WOODS HOLE, MASS.—When Harlyn 0. Halvorson, the new director of the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, blows out the candles for his institution’s 100th birthday this summer, no one will have to ask what he wished for. The laboratory needs more money, more room, and more molecular biology if it is to remain in the forefront of scientific research during its second century.
Even during the frenetic summer, when scientists from around the world migrate to Woods Hole to probe fundamental questions of biology, the problems are not difficult to spot. Witness biologist Diane Holmstrom toiling at a makeshift hallway lab bench because of a shortage of facilities. Or drop in on the small wooden building where squid and other marine creatures wait to do their part for science, a building that has barely adequate space and water quality controls. Or make a list of the scientists who don’t ...
