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Nikon Small World Exhibit

MBL Public Events The Nikon Small World Exhibit is regarded as the leading forum for showcasing the beauty and complexity of life as seen through the light microscope. Each year, the exhibit travels throughout North America at selected museums and centers for science. As the only Massachusetts exhibit venue, the MBL is pleased to once again host the exhibit and share with you the beauty and complexity of life. September Hours: Thurs - Sat from 12:00-4:00pm. Event Type: Other. Saturday, September 19, 2026, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM. MBL Club 100 Water Street Woods Hole, MA 02543. For more info visit www.nikonsmallworld.com.

Woods Hole Immunoparasitology Conference

MBL Public Events Event Type: Conferences. Sunday, September 20, 2026 – Wednesday, September 23, 2026. Swope Center 5 North Street Woods Hole, MA 02543. For more info visit event.fourwaves.com.

Cnidofest 2026

MBL Public Events Event Type: Conferences. Wednesday, September 23, 2026 – Sunday, September 27, 2026. Swope Center 5 North Street Woods Hole, MA 02543. For more info visit www.cnidofest.org.

Nikon Small World Exhibit

MBL Public Events The Nikon Small World Exhibit is regarded as the leading forum for showcasing the beauty and complexity of life as seen through the light microscope. Each year, the exhibit travels throughout North America at selected museums and centers for science. As the only Massachusetts exhibit venue, the MBL is pleased to once again host the exhibit and share with you the beauty and complexity of life. September Hours: Thurs - Sat from 12:00-4:00pm. Event Type: Other. Thursday, September 24, 2026, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM. MBL Club 100 Water Street Woods Hole, MA 02543. For more info visit www.nikonsmallworld.com.

Nikon Small World Exhibit

MBL Public Events The Nikon Small World Exhibit is regarded as the leading forum for showcasing the beauty and complexity of life as seen through the light microscope. Each year, the exhibit travels throughout North America at selected museums and centers for science. As the only Massachusetts exhibit venue, the MBL is pleased to once again host the exhibit and share with you the beauty and complexity of life. September Hours: Thurs - Sat from 12:00-4:00pm. Event Type: Other. Friday, September 25, 2026, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM. MBL Club 100 Water Street Woods Hole, MA 02543. For more info visit www.nikonsmallworld.com.

Nikon Small World Exhibit

MBL Public Events The Nikon Small World Exhibit is regarded as the leading forum for showcasing the beauty and complexity of life as seen through the light microscope. Each year, the exhibit travels throughout North America at selected museums and centers for science. As the only Massachusetts exhibit venue, the MBL is pleased to once again host the exhibit and share with you the beauty and complexity of life. September Hours: Thurs - Sat from 12:00-4:00pm. Event Type: Other. Saturday, September 26, 2026, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM. MBL Club 100 Water Street Woods Hole, MA 02543. For more info visit www.nikonsmallworld.com.

Larval Biology Symposium

MBL Public Events Event Type: Conferences. Sunday, September 27, 2026 – Thursday, October 1, 2026. Swope Center 5 North Street Woods Hole, MA 02543. For more info visit www.larvalbiosociety.org.

XRET

MBL Public Events Event Type: Conferences. Friday, October 2, 2026 – Monday, October 5, 2026. Speck Auditorium.

MBL Seminar Series | SES Distinguished Scientist Seminar: "Scaling aquatic function to river networks" - Wilfred Wollheim Ph.D.

MBL Public Events Wilfred Wollheim Ph.D. University of New Hampshire Professor Humans are dramatically increasing the loads of harmful materials that impact coastal oceans. It is important to understand the effectiveness of freshwater systems to mitigate these loads prior to watershed export. This talk will focus on the aquatic processes that mitigate export fluxes for a variety of pollutants, ranging from nutrients to microplastic, based on both field and modeling studies. Virtual Information: https://mbl.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=0f5154c9-2840-42b1-a0cc-b4ba00d2a942. Event Type: SES Distinguished Scientist Seminar. Friday, October 2, 2026, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM. Meigs Room, Swope Center 5 North Street Woods Hole, MA 02543. For more info visit wsag.unh.edu.

MBL Falmouth Forum: “Shining Tiles: the People and Places that Make the Falmouth Mosaic” - Troy Clarkson, Columnist & Author

MBL Public Events Abstract: Falmouth is a mosaic of people and places that make our town a community. This lecture will feature twenty or so shining tiles in the Falmouth mosaic through stories and memories.   Troy Clarkson is an author and speaker with more than 25 years of leadership experience in government and public service. He has been actively involved in his beloved Falmouth since his teens, when he wrote and published ‘The Cove Chronicle,’ a newspaper he sold door-to-door for a quarter and that documented the lives of his friends and neighbors.   In his 20s and 30s, Troy served on the Falmouth Select Board, a position he held for 12 years. There, he learned the tools of relationship- and consensus-building that inform his leadership approach today.  His career in local government has included executive leadership roles as Town Manager in Bridgewater and Hanover and Chief Financial Officer for the City of Brockton. He currently serves as County Administrator for Plymouth County, the nation’s first county government.… Virtual Information: https://mbl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vl7VTAOwScWOHX_2xIjtRA. Event Type: Falmouth Forum. Friday, October 2, 2026, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM. Cornelia Clapp Auditorium 7 MBL Street Woods Hole, MA 02543. For more info visit www.mbl.edu.

