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$10.4M grant to UH researchers links environmental microbiomes to human health

January 21, 2019

Many of the researchers and their students are addressing two critical and intertwined health problems: the deteriorating environment and the current spread of diseases.

Trailblazing microbiome research receives $1M W.M. Keck Foundation grant

September 17, 2018

This will be the first time an entire watershed, ridge to reef, has been studied to map its microbial communities and their ecosystem processes.

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.

Preservatives may harm “good” human bacteria, UH Maui study finds

November 20, 2017

Food preservatives may be harmful to beneficial bacteria in the human body, according to a study at UH Maui College.

Microbiome transplants provide disease resistance in critically-endangered Hawaiian plant

November 15, 2017

Transplanting wild microbes from healthy related plants can make a native Hawaiian plant healthier and likelier to survive in wild

Initiative to address challenges facing Hawaiʻi and the world launches with research projects

November 13, 2017

Inaugural UH Mānoa Strategic Investment Initiative projects capitalize on the strengths of the university and focuses on a challenge facing Hawaiʻi, the solutions of which can be exported to the world.

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.