Although replacing and upgrading the SEM is one of the BEMF’s primary challenges, the facility has recently increased its capacity to meet the needs of the university and beyond.
A new paper is available to educate medical professionals globally as they diagnose and treat an increasing number of patients with rat lungworm disease.
Approximately 200 participants attended the conference that brought together academic researchers from UH, and UH’s industry and community partners.
The Kewalo Marine Laboratory has played a vital role in fulfilling UH's mission in marine biological research.
Researchers found prawns/shrimp, crabs, flatworms, fish, frogs, toads, lizards and centipedes have been associated with causing rat lungworm disease in humans.
A team of researchers conducted a monumental field expedition by sampling more than 3,000 microbes and microbiomes from Waimea Valley.
The students performed cutting-edge research in environmental biology within the watershed of Kailua in Windward Oʻahu.
Zamani’s and Caldwell’s projects both received UROP project funding.
The $65 million, three-story facility is home to the College of Natural Sciences’ School of Life Sciences and the Pacific Biosciences Research Center.
A molecule produced by bacteria is responsible for inducing larval marine tubeworms to settle to the seafloor and begin the complex processes of metamorphosis.
