Woods Hole Business Association

Special Screening of A Cape Cod Christmas
2023-12-01 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | The Cornelia Clapp Auditorium, MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
Back by popular demand! On Friday, December 1, at 7 pm, the Woods Hole Film Festival presents a special event screening of A CAPE COD CHRISTMAS by John Stimpson at Clapp Auditorium, Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole.
ABOUT THE FILM
When a children’s author comes down to the Cape to host one last Christmas dinner with her disagreeable siblings before they sell the family house, she reunites with her childhood sweetheart, a local artist, who helps her find a way to keep the house she loves so dearly.
Filmed entirely in Falmouth, MA. Starring Katie Leclerc and Brent Bailey.
Q&A with the director John Stimpson following the film.
Tickets are $20, $16 for members and available now at:
https://www.goelevent.com/WoodsHoleFilmFest/e/ACapeCodChristmas
For more information call (508) 495-3456.
The festival is supported in part by grants from the Mass Cultural Council, Cape Cod 5, Martha’s Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation, Woods Hole Foundation, Arts Foundation of Cape Cod, the Falmouth Fund of the Cape Cod Foundation, YouthInk, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Shop Small & Dine Local in Woods Hole
2023-11-25 | Woods Hole
SHOP SMALL & DINE LOCAL – Saturday, Nov. 25th
Small Business Saturday is a nationally recognized day to celebrate and support small businesses and all they do for their local communities. When we talk about supporting small business in Woods Hole it’s practically impossible to not! Most of our local businesses are independently owned, meaning that travelers to Woods Hole can directly support the community’s economy and help sustain local business owners as well as traditional crafts and practices all year long! Each year on Small Business Saturday you can expect local retail stores to offer a sale or discount, while our local restaurants typically participate by offering a happy hour special.
SHOPPING:
Handworks: 10% off
Inlet: 20% off local pottery
Masterson Made: 20% off
MBL Gift Shop: 25% off
Soft as a Grape: 2 for $35, Adult Short Sleeve Tees & Hats (+$2 for XXL)
WHOI Visitor Center: 15% off in-store
DINING:
Captain Kidd: $1 oysters & wings from 4-6pm
Landfall: 10% off gift cards & happy hour from 4-6pm
Pie in the Sky: 10% off merchandise
The Leeside: 50% off 1 appetizer with specialty cocktail purchase from 4-6pm (excludes lobster)
Woods Hole Market & General Store: Gift certificate giveaway & seasonal tastings
LODGING:
Woods Hole Inn: 20% off gift certificates
Treehouse Lodge: 20% off gift certificates

Dinner & A Movie: Joan Baez - I Am A Noise
2023-11-18 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | Redfield Auditorium, Water Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
The Woods Hole Film Festival is pleased to announce a bonus second screening of the new documentary film JOAN BAEZ: I AM A NOISE on Saturday, November 18 at 7 pm at Redfield Auditorium, 45 Water Street, Woods Hole. The first screening sold out well in advance, so we’re showing it again! 🙂
ABOUT THE FILM
Facing the end of a 60-year musical career, legendary singer and activist Joan Baez takes an honest look back and a deep look inward as she tries to make sense of her large history-making life and reveals, for the first time, personal struggles she’s kept private, until now. JOAN BAEZ: I AM A NOISE is an unusually intimate psychological portrait of legendary folk singer and activist Joan Baez. Neither a conventional biopic nor a traditional concert film, this immersive documentary shifts back and forth through time as it follows Joan on her final tour and delves into her extraordinary archive, including newly discovered home movies, diaries, artwork, therapy tapes, and audio recordings.
Feature documentary by Karen O’Connor, Miri Navasky & Maeve O’Boyle, US, 2023, 113 mins.
The screening begins at 7 pm. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Tickets are $16 and $12 for WHFF members, student/military $10. Tickets are on sale in advance via at woodsholefilmfestival.org and at the door.
DINNER: Before the film, patrons may receive a 10% discount on the meal portion of dinner at the Captain Kidd Restaurant & Bar, 77 Water Street, Woods Hole. Call (508) 548-8563 for a dinner reservation.

