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For Immediate Release June 14, 2013 Contact: Gina Hebert 508-289-7725; ghebert@mbl.edu

Woods Hole, MA��– The����(MBL) will celebrate its 125^th��anniversary this summer with a series of events commemorating the milestone. The theme of the anniversary is “Celebrating the Next Generation.”Featured events include an��Anniversary Concert��with Curtis On Tour, a program of the Philadelphia-based��, on July 7, Discovery Day, a free family science fair and party on July 17, the anniversary of the laboratory’s dedication in 1888, and a tour of Penikese Island with MBL Ecosystems Center Director, Christopher Neill and MBL history expert Garland Allen, Professor of Biology at Washington University.

The ǧ����Ƶ was founded in 1888 as an independent institution for teaching and research. Primarily a summer laboratory in its early years, today a corps of more than 270 scientists and support personnel pursue biology, biomedicine, and environmental science research year-round.�� They are joined each year by more than 300 visiting scientists, summer staff, and research associates from hundreds of institutions around the world.

Each year the ǧ����Ƶ trains more than 550 students as part of its advanced, laboratory-based education program. Educational programs also include undergraduate and independent research, graduate training, the Brown-MBL Graduate Program in Biological and Environmental Sciences, postdoctoral training, and community continuing education programs.

“MBL scientists have helped drive scientific discovery since the laboratory’s founding in 1888,” said Joan V. Ruderman, MBL President and Director. “We invite the community to join us this summer as we celebrate our past and look toward our future."

The ǧ����Ƶ has launched a website in honor of the anniversary, featuring an event calendar, anecdotes from the past and present, as well as a place for people to share their birthday greetings. MBL fans are also encouraged to contribute to the��, a community-generated collection of photographs, video reminiscences, and science memorabilia that will take place throughout the summer.�� Contributed items and stories will become a part of the History of the ǧ����Ƶ website.

A full list of MBL Anniversary celebration events is below.

MBL 125^th��Anniversary Events

May 28 – August 23: MBL Community Archives Intake Studio
MBL scientists, students, alumni, Corporation members, trustees, families, and community members are invited to share��photographs, letters, notebooks, stories, or anything else reflecting life at the ǧ����Ƶ and Woods Hole as part of the��.��Monday through Friday, 10 AM to 4 PM, Lillie Building, Room 228, 7 MBL St. Woods Hole. (Between August 12-23, the studio is open by appointment only).

June 22: Microbial Diversity Course Biodiversity Symposium/American Society for Microbiology Milestones in Microbiology Award Ceremony
9 AM to 4 PM, Redfield Auditorium, 57 Water St., Woods Hole.

June 28 - August 16: Friday Evening Lecture Series
Every Friday at 8 PM, Lillie Auditorium, 7 MBL St., Woods Hole; see����for full schedule

July 4: MBL Club 4th of July Parade
12 to 12:30 PM, Water Street, Woods Hole

July 7: MBL Anniversary Concert Featuring Curtis on Tour
7 PM, Lillie Auditorium, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole; 9 PM optional dessert reception
This��special concert��will feature students and faculty from the renowned��. Each reception ticket holder will be eligible to win a selection of exciting door prizes including a stay at a luxury villa in the British Virgin Islands. The concert is made possible by a generous gift from Patrick and Irina Gage.��

July 11: MBL Physiology Course Symposium in Honor of Andrew Szent-Györgyi
Time and location TBA

July 12: MBL Embryology Course 120th Anniversary Symposium
Time and location TBA

July 17: MBL Discovery Day: A Celebration of the ǧ����Ƶ’s 125th Anniversary
3 to 5:30 PM, MBL St., Woods Hole
A FREE family science fair and MBL anniversary party featuring hands-on science exhibits, kids’ scavenger hunt, live music, face painting, fish printing, and more! Continuous shuttle service will be provided 3:00 to 6:00 PM from the ǧ����Ƶ’s Devil’s Lane parking lot (opposite 379 Oyster Pond Road) to ��MBL’s Lillie parking lot on Water Street in Woods Hole. For more information, contact the ǧ����Ƶ Communications Office: 508-289-7423;��comm@mbl.edu

July 18: Cruise to Penikese Island
2:00 PM, Klimm Dock (next to the Pierce Exhibit Center on Water St., Woods Hole)
Learn about the early days of the ǧ����Ƶ and cruise along the shoreline of this wildlife habitat with MBL Senior Scientist Chris Neill and Science Historian Garland Allen. Bring your binoculars! Adults, $35; Children, $20. Contact��bsylvia@mbl.edu��or 508-289-7451 for reservations.

August 1: Dedication of “F���ܰ���,” a sculpture by Gordon Gund
Time TBA
The ǧ����Ƶ’s Waterfront Park in Woods Hole was recently enhanced with the installation of��“F���ܰ���,”��a cast-bronze sculpture generously donated to the ǧ����Ƶ by the artist, Gordon Gund of Princeton, New Jersey.

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