Marine Biological Laboratory

The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) is an international center for research and education in biological and environmental science. Founded in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, in 1888, the MBL is a private, nonprofit institution that was independent for most of its history, but became officially affiliated with the University of Chicago on July 1, 2013. It also collaborates with numerous other institutions.

Marine Biological Laboratory
Lillie Laboratory
Established1888 (1888)
Research typePure and applied research
Field of research
Biology
DirectorNipam Patel
Address7 MBL Street
LocationWoods Hole, Massachusetts, United States
41°31′34.40″N 70°40′22.40″W
02543-1015
NicknameMBL
AffiliationsUniversity of Chicago
Websitewww.mbl.edu

As of 2023, 60 Nobel Prize winners have been affiliated with MBL as students, faculty members or researchers. In addition, since 1960, there have been 137 Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators, early career scientists, international researchers, and professors; 306 members of the National Academy of Sciences; and 236 Members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences who have been affiliated with the lab.

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