MBL Falmouth Forum: “Building Community Bridges: Creating an Economically and Ecologically Vibrant Cape Cod” Dorothy Savarese in conversation with CAI’s Mindy Todd
2023-11-10 19:30 - 20:30 UTC | Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
Dorothy Savarese is President of the Board of the Cape Cod Climate Change Collaborative and the former CEO and Executive Chair of Cape Cod 5, a community bank which she led for nearly 20 years. Savarese formalized the integration of environmental stewardship into the “5 Ways” the Bank serves the community and expanded it to include mitigation of and adaptation to climate change. She extends her commitment to combating climate change and building resiliency to her volunteer and community activities, in addition to her service to the Climate Collaborative. Savarese served on the Climate Readiness, Resiliency and Adaptation transition policy committee for Governor-Elect Maura Healey and the Clean Heat Commission for the Baker administration. Savarese has also been recognized for her efforts in the banking industry, being named to the list of 25 Most Powerful Women in Banking by American Banker Magazine for 11 consecutive years, was the chair of both the American Bankers Association and the Massachusetts Bankers Association and has been named to committees advising the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, and the FDIC. She is the recipient of an honorary doctorate from Suffolk University and recently joined the Board of Trustees. In addition, she has served on a number of local boards serving the region and has received numerous awards and recognitions.
Mindy Todd is Managing Director of Editorial at CAI and host and producer of The Point, which examines critical issues for Cape Cod and the Islands. Her 30+ year career has covered nearly all aspects of broadcasting. Todd has received numerous awards, most recently her 5th National PRNDI (Public Radio News Directors Incorporated) award for best Call-in program and best Interview.

Halloween in the Hole
2023-10-28 16:00 - 18:00 UTC | Woods Hole
Residents and businesses flex their creative pumpkin-carving skills and show off their finished products along Water Street on the Saturday of Halloween weekend. Your favorite Woods Hole shops and restaurants get in costume and give out candy and refreshments to sugar-happy passersby. Pumpkins lit at dusk.

Becoming a Marine Biologist
2023-10-18 19:30 - 20:30 UTC | Redfield Auditorium, Water Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
What it takes, and where it can take you
As a child, who hasn’t dreamed of exploring the ocean to study the amazing animals that live there—but what does it take to become a marine biologist, and what would your career look like once you got the degree?
Join us as we talk with three marine biologists about their differing career paths and how they got to where they are today.

MBL Falmouth Forum: How WHOI Helped write "Horse", An Inside Look at a Novelist's Research Journey Geraldine Brooks, Author
2023-10-13 19:30 - 20:30 UTC | Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
Geraldine Brooks’ 2022 novel, Horse, spent ten weeks on the New York Times best seller list. In this lecture, she will describe how the true story of the 19th century’s greatest racehorse led her from the Osteo-Prep lab at the Smithsonian Support Center and the Necropsy Suite at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, to some of the most famous art collections of the 20th century.
Geraldine Brooks is the author of six works of historical fiction, including the 2006 Pulitzer Prize winner, March and most recently, the bestselling novel, Horse (Viking), which recently received the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award and the Dayton Literary Peace prize. An award-winning former foreign correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, the Australian-born Brooks is also author of the non-fiction works, Nine Parts of Desire and Foreign Correspondence. She lives in West Tisbury, Massachusetts where she is a Conservation Commissioner.
A book signing will follow the presentation. Books available for purchase on event night from Eight Cousins Books.

WHFF Best of the Fest at Cotuit 2023
2023-10-11 18:00 - 22:00, 2023-10-10 18:00 - 22:00, 2023-10-09 18:00 - 22:00, 2023-10-08 19:00 - 2023-10-11 22:00 UTC | Cotuit Center for the Arts, 4404 Falmouth Road (Route 28), Cotuit, 02635, United States
The Woods Hole Film Festival returns to the Cotuit Center for the Arts for the Best of the Fest screening series – 2023 edition.
This four-night, seven screening event features five feature films and two shorts programs of award winners from the 2023 summer festival.
Sunday, October 8 • 7pm
ARIEL – BACK TO BUENOS AIRES
Narrative Feature by Alison Murray
(Canada/Argentina, 2022)
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Monday, October 9 • 6pm
PATROL
Documentary Feature by Camilo de Castro & Brad Allgood
(Nicaragua, 2023)
Monday, October 9 • 8pm
AWARD-WINNING SHORTS 1
Five award-winning short films.
(Various)
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Tuesday, October 10 • 6pm
AWARD-WINNING SHORTS
Five award-winning short films.
(Various)
Tuesday, October 10 • 8pm
LAKELANDS
Narrative Feature by Robert Higgins & Patrick McGivney
(Ireland, 2023)
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Wednesday, October 11 • 6pm
DUSTY & STONES
Documentary Feature by Jesse Rudoy
(USA, 2022)
Wednesday, October 11 • 8pm
26.2 to LIFE
Documentary Feature by Christine Yoo
(USA, 2022)
Tickets are $16 (general) and $12 (CCftA and WHFF members)
Click ticket link for film details and tickets, or visit:
https://artsonthecape.org/explore?cat=whff
Cotuit Center for the Arts is located at 4404 Falmouth Road (Route 28) in Cotuit. Call 508-428-0669 for more info.

