Microalgae help corals tolerate environmental stress
New research found that Hawaiian rice coral in Kāneʻohe Bay hosts more heat-tolerant symbiotic microalgae in their tissues compared to corals in deeper waters.
UH joins new national consortium to advance microbiome research
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Angel Yanagihara has started a six-week post as a U.S. State Department Fulbright Specialist to collect lethal box jellyfish in Thailand.
