencefriday capture is from MDI Bio Lab's Madelaine Lab. It shows the formation of blood vessels (green) and blood cells (purple) in a developing #zebrafish embryo. Capture by Research Assistant II Caroline Halluin and MDIBL Light Microscopy Facility Director Frederic Bonnet. 🧪 🐟🎸

Did you know that early-life stress like constant danger or unhealthy conditions can “program” the body in long-lasting ways? MDI Bio Lab's Jim Coffman and his lab research why. 🧪 🐟🎸 🍎 👩‍🔬 🧬 🍏🧠 #Neuroscience #BehSci #healthpsychology

Today's #microscopymonday of a zebrafish’s regenerating kidney thanks to Caramai Kamei and Iain Drummond at MDI Bio Lab. A new filtration unit, the nephron, forms from cells aggregating directly on an old tubule. #microscopy #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet 🧪 🐟🎸 🍎 👩‍🔬 🌎 🖥️ 🧬

Even in late winter, MDI Bio Lab is stunning. There’s something about fresh snow and harbor air that makes you pause. Spring is peeking around the corner — but we’re savoring this moment. #favoritethingsfriday 🧪 #maine

Unfamiliar scientific terms pop up from time to time. Let’s break down a couple of them! 🧪 🍎 👩‍🔬 #SciEd #iTeachBio #EduSky #AcademicSky

This amazing #microscopymonday capture of a young African turquoise killifish's brain blood vessels by the MDI Bio Lab's Haller lab was imaged using the MesoSPIM in the MDIBL Light Microscopy Facility. #researchmatters #microscopy #fluorescentproteins #lightsheet 🧪 🐟🎸 🍎 👩‍🔬 🌎 🖥️ 🧬

A #fluorescencefriday — just in time for Valentine's Day! ❤️ The Godwin Lab at MDI Bio Lab perfects a new method of illuminating the #axolotl heart with a red #fluorescentprotein to simplify the identification of animals with gene deletions during embryonic development. 🧪 🧬 #microscopy

Scientists at MDI Bio Lab developed a transgenic #zebrafish that mimics human muscle aging in just weeks — a leap forward for #sarcopenia research. Read how this model could speed discovery of therapies to keep muscles strong as we age. 🧪 🐟🎸 👩‍🔬 🧬 mdibl.org/mdi-bio-lab-...

As we turn the page to a new year, we’re grateful for the incredible community that made this year possible. From all of us at MDI Bio Lab, Happy New Year! 🎉🧪

🎉 Today is the last of our Top Posts countdown. This time it's a #microscopymonday post from Bluesky. Thank you for joining us as we revisited our top posts of 2025—for liking, sharing and being part of our digital community. It's what makes our work possible. 🧪 🐟🎸 #researchmatters

✨ The countdown continues with one of our most popular posts on LinkedIn this year! Over the next several days, we’ll be sharing our top posts of the year—stories of science, partnership and people that you engaged with, shared and supported. 🧪 🐟🎸 https://ow.ly/kpBb50XJIM2

What is drug repurposing and how can it speed up treatments, cut costs, and ultimately save lives? #researchmatters ⚕️💊 🧪 🐟🎸 🍎 👩‍🔬 🌎 🖥️ 🧬

Microinjection: How do scientists give #Celegans cells new instructions? #standwithscience #researchmatters 🧪 🤝 🍎 🧬

A striking capture by @murawalalab.bsky.social Marko Pende for a 2020 paper in the @aaas.org journal Science Advances (doi.org/10.1126/scia...). It shows the intricate structures of the axolotl — a model for regeneration research. #standwithscience #researchmatters #microscopymonday 🧪 🤝