MBL Falmouth Forum: “Why We Should Care About the Arctic” - Melody Brown Burkins
2023-09-22 19:30 - 20:30 UTC | Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
Lectures are free and open to the public. Free parking is available in any MBL lot. No registration required for in-person attendance. Doors open at 7:00 PM, lectures start at 7:30 PM.
Melody Brown Burkins is the Director of the Institute of Arctic Studies, Senior Associate Director in the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding, and Adjunct Professor of Environmental Studies at Dartmouth College. In January 2022, she was also named the UArctic Chair in Science Diplomacy and Inclusion. With more than 30 years of experience as a polar scientist working in academia and governance, she is an advocate for policy-engaged scholarship, experiential education, and the support of science policy and diplomacy initiatives advancing sustainability, inclusion, and gender equality in the Arctic and around the world.

THE ARCTIC
2023-09-20 19:30 - 20:30 UTC | MA
Our planet on thin ice
The far north is feeling the heat from climate change more than anywhere else on Earth, with rising temperatures and melting ice putting increasing pressure on marine life, ocean currents, and human lives and livelihoods. Join us as we talk with scientists studying Earth’s northernmost regions and learn how changes in the Arctic affect the rest of our planet.
https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gi8ovEZzQuOaUvpbE2dSRQ#/registration

NEW BEDFORD HARBON SEA CHANTEY CHORUS AT WOODS HOLE COMMUNITY HALL
2023-09-16 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Woods Hole Community Hall, 68 Water St., Falmouth, MA, 02543, United States
The New Bedford Harbor Sea Chantey Chorus presents a program of chanteys and maritime music celebrating the return of Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey and its entry in the fleet of Mass Maritime Academy.
The New Bedford Harbor Sea Chantey Chorus returns to Woods Hole, under direction of well-known, Cape Codder, Tom Goux, “One of the most harmonious crews ever to come ashore,” the Chorus will perform a variety of chanteys and songs that reflect the rich maritime heritage of New England and the lives of the Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey. The Chorus has appeared at various Falmouth venues to enthusiastic response since its founding in 2001.
This program is presented by and for the benefit of the Woods Hole Historical Museum. Tickets are $20 and all proceeds benefit the museum. For ticket information, please email whhmdirector@gmail.com or call 508.548.7270.

Woods Hole Science Stroll
2023-08-12 10:00 - 15:00 UTC | Woods Hole
EXPLORE
science on the streets of Woods Hole and get an up-close view of a vehicles and instruments doing science.

ENGAGE
with people from Woods Hole organizations and the discoveries they are making.

TAKE PART
in science demos, hands-on activities, and crafts for kids.

