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Jute fiber genomes could help improve production of natural fiber

The research will be used to improve the plants’ traits, such as fiber quality, yield, disease resistance and salinity tolerance.

The Alice Ball scholarship provides support for College of Natural Sciences students.

Layton Construction Company and Group 70 International selected for the design and construction of the Life Science building on the Mānoa campus.

Yen Nguyen, Jessica Thawley and Alex Lee discover and characterize the second species in the genus Piscirickettsia.

The 21st century learning facility will house the biology, microbiology and botany departments and the Pacific Biosciences Research Center.

Undergraduates arrive to begin DNA-based discoveries in Hawaiʻi’s biodiversity.

Vanessa K. Zepeda was instrumental in the discovery of a spiral-shaped bacterium that is the only known representative of a new genus and species.

Recent publications co-authored by UH Mānoa researcher Margaret McFall-Ngai urge governments to support coordinated research effort on microbiomes.

Ocean Station ALOHA has been designated a Milestones in Microbiology site by the American Society for Microbiology.

David Karl was awarded the 2015 Balzan Prize in recognition of his lifetime of impactful research in the field of microbial oceanography.