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 Life in the Extremes: Scientists at the Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution are finding life in strange places. |
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 For the giant Australian cuttlefish, mating is a complicated undertaking complete with fighting, sneaking, and deception. |
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Throughout its history, the MBL has been a place where the world’s top biologists can focus on their research, not distracted by departmental affairs, committee work, or other aspects of university life. The MBL provides both the resource support and the intellectual environment that enables many scientists to do their best work.
MBL principal investigators and and their staff conduct year-round research in areas such as cellular, developmental, and reproductive biology; molecular biology and evolution; neurobiology and sensory physiology; ecology and ecosystems studies; global infectious diseases; and marine biotechnology and aquaculture.
The MBL’s resident research program is currently organized into four major centers and programs: The Ecosystems Center, the Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, the Marine Resources Program, and the Cell Biology and Imaging Program.
The resident research program is sustained by major funding from the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health and other Federal agencies through the competitive peer review process. Additional funding is provided by foundations and gifts from individuals.
MBL Resident Research Centers
Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution
Center researchers explore the genetic relationships among living organisms. Their goal is to learn more about our most ancient ancestors - the primitive microorganisms that have evolved into the ten million species of plants, animals, fungi and microbes that now inhabit the earth.
Ecosystems Center
Center researchers study the impact that humankind has on the environment. They examine the ecology of natural systems from Alaska to the Amazon and apply what they learn to the problems of sustaining and managing the Earth's resources.
Marine Resources Program
One of the world's most advanced facilities for maintaining and culturing aquatic organisms, the MRC is also a center of innovative research programs in sensory biology, neuroethology, aquaculture, and the development of marine models for biomedical research.
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