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 Pacific Biosciences Research CenterUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa |
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Pacific Biosciences Research CenterUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa |
| 1962 | Founded as an organized research unit with Windsor Cutting as director. |
| 1965 | Launches University of Hawaii School of Medicine. |
| 1966 | Director Terence Rogers secures National Science Foundation funds to build Kewalo Marine Laboratory. |
| 1972 | Kewalo Marine Laboratory completed at Point Panic. |
| 1973 | Director Frederick Greenwood’s interdisciplinary focus includes initiative that evolves into the Cancer Research Center of Hawai‘i. |
| 1974 | Incorporates the Békésy Laboratory of Neurobiology. |
| 1976 | Produces the first gene cloned in Hawai‘i. |
| 1978 | MARC honors program expands federally-funded research opportunities for minority undergraduates started four years earlier with Haumana Biomedical Program. |
| 1980 | Genetic engineering conference lays groundwork for molecular biology spinoffs Hawai‘i Biotechnology Group, Inc. (1982) and Neugenesis, Inc. (1992). |
| 1981 | Federal funds secured for a minority high school biomedical research training program. |
| 1984 | Hawaiian Evolutionary Biology Program established. |
| 1986 | Awarded first of four 5-year federal RCMI grants to support cellular, neuro-behavioral and molecular biology research and support facilities. |
| 1989 | State’s first basic and clinical AIDS research programs created. |
| 1993 | Center for Conservation Research and Training established. |
| 1995 | Professor Ian Gibbons’ research earns the International Prize in Biology. |
| 1998 | Expands undergraduate, graduate and K–12 teacher mentoring opportunities; launches Specialized Neuroscience Research Program and Center of Clinical Research Excellence. |
| 2001 | Receives federal funds for a Cardiovascular Research Center and Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network. |
| 2003 | Reaffirmed as an independent UH research unit; transfers some clinical programs to the School of Medicine. |