MBL Friday Evening Lecture Series: "Thorny Questions: Citrus Development and Disease" - Vivian Irish, Yale University
2023-08-04 20:00 - 21:00 UTC | Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
Because plants are sessile and can’t escape from predators, many plant species have evolved exquisite defensive systems, ranging from chemical defenses to physical deterrents. Thorns, prickles, and spines all act as weapons against herbivores, but each arises from a distinct developmental origin. Unlike prickles or spines, thorns arise from axillary shoot apical meristems that proliferate for a time and then terminally differentiate into a sharp hard tip. Like other meristems, thorn meristems contain stem cells but, in the case of thorns, these stem cells undergo a programmed cessation of proliferative activity. As such, thorns represent a fascinating variation on how stem cells are regulated. Since most citrus species have thorns, we have focused our attention on this genus. We have characterized a gene network necessary for thorn development, and by disrupting this pathway, we can generate plants that have many more branches and so alter plant architecture. Not only has this work illuminated some of the molecular mechanisms controlling thorn development, but the methods we have developed have allowed us to tackle some of the challenges facing citrus agriculture today.
Vivian Irish is the Eaton Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, and Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, at Yale University. As a graduate student at Harvard University, she focused on characterizing the developmental genetic mechanisms specifying dorsal-ventral polarity in Drosophila. She continued to pursue these interests in patterning processes as a Jane Coffin Childs postdoctoral fellow at the University of Cambridge. As a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow at Yale University, she turned her attention to exploring the specification of floral organ types. Now a faculty member at Yale, her research centers on understanding mechanisms controlling flower development using a variety of molecular, biochemical, and genetic approaches. She has also long been interested in the evolution of developmental mechanisms with a specific focus on the diversification of gene regulatory networks controlling flower development and stem cell activity. She is also interested in the biotechnological applications of her work to crop production and agriculture. Irish has held several administrative roles at Yale, including Chair of the Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, and Director of Undergraduate Studies in Biology. She is an elected member of the Connecticut Society of Science and Engineering. Irish is also a past-president of the Society for Developmental Biology and was a visiting professor at the École Normale Supérieure, Lyon, France.

The Big Lunch
2023-07-30 11:00 - 14:00 UTC | Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
The Big Lunch brings neighbors and communities together to share friendship, food, and fun!
BRING A PICNIC • STROLL IN, ROLL IN • BRING YOUR NEIGHBORS
Open to the community. Rain or shine. No alcoholic beverages.

Woods Hole Film Festival
2023-07-29 - 2023-08-05 | Woods Hole
Over 110 films from 19 Countries Chosen to Screen at the 32nd Woods Hole Film Festival
The Woods Hole Film Festival, the oldest film festival on the Cape and Islands, marks its 32nd year from Saturday, July 29, through Saturday, August 5, with 45 feature length and 66 short films culled from more than 1000 submissions (with 5 world, 3 North American, and 1 US premieres). Films are by both first-time and veteran filmmakers and almost evenly divided between women and men directors. Like previous years, many films fall into the festival’s hallmark categories: New England ties, music, and science (in conjunction with the Festival’s “Bringing Science to the Screen” program). And, before the Festival help us kick-off the Festival on Thursday, July 27th at a special screening of the award-winning documentary film GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT at 7:30 pm at Redfield Auditorium.

MBL Friday Evening Lecture Series: “Blindspots to Inclusion in Environmental and Ocean Sciences” - Karlisa Callwood
2023-07-28 20:00 - 21:00 UTC | Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
Inclusivity is not easy, especially in spaces, like environmental and ocean sciences, where people of color have traditionally been excluded. Yet, despite high interest in these fields from underrepresented groups, particularly Black and/or African American communities, many environmental and ocean science programs and organizations struggle with diversifying their students, staff, and/or researchers. Additionally, in attempts to be diverse, they tend to focus more on filling quotas, instead of building equity and inclusion by being welcoming, learning to recognize their own biases, developing cultural awareness and/or competencies, or acknowledging, and addressing, the white supremacy culture that is pervasive throughout our institutions. It is up to all of us to create inclusion, but some have more work than others. This talk will explore some important lessons and considerations for creating more welcoming environmental and ocean science spaces, discuss why “white supremacy culture” is not a dirty word and exploring patterns you should be looking for, and share strategies for being authentic in this work and keeping yourself and your organizations accountable.
Karlisa Callwood is a marine scientist, educator, and science communicator who focuses on interdisciplinary approaches to evaluating fisheries and conservation management. With 20 years of experience developing and managing science education programming, her work ranges from community engagement and partnership development to leading and implementing DEAI initiatives across several organizations. Her interests include establishing practices to enhance STEM education for underserved communities; understanding the socio-economic factors that influence fishers’ decisions and prompt behavior changes; enhancing strategies to better bridge the gaps that exist between scientists, policymakers, and the public; and developing tools to facilitate DEAI transformations in cultural organizations. Callwood was also selected as a National Geographic Fellow for her work focused on understanding the role of subsistence fishing in building resilience in Bahamian communities during the pandemic. She currently serves as a lecturer for the Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy at the University of Miami, as Director of the Community Conservation Education & Action Program at the Perry Institute for Marine Science, and as an Equity Consultant for several organizations. Callwood holds a Ph.D. in Ecosystem Science and Policy from the University of Miami.

