New model reveals adaptations of world’s most abundant ocean microbe
UH Mānoa researcher David Karl and Jens Nielsen from Chalmers University of Technology, developed a computer model to understand the survival of Prochlorococcus.
New driver of aggressive brain cancer discovered by UH Cancer Center researchers
The discovery can help researchers create novel targeted therapies potentially reducing deaths from this devastating cancer.
Sea Grant College Program and Water Resources Research Center funding proposal request
Preliminary proposals for funding available beginning February 1, 2018 and ending January 31, 2020.
A new study concludes warm climate is more sensitive to changes in CO2
Led by UH Mānoa’s Tobias Friedrich, this study took a different approach in calculating climate sensitivity—using data from the history of Earth.
UH Cancer Center researcher awarded $4.5 million to study breast and other cancers
Lana Garmire’s research will identify biomarkers for preeclampsia and breast cancer risks and develop personalized treatments.
New cancer treatment strategy discovered for acute myeloid leukemia
UH Cancer Center researchers discovered a novel therapeutic target and treatment strategy for acute myeloid leukemia, a cancer of the blood and bone marrow.
UH researchers making advances in battle against Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death
Ambrosia beetles may play a role in spreading the fungal disease that has affected 50,000 acres of ʻōhiʻa forests.
Retracing the origins of a massive, multi-ring crater
An international team of scientists have reconstructed the extreme collision that created one of the moon’s largest craters, 3.8 billion years ago.
New effort to understand drought in Hawaiʻi and U.S. affiliated Pacific Islands
UH Mānoa’s Abby Frazier leads a collaboration between UH and the USGS Pacific Islands Water Science Center.
Mukesh Kumar receives funding to find effective treatment for brain inflammation
The grant will support Kumar’s research on flavivirus infections—the leading cause to inflammation of the brain—tied to the West Nile, Japanese encephalitis, Zika and Dengue viruses.
