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Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory is a leading international, independent, nonprofit institution dedicated to discovery and to improving the human condition through creative research and education in the biological, biomedical and environmental sciences. Founded in 1888 as the Marine Biological Laboratory, the MBL is the oldest private marine laboratory in the Americas.
Gary G. Borisy
Director and CEO
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is a private, independent organization dedicated to marine research, engineering, and higher education. Established in 1930 on a recommendation from the National Academy of Sciences, its primary mission is to understand the oceans and their interaction with the Earth as a whole, and to communicate a basic understanding of the oceans’ role in the changing global environment.
Dr. Susan K. Avery
President and Director
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Woods Hole Research Center is an independent, nonprofit institute focused on environmental science, education, and public policy. The Center seeks to conserve and sustain the planet’s vegetation, soils, water, and climate by clarifying and communicating their interacting functions in support of human well-being and by promoting practical approaches to their management in the human interest.




