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16 researchresearchThe MBL is one of the largest and most excitingbiological laboratories in the world.Offering a stimulating and highly collaborativeenvironment, the MBL attracts many of the world’s topscientists and is a place synonymous with biologicaldiscovery.Currently, 39 Ph.D. level investigators and their staffconduct year-round research that is leading to a betterunderstanding of our climate and planet, our ancestry,the diversity of life on Earth, fisheries and resourcemanagement, as well as global infectious diseases andother serious medical conditions.Every summer, this population swells dramatically,when hundreds of distinguished scientists gather atthe MBL’s Whitman Center for Summer and VisitingResearch and when the faculty and students arrive forour signature summer science courses and workshops.During a typical MBL summer, researchers unlock thesecrets of life by studying simple marine organisms,such as squid, clams, zebrafish, and skates. Theyexplore how nerve cells communicate, how cellsperform complex jobs, and how they proliferate. Theystudy how organisms reproduce and develop, how theyfight disease, how sense organs gather information, andhow brains learn and remember. And they raise andanswer groundbreaking new questions that can helplead to life-saving answers.