Fleet of robots successfully tracks, monitors marine microbes
Researchers have successfully demonstrated that a fleet of autonomous robots can track and study a moving microbial community in an open-ocean eddy.
UH oceanographer’s TED talk made 2020’s most watched list
Angelicque White’s presentation to the National Academy of Sciences on what ocean microbes reveal about the changing climate is a most watched TED Talk.
UH oceanographer part of TED Talks first
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Angelicque White presented her research on harmful algal blooms and rising carbon dioxide, as well as the ensuing ocean acidification.
Kīlauea lava fuels phytoplankton bloom off Hawaiʻi Island
Biological response hinges on unexpectedly high concentrations of nitrate, despite the negligible amount of nitrogen in basaltic lava.
Unusual microbes from the deep-sea hold clues to early life
Researchers bypassed the problem of cultivation with novel genetic sequencing methods.
Novel, abundant nitrogen-fixing microbes in surface ocean discovered
A large-scale study of the Earth’s surface ocean, co-authored by SOEST professor Michael Rappé indicates that the microbes responsible for fixing nitrogen there include an abundant and widely distributed suite of non-photosynthetic bacterial populations.
New discovery-based research curriculum for biological sciences launching at UH Mānoa
SEA-PHAGES, a new program in UH Manoa's Department of Biology, provides students science education through discovery-based research experiences in the classroom.
Self-driving robots collect water samples to create snapshots of ocean microbes
UH and Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute scientists will track and study ocean microbes in unprecedented detail using a small fleet of long-range autonomous underwater vehicles.
Microbiology expert wins $1M, plans to transform biology education
Margaret McFall-Ngai, director of the Pacific Biosciences Research Center, was selected as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute professor.
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
