# EMBRYOLOGY

> **NIH NIH R13** · MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY · 1994 · $127,801

## Abstract

Currently in its 98th consecutive year, the Embryology Course of the Marine
Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole has played an important role in the
lives of many American developmental biologists.  The objective of the
Course is to train predoctoral and postdoctoral students for research
careers in developmental biology In a unique physical and intellectual
environment not duplicated In the nation's universities, medical schools or
research institutes.

The Embryology Course offers a dally series of formal lectures followed by
extended discussions, laboratory research experience, technical workshops
and informal seminars over a six week period in the summer.  The Course is
directed toward predoctoral and postdoctoral students who are committed to
research careers in the field of development.  The Course addresses major
current problems in development, then critically explores those problems
through discussions and through laboratories in which advanced new
techniques are presented.  Outstanding students are chosen from an
international applicant pool.  The teaching faculty are senior scientists
in the field.

The Course consists of four modules, each of which is about 10 days long.
Each module is staffed by an average of three resident instructors and two
outside lecturers.  The themes of the modules change from year to year as
important developments in the field change.  The Course introduces students
to a large number of terrestrial and marine embryos including nematodes,
insects, amphibians, fish, chick, echinoderms, ascidian, gastropod
molluscs, and mice.  Techniques include current molecular biological
techniques, embryonic manipulation, microinjection and micromanipulation,
microscopy and computer enhanced imaging technologies, and a number of
immunochemical approaches.  Students are challenged to formulate and test
hypotheses in a well equipped research environment and under the guidance
of experienced research faculty and assistants.

The Embryology Course occupies a 10,000 sq. ft. modern laboratory suite in
the Loeb Building which is the main teaching facility at the Marine
Biological Laboratory.  The Lab includes faculty and student laboratories,
a marine animal room, constant temperature rooms, imaging lab, tissue
culture room, microinjection and micromanipulation facilities, and an
equipment room with state-of-the-art research equipment.  An adjacent
seminar room and lecture hall are used by the Course as well. The Marine
Biological Laboratory provides support facilities for purchasing and
clerical work, radiation maintenance and safety, confocal and electron
microscopy, an animal collection facility, and one of the nation's finest
biological research libraries.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 2195085
- **Project number:** 5R13HD007098-18
- **Recipient organization:** MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY
- **SAM.gov UEI:** M2XKLRTA9G44
- **Principal Investigator:** ERIC H DAVIDSON
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 1994
- **Award amount:** $127,801
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1977-06-05 → 1997-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2195085

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 2195085, EMBRYOLOGY (5R13HD007098-18). Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-25 from https://api.morvs.ai/grant/nih/2195085. Licensed CC0.

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