Comparative Developmental Biology Course Begins

MBL Course Events Course Dates: Oct 03 - Oct 18, 2026 Comparative Developmental Biology is an intensive two-week laboratory course for graduate students in year two of their studies or beyond and post-docs, who seek a broad training in experimental approaches to developmental questions across diverse study organisms. Event Type: Courses. Saturday, October 3, 2026. For more info visit www.mbl.edu.

Immunohistochemistry and Immunofluorescence (IHCIF) Course Begins

MBL Course Events Course Dates: Oct 04 - Oct 09, 2026 This course is for graduate students, postdocs, research scientists and practitioners requiring hands-on wet lab training and the foundational knowledge required to design, validate and trouble shoot IHC and IF experiments in their labs. Our experienced instructors have taught this material to students from various scientific training backgrounds. The student to faculty ratio is designed to give opportunities for participants to ask questions that are specific to their research projects. Event Type: Courses. Sunday, October 4, 2026. MBL 7 MBL Street Woods Hole, MA 02543. For more info visit www.mbl.edu.

Developmental Biology of the Sea Urchin

MBL Public Events Event Type: Conferences. Wednesday, October 7, 2026 – Sunday, October 11, 2026. MBL 7 MBL Street Woods Hole, MA 02543.

Indigenous Peoples' Day - MBL Closed

MBL Public Events Event Type: Other. Monday, October 12, 2026.

Aquatic Models of Human Disease

MBL Public Events Event Type: Conferences. Saturday, October 17, 2026 – Wednesday, October 21, 2026. MBL 7 MBL Street Woods Hole, MA 02543. For more info visit aqmhd.org.

MBL Seminar Series | SES Distinguished Scientist Seminar: "Urban and Rural Forests as Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Change" - Pamela Templer Ph.D.

MBL Public Events Pamela Templer Ph.D. Boston University Department of Biology Distinguished Professor and Chair of Biology Forests are widely promoted as nature-based solutions to climate change because of their ability to absorb and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. However, our research suggests that their capacity to store carbon may be more vulnerable than previously thought. In a long-term experiment at Hubbard Brook in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, we study the effects of climate change across all seasons, including warmer growing seasons and a smaller winter snowpack. We demonstrate that while warmer growing seasons increase tree growth and carbon storage, these gains are significantly offset by a diminished winter snowpack and greater frequency of soil freeze/thaw cycles. Reduced snowpack exposes tree roots to freezing temperatures, causing injury that limits their ability to take up nitrogen —'97 a nutrient essential for tree growth and carbon storage. We also demonstrate that greater rates of atmosp… Virtual Information: https://mbl.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=91866191-a965-47d2-87c3-b4ba00d36011. Event Type: SES Distinguished Scientist Seminar. Friday, October 23, 2026, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM. Speck Auditorium. For more info visit www.bu.edu.

OncoHeart 2026

MBL Public Events OncoHeart 2026 is an international Cardio-Oncology conference dedicated to understanding how fundamental cellular processes influence heart health and cancer treatment. This 3-day forum brings together experts in cell biology, oncology, and cardiovascular research alongside patients as partners in discovery to explore mechanisms, including autophagy, programmed cell death, and human health. By fostering dialogue between interdisciplinary scientists, clinicians, and patients, OncoHeart 2026 aims to accelerate discoveries that protect the heart while advancing cancer treatment. Join us for insightful keynotes, cross-disciplinary sessions, and global collaborations shaping the future of cardio-oncology and molecular medicine. For more information on the OncoHeart Conference, visit OncoHeart.org. Event Type: Conferences. Friday, October 30, 2026 – Sunday, November 1, 2026. Cornelia Clapp Auditorium 7 MBL Street Woods Hole, MA 02543. For more info visit sites.google.com.

MBL Seminar Series | SES Distinguished Scientist Seminar: "The Effectiveness and Environmental Impacts of Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement for Carbon Dioxide Removal" - Adam Subhas Ph.D.

MBL Public Events Adam Subhas Ph.D. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Associate Scientist Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement (OAE) is a carbon removal approach that could supplement large-scale emissions reductions to avoid the worst effects of climate change. I will present and discuss the LOC-NESS Project (Locking Ocean Carbon in the Northeast Shefl and Slope) research program, a multi-year, multi-institution effort based at WHOI to study the effectiveness and envrionmental impacts of ship-based OAE. I will share results on laboratory experiments on the impacts on phytoplankton and marine life, studies on the transfer efficiency of alkalinity into seawater, and results from a large-scale field experiment conducted in the summer of 2025. These results inform how to balance the climate mitigation goals of OAE with its potential environmental impacts. I will then discuss future work, including research on the capacity of OAE to scale to climate-relevant, gigatonne scales. Virtual Information: https://mbl.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=56c791d6-cac2-4c3e-a408-b4ba00d495d6. Event Type: SES Distinguished Scientist Seminar. Friday, November 6, 2026, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM. Speck Auditorium 10 MBL St. Woods Hole, MA.

