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Glowing bacteria in Hawaiian bobtail squid cause changes throughout host

March 5, 2019

Luminescent bacteria that live harmoniously inside the Hawaiian bobtail squid’s light organ actually change the gene expression in other organs of their squid host according to a new study by UH Mānoa researchers.

Prestigious $5M award for UH microbial researcher

July 31, 2018

Margaret McFall-Ngai has been selected to receive a MERIT award of more than $5 million from the National Institutes of Health.

UH’s only female National Academy of Sciences member reveals how animals select good microbes

August 28, 2017

Margaret McFall-Ngai's inaugural article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, reveals a newly discovered mechanism by which organisms select beneficial microbes and reject harmful ones.

Native squid and its bacterium may help human and environmental health

February 5, 2017

The Hawaiian bobtail squid is helping build UH’s microbiome research capacity.

Beneficial bacteria in Hawaiian squid attracted to fatty acids

December 22, 2015

A new study revealed that Vibrio fischeri has a novel type of receptors that sense the presence and concentration of fatty acids, a building block of all cell membranes.