New 3D mapping technique reveals hidden microbial communities on coral reefs
Researchers discovered specific microbial and viral functions that appear to be key components of the coral microbiome.
Beyond infection, fungus alters endangered frog’s microbiome
Researchers determined the skin microbiome of an endangered frog was altered when the frogs were infected by a specific fungus, and it didn’t recover to its initial state.
Human, environmental health research develops via Hawaiʻi landscape
UH Mānoa’s COBRE research projects aim to develop the tools to understand the interface between human and environmental health.
Squid-bacteria symbiosis could yield insight to human microbiome
The discovery could provide important clues on factors affecting human microbiome rhythms.
Threat to coral found through bacteria
Researchers investigated the role of each component, host organisms, viruses, bacteria and metabolites, in coral-turf algal interactions.
UH joins new national consortium to advance microbiome research
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers Margaret McFall-Ngai and Nicole Hynson, co-authored a publication announcing the new consortium and its goals for advancing the far-reaching field of microbiome research.
UH data science institute awarded $1M National Science Foundation grant
The award allows the university to acquire and deploy a new community computer cluster in support of computational and data-intensive research for the 10-campus system.
$10.4M grant to UH researchers links environmental microbiomes to human health
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
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
Margaret McFall-Ngai has been selected to receive a MERIT award of more than $5 million from the National Institutes of Health.