Talking Science in Crisis
2023-07-25 14:00 - 15:30 UTC | Redfield Auditorium, Water Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
A conversation with WHOI senior scientist Chris Reddy and WHOI Director of Research Communications Ken Kostel
Join WHOI’s Chris Reddy, oceanographer, inventor, and author of the book Science Communication in a Crisis: An Insider’s Guide, for a conversation about how science works when time is of the essence.
With behind-the-scenes stories and high-profile case studies, including the Deepwater Horizon oil spills and the 2021 X-press Pearl disaster in Sri Lanka, Chris lays out the major challenges that scientists face during an environmental emergency, when clear, consistent communication matters most, and offers advice on how to navigate the maze of competing interests to deliver actionable information.
Light refreshments in the Redfield Lobby will follow the event.
Autographed copies of Science Communication in a Crisis will be available for purchase.

Broadening Minority Participation in STEM
2023-07-25 10:00 - 11:00 UTC | Redfield Auditorium, Water Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
Nevada Winrow, Founder, Black Girls Dive Foundation and Dijanna Figueroa, Chief Academic Officer, Black Girls Dive Foundation
Also on Zoom (RSVP required for Zoom attendees).

MBL Friday Evening Lecture Series: “The Time to Be Born” - Louis Muglia, Burroughs Wellcome Fund
2023-07-21 20:00 - 21:00 UTC | Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
What determines the timing for birth? This question is one of the great unsolved mysteries in biology and has enormous health relevance to impact upon preterm birth, the leading cause of death of infants and children under 5 years old. This presentation will describe the utility of human genetics and genomics to understand normal birth timing and how this mechanism malfunctions to lead to preterm birth. Evidence will be presented that genetics plays an important role in shaping maternal risk for preterm birth. Moreover, recent genome wide association studies that identify novel loci robustly associated with the risk for prematurity will be described and what the ramification of these are for interventions. Finally, the potential to exploit unique aspects of human evolution in shaping pregnancy characteristics using comparative genomics and animal models will be conveyed.
Louis Muglia is President and CEO of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, an independent nonprofit research foundation accelerating discovery in the biomedical sciences. Previously, he served as Vice Chair for Research, Director of the Division of Human Genetics, Co-Director of the Perinatal Institute, and Professor of Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Muglia’s research focus has been to understand the molecular pathways determining when birth occurs to prevent preterm birth and better treat human preterm labor and delivery, considering both genetic and environmental factors. Priorities now at Burroughs Wellcome Fund include climate change and human health, promoting diversity and equity in science, and science communication, better partnering science and the arts. Among Muglia’s achievements are more than 300 publications and election to the American Society for Clinical Investigation and Association of American Physicians, American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Academy of Medicine, and the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters. Muglia earned his Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from the University of Chicago. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Michigan.

Animal Kingdom Night at The Captain Kidd
2023-07-15 21:00 UTC | Captain Kidd, 77 Water Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
You won’t want to miss this! Head to Captain Kidd on July 15 dressed as your favorite animal for some rowdy and roaring 🦁 fun!

