Prestigious $5M award for UH microbial researcher
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
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
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
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
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.
New gene catalog of ocean microbiome reveals surprises
UH researchers discovered nutrient limitation is a central driver in the evolution of ocean microbe genomes.
Microbial expert shares parenting advice and more
Co-author of Let Them Eat Dirt, Brett Finlay speaks with UH News about raising children with microbes.
Let them Eat Dirt author speaks on microbiomes at UH Mānoa
Microbiologist Brett Finlay addresses how imbalances in microbes can lead to chronic health conditions in children.
UH Mānoa partners in National Microbiome Initiative
UH microbiome researchers are poised to get a helping hand from White House.
Beneficial bacteria in Hawaiian squid attracted to fatty acids
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.
