Hermann Haller

The redesign will accommodate year-round operations, with an open-plan, more bench space and a bio-secure procedure room for sensitive experimental work.

The Bar Harbor-based lab is considering cost-cutting, budget rewrites and possible collaborations with other institutions.

At Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, establishing endowed faculty positions provides stability to attract and retain scientists, especially in today’s uncertain funding environment.

Millions of federal dollars have been frozen from grant programs at research labs across the state, and the Univ. of Maine has had funding terminated from a number of programs. Some of the grant dollars have been restored, others are tied up in legal action.