MBL Friday Evening Lecture Series: "Single Genes and Brain Synchronization: An Ion Channel Portrait of Epilepsy" - Jeffrey Noebels, Baylor College of Medicine
2023-07-14 20:00 - 21:00 UTC | Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
Throughout the last century, the ability of electroencephalography to visualize fluctuating microvolt potential differences between two points on the scalp has guided our understanding of the cortical landscape as neurologists correlated both hyperactive (epileptic) and silent (ischemic) areas of brain damage with clinical deficits in their patients, mapping the functional topography of the neocortex, literally, “stroke by stroke”. Later, axon hyperexcitability and leg-shaking in the Drosophila mutant shaker led the way to the first gene encoding an ion channel. This same neurogenetic strategy motivated a search for spontaneous mutants in mice with EEG hyperexcitability, and the discovery that a single gene locus in the tottering mouse causes childhood absence epilepsy, establishing that common human epilepsy syndromes could be inherited as a mendelian disorder. Today, genes for 800 monogenic epilepsies, of which over 100 involve mutations in voltage- and ligand-gated ion channel genes, not only allow precision clinical diagnosis and gene-directed treatment of epilepsies but illuminate the molecular anatomy of neuronal microcircuitry “gene by gene”. Current research linking abnormal cortical synchronization with ion channelopathy is providing remarkable insights into developmental brain plasticity and a powerful experimental framework to cure rare neurological disorders. Unexpectedly, the approach bridges the pathophysiology of previously unrelated conditions, including cardiac arrhythmias and sudden unexpected death, Alzheimer’s disease, and growth of malignant brain tumors.
Jeffrey Noebels is Cullen Chair in Neurogenetics and Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience, and Molecular and Human Genetics, and founding director of the Blue Bird Circle Developmental Neurogenetics Laboratory at Baylor College of Medicine. His major research focus is to identify gene mechanisms of cortical network synchronization and molecular targets for the treatment of epilepsy and its comorbidities. His pioneering discovery of the first single gene mouse model for childhood epilepsy in 1979 transformed the experimental approach to this disease. Noebels graduated from Reed College and received his Ph.D. in Neuroscience at Stanford, postdoctoral training in Neuropathology at Harvard, M.D. at Yale, and neurology residency training at Massachusetts General Hospital. He was a Basil O’Connor and Klingenstein Fellow, Pew Scholar, and Javits Awardee. He is a past President of the American Epilepsy Society, a current ILAE Ambassador and AAAS Fellow, and a proud former Grass Foundation Trustee.

Open Mic Night
2023-07-13 17:30 - 20:00 UTC | Firehouse in Woods Hole
presented by the Woods Hole Theater Company

Jaws
2023-07-12 20:00 - 22:00 UTC | Redfield Lawn, 45 Water Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
Movie on the Lawn
Bring a blanket or lawn chair. Play our trivia quiz for a chance to win prizes! Movie starts at dusk. In case of rain, film will be shown in Redfield Auditorium.

MBL Friday Evening Lecture Series: "The Molecular Anatomy of Animal Body Plans" - Chris Lowe, Hopkins Marine Station, Standford University
2023-07-07 20:00 - 21:00 UTC | MA
Our understanding of major events in animal evolution have largely been based on comparative anatomy of both living and fossil taxa. The large morphological disparity between living taxa, and an often-imperfect fossil record, have made reconstructing early events in origins of animal phyla challenging. A growing body of work from developmental biology reveals that bilateral animals share a very conserved set of gene regulatory networks that define the major organizational axes during early development: the genes in these networks are expressed in very similar spatial and temporal patterns across animals with fundamental differences in their body plan organization. This “molecular anatomy” is more conserved than the anatomies that it regulates and provides a novel set of data to test outstanding zoological puzzles. Lowe will discuss his lab’s work in hemichordates and echinoderms and how this has helped to give insights into early brain evolution and a broader perspective on animal body plan evolution.
Chris Lowe moved to the USA from the UK following a BSc in Biology from the University of Sussex. He received his Ph.D. from SUNY Stony Brook in Ecology and Evolution on echinoderm evolution and development in Greg Wray’s lab. He moved to University of California Berkeley as a Miller Fellow and worked in Mike Levine’s lab then with John Gerhart to develop hemichordates as a new developmental model species, which is when he first started working at the MBL. His first independent academic position was at the University of Chicago in the Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy. He then moved to Stanford University based at Hopkins Marine Station where his lab works on body plan evolution.

Woods Hole 4th of July Parade
2023-07-04 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Woods Hole
This annual, science-themed parade will begin at 12:00 noon at the entrance to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s parking lot located on School Street in Woods Hole, and will travel down Water Street, and end at Waterfront Park, 100 Water Street.
This long-time Woods Hole tradition, organized by the Marine Biological Laboratory, brings students, scientists, locals, and visitors together to celebrate Independence Day with costumes, dancing, and music.

