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MDIBL: Where
science meets art
at the sea
B y L o r i V a l i g r a
E
arly one recent Saturday morning on
Mount Desert Island, a young scien-
tist eating breakfast at a long, picnic-style
table talks about how Fargo, N.D., where
she lives, is nothing like the movie, which
in reality was filmed in Minnesota.
"Except there is a large statue of
Paul Bunyan," she says. But talk at the
breakfast table at the MDI Biological
Laboratory in Bar Harbor quickly turns
from pop culture to science, which was
the main course at this special two-
week seminar on aging for 17 visiting
postdoctoral students and 20 faculty
that ended July 2.
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SMRT Architects and Engineers tops our
list of Maine's largest architecture firms.
24 Urban density
Infill is becoming a
welll-used term in
Portland, with
architects and
builders taking a new
look at smaller lots.
28 Passive house design
An affordable
housing development
in Brewer is
employing new
techniques to save
on energy costs.
32 ESOP as the best option
The owner of a
construction company
addressed the future
of the Freeport firm
by selling it to
employees.
Kathy Shafer, senior director of worldwide facilities
at IDEXX Laboratories in Westbrook, works on her
laptop at the Synergy Center, which offers unique
spaces where employees can work.
into the light
Maine companies reinterpret office space
B y L a u r i e S c h r e i B e r
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July 25, 2016
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