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MBL Woods Hole signs cooperative agreement with Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

October 5th, 2012

One scientific institution held its inaugural ceremonies last year, while the other will celebrate the 125th anniversary of its founding in 2013. Despite their age difference, the many affinities between the new Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University and the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) have led them to form an Agreement on Scientific Cooperation, announced today.

Both MBL and OIST are international, nonprofit institutions devoted to creative research and graduate-level training in the natural sciences. Particular areas of synergy include marine biology, biodiversity, genomics, biological imaging, informatics and computational biology.

Through this Agreement, MBL and OIST will seek to establish mutually beneficial collaborations to benefit their students and scientists, including staff exchanges, exchange of scientific/technological information and research materials, and joint research activities.

"This agreement creates many opportunities for students and researchers from both institutions," said OIST President Jonathan Dorfan.

OIST Provost Robert Baughman added, "OIST has collaborated in the past with another Woods Hole institution, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), in such areas as an Okinawa coastal ocean observation system and larval dispersal of hydrothermal vent species. Collaboration with the MBL opens a new chapter in our history of education and research on biology and the environment. By bringing together complementary minds, collaboration hastens the process of discovery."

"The MBL is pleased to enter into a scientific agreement with OIST," said MBL President and Director Gary Borisy. "Both MBL and OIST understand that global collaboration and interdisciplinary interaction are crucial for accelerating discovery in the biological and biomedical sciences. We look forward to many productive interactions with OIST students and scientists."

Provided by Marine Biological Laboratory

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