Biol. Bull. 205: 175. (October 2003)
© 2003 Marine Biological Laboratory
The MBL Awards for 2003
MBL Awards are given for the best paper presented at the General Scientific Meetings by a senior investigator, a junior investigator, a graduate student, and an undergraduate. The awards are based on both the oral presentation and the short report, and additional papers are selected for Honorable Mention.
The four presentations selected for MBL Awards this year reflect the broad scope of science at the Laboratory. Among these reports, we find a classic vegitalizing agent used to study morphogenesis in squids, multiphoton fluorescence microscopy revealing complex, 3-D signaling events in zebrafish embryos, a dermal exudate that may keep the horseshoe crab’s exoskeleton clean, and serotonin prolonging the response of lobsters to food odors. This year’s awardees are listed below with the title of their presentation and the page on which their short report appears.
—The Editor
August 2003
Senior Investigator
- WINNER...... Paul Gallant Axotomy inhibits the slow axonal transport of tubulin in the squid giant axon (p. 187)
- HONORABLE MENTION...... Karen Crawford Lithium chloride inhibits development along the animal vegetal axis and anterior midline of the squid embryo (p. 181)
Graduate Student
- WINNER...... John M. Harrington with Peter B. Armstrong A liposome-permeating activity from the surface of the carapace of the American horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus (p. 205)
- HONORABLE MENTION...... Anthony Molina with Katherine Hammar, Richard Sanger, Peter J. S. Smith, and Robert P. Malchow Intracellular release of caged calcium in skate horizontal cells using fine optical fibers (p. 215)
- HONORABLE MENTION...... Cheryl Sangster with Roxanna Smolowitz Description of Vibrio alginolyticus infection in cultured Sepia officinalis, Sepia apama, and Sepia pharaonis (p. 233)
Junior Investigator
- WINNER...... Edwin Gilland with Robert Baker and Winfried Denk Long duration three-dimensional imaging of calcium waves in zebrafish using multiphoton fluorescence microscopy (p. 176)
- HONORABLE MENTION...... Karen Cusato with Jane Zakevicius and Harris Ripps An experimental approach to the study of gap-junction-mediated cell death (p. 197)
Undergraduate
- WINNER...... Anna Savage with Jelle Atema Neurochemical modulation of behavioral response to chemical stimuli in Homarus americanus (p. 222)
- HONORABLE MENTION...... Danial Abraham with Matthew Charette, Matthew Allen, Adam Rago, and Kevin Kroeger Radiochemical estimates of submarine groundwater discharge to Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts (p. 246)
- HONORABLE MENTION...... Rafal Pielak with Valeriya Gaysinskaya and William Cohen Cytoskeletal events preceding polar body formation in activated Spisula eggs (p. 192)
