November 24, 2009

Center’s Investment Leverages Federal Grant Funding for MBL

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) $802,500 in federal stimulus funds to support the recruitment of scientists specializing in regenerative biology, along with a second grant providing $557,000 for the Laboratory’s intensive Frontiers in Stem Cells and Regeneration training course. Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray visited MBL to participate in the grant announcements.

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Pictured from left to right are Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center President & CEO Susan Windham-Bannister, MBL Director and CEO Gary Borisy, State Senator Robert O’Leary, and MBL Associate Scientist Alan Kuzirian on a tour of MBL’s Marine Resources Center.