Veteran's Day - Union Holiday

MBL Public Events Event Type: Other. Wednesday, November 11, 2026.

New England Immunology Conference 2026

MBL Public Events Event Type: Conferences. Friday, November 13, 2026 – Sunday, November 15, 2026. Cornelia Clapp Auditorium 7 MBL Street Woods Hole, MA 02543. For more info visit www.newenglandimmunology.org.

MBL Falmouth Forum: “Creating Cape Cod: The Evolution of Tourism” - Jennifer Madden, Director of Collections & Exhibitions, Heritage Museums & Gardens

MBL Public Events Abstract: Today, few topics on Cape Cod are more controversial than tourism. Both a blessing and a curse, tourism simultaneously powers a humming economy and tightens the stranglehold on the region’s limited resources. But the Cape wasn’t always known as a place people wanted to visit. Between 1860 and 1900, the region experienced a lingering depression as traditional industries faltered and residents moved away. In the 1850s, Henry David Thoreau described the Cape as a “Yankee backwater,” and most everyone agreed.   The Cape’s emerging tourist industry began slowly after the Civil War, picked up speed with the advent of the railroad, but didn’t really take off until the widespread adoption of the automobile. Once people could easily travel to and around the Cape, many discovered its seaside charms. Consequently, Cape Cod has been experiencing a tourist boom for more than 100 years now.   Jennifer Madden is the Director of Collections & Exhibitions at Heritage Museums & Gardens, where she has worked since… Virtual Information: https://mbl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YxuiqAQdTyyqWsRDOzti-g#/registration. Event Type: Falmouth Forum. Friday, November 13, 2026, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM. Cornelia Clapp Auditorium 7 MBL Street Woods Hole, MA 02543. For more info visit www.mbl.edu.

MBL Seminar Series | SES Distinguished Scientist Seminar: "Historical marine ecology and conservation" - Loren McClenachan Ph.D.

MBL Public Events Loren McClenachan Ph.D. University of Victoria Department of History and School of Environmental Studies The field of historical marine ecology developed from the fundamental observation that marine ecosystems had been changed by human actions long before scientists began to study them. Information from historical written records—including photographs, newspaper articles, restaurant menus, and nautical charts—has revealed changes to species distributions and population structure farther back in time than was previously possible and provided new understandings of ecosystem function in the absence of pervasive human influence. Likewise traditional and local ecological knowledge held by coastal communities provides insight into long-term human relationships with oceans and adaptation to past ecological change. Many of these findings have application to conservation, and the growth of historical ecology research has sparked an increased use of these data in applied contexts. This talk will describe new and ongoi… Virtual Information: https://mbl.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=ebeaec2a-af6c-4375-8071-b4ba00d4f2a4. Event Type: SES Distinguished Scientist Seminar. Friday, November 20, 2026, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM. Speck Auditorium 10 MBL St. Woods Hole, MA. For more info visit mcclenachan.weebly.com.

Thanksgiving Day - MBL Closed

MBL Public Events Event Type: Other. Thursday, November 26, 2026.

Day After Thanksgiving - MBL Closed

MBL Public Events Event Type: Other. Friday, November 27, 2026.

MBL Falmouth Forum: “Chords and Chuckles: Navigating the Ridiculous and the Sublime in Music” - George Scharr, Pre-Concert Lecturer Cape Symphony Orchestra

MBL Public Events Abstract: In this engaging 45-minute talk, George Scharr will take audiences on a lighthearted yet insightful journey through the history of humor in classical and popular music. Beginning with the classicists—Haydn, Mozart, and their contemporaries—who wove subtle wit and musical jokes into their most serious works, the talk will trace how composers across the centuries have used surprise, parody, and playfulness to delight listeners, often in ways modern audiences overlook. Drawing on his decades as a performer, educator, and lifelong student of music history, Scharr will blend scholarship with storytelling, revealing the sly humor hidden in the "sublime" and showing how the ridiculous has always had a place alongside the profound. The talk will build to a memorable and unexpected finale, in which Scharr will demonstrate that even an unconventional instrument can carry the day's themes of wit and invention to a rousing conclusion.   George Scharr retired from the bass trombone seat of the Cape Symphony… Virtual Information: https://mbl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-L9tGPR8QG-uaXy8uN2lIQ#/registration. Event Type: Falmouth Forum. Friday, December 11, 2026, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM. Cornelia Clapp Auditorium 7 MBL Street Woods Hole, MA 02543. For more info visit www.mbl.edu.