Pacific Biosciences Research Center – University of Hawaiʻi System News

$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.

President’s July 2018 highlights and updates

July 19, 2018

Highlights include JABSOM scholarships, increased research funding, the President's Award for Excellence in Building and Grounds Maintenance and more.

UH researchers predict distribution of rat lungworm, now and into future

July 10, 2018

Angiostrongylus cantonensis is widespread across the Hawaiian Islands, and its distribution may expand toward higher elevations as the climate warms.

Plant cam keeps a watchful eye on extremely rare plant

June 12, 2018

Deep in the Honouliuli Forest Reserve a sophisticated monitoring system is being administered by the Pacific Biosciences Research Center to observe Caly or cyanea calycina.

Monk seal research supported by new UH Foundation fund

May 24, 2018

Marilyn Dunlap of the Pacific Biosciences Research Center commemorates her late husband's tireless work protecting the endangered species.

President’s January 2018 highlights and updates

January 25, 2018

Highlights include new programs in industrial technology and ethnomathematics, U.S. tax bill impact, state legislative bills and more.