MBL Friday Evening Lecture Series: “Changing the Complexion of the Life Sciences” - Kenneth Turner
2023-06-16 20:00 - 21:00 UTC | The Cornelia Clapp Auditorium, MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
Lecture Abstract:
The life sciences is the sector ready for the moment we’re in. The life sciences remain a major economic and workforce driver for Massachusetts. But until recently, you’d be hard pressed for people to recognize names like Moderna, ThermoFisher, or the role an MBI plays in Worcester or LabCentral in Cambridge. The COVID-19 vaccine has literally and figuratively given our society a shot in the arm about the impact of the life sciences. Yet, we have companies across all sectors experiencing a crisis in finding talent. The future of work and demographic shifts adds significant layers of opportunities and challenges to this. The life sciences is positioned to meet these converging forces perfectly. Our key priority must be to meet the clarion call to continue to engage young women and men of color early on in STEM and the opportunities it can offer, to capture their interest and curiosity. Then supporting them through middle school, high school, and college, and preparing them for a career that they deserve opportunity in. For Turner, it comes down to role models. People need to envision themselves in any job or career, STEM or otherwise. Young people of color need to see scientists, engineers, chemists, and data scientists who look like them. This requires a paradigm shift and thinking differently and acting boldly. Turner will discuss his background in service to our nation and his success in the private and public sectors. He will also provide an overview on how we can take the current state of play and change the complexion of the life sciences—the critical component of Massachusetts remaining the global leader in this space.
Kenneth Turner is President and CEO of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC), an economic development and investment agency dedicated to supporting the growth and development of the life sciences in Massachusetts. He directs and oversees the center’s operations, investment strategy, programs, and partnerships. Prior to joining the MLSC, Turner served as Director of Diversity & Inclusion/Compliance with Massport. He oversaw and managed the Authority’s multiple diversity programs, including business and supplier diversity, workforce diversity, and airport concessions, as well as all compliance initiatives associated with Massport’s Disadvantaged/Minority/Women Business Enterprise programs. Previously, Turner served as Deputy Secretary for Administration & Finance for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Veterans’ Services. He has over 20 years of general management and executive experience in various Fortune 100 media and package goods companies including having served as Senior Vice President of Emerging Markets at AOL Time Warner as well as having held various marketing positions at Hallmark Cards and Hasbro Toys. A retired U.S. Navy Captain and submarine nuclear weapons system officer with 26-years of service, Turner holds a B.S. degree from Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA.

MBL Falmouth Forum: “ROGUES: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks—12 Tales of Skulduggery and Intrigue" - Patrick Radden Keefe
2023-06-11 14:00 - 15:00 UTC | Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
Join us for a conversation with Patrick Radden Keefe, award-winning staff writer at The New Yorker magazine and bestselling author who will discuss his New York Times bestselling book Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks with Mindy Todd, host and producer of The Point on CAI, the Cape and Islands NPR station. Rogues brings together a dozen of Radden Keefe’s most celebrated articles from The New Yorker, covering a dozen years, most of them about people behaving badly.
A book signing will follow the presentation. Books available for purchase on event night from Eight Cousins Books.
Patrick Radden Keefe is an award-winning staff writer at The New Yorker magazine and author of the New York Times bestsellers Empire of Pain and Say Nothing, as well as two earlier nonfiction books: The Snakehead and Chatter. His most recent book is Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks.
Radden Keefe started contributing to The New Yorker in 2006. He received the National Magazine Award for Feature Writing in 2014. Say Nothing received the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, as well as the Orwell Prize for Political Writing, and was selected by Entertainment Weekly as one of the “10 Best Nonfiction Books of the Decade.” Empire of Pain was awarded the Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction and was a finalist for the FT Business Book of the Year.
He is also the writer and host of WIND OF CHANGE, an 8-part podcast series, which investigates the strange convergence of espionage and heavy metal music during the Cold War and was named the #1 podcast of 2020 by The Guardian.
Radden Keefe grew up in Dorchester, Massachusetts and went to college at Columbia. He received masters degrees from Cambridge University and the London School of Economics, and a law degree from Yale. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship, and fellowships from the New America Foundation, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library. He lives in New York.
Mindy Todd is Managing Director of Editorial at CAI and host and producer of The Point, which examines critical issues for Cape Cod and the Islands. Her 30+ year career has covered nearly all aspects of broadcasting. Todd has received numerous awards, most recently her 5th National PRNDI (Public Radio News Directors Incorporated) award for best Call-in program and best Interview.
Photo Credit: Philip Montgomery
