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UH joins new national consortium to advance microbiome research

January 14, 2020

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.

Minute marine animals live in sophisticated symbiosis with bacteria

June 14, 2019

Researchers, including those from the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, are involved in studying one of the most deceptively simple animals on Earth.

Exclusive National Diversity in STEM Conference offers for UH System

May 7, 2019

A STEM diversity event is coming to the Hawaiʻi with special offers for University of Hawaiʻi students, faculty and staff.

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.

Beam signing marks halfway point of Life Sciences building project

March 4, 2019

UH Mānoa students, administrators and officials signed their names on the final beam of the building’s steel structure before it was lifted into place.

$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.

Funding climbs for world-class UH Mānoa research

September 18, 2018

Federal and private funding at UH Mānoa increased 2.4 percent, to $301,095,266, in fiscal budget year 2018.

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.

UH jellyfish expert trains Thai researchers through Fulbright program

August 31, 2018

Angel Yanagihara has started a six-week post as a U.S. State Department Fulbright Specialist to collect lethal box jellyfish in Thailand.

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.