The Pacific Biosciences Research Center is a center of excellence in interdisciplinary biological sciences, with its research, training, and outreach activities focused on the unique opportunities found in Hawaiʻi and throughout the Pacific Islands. PBRC has received national and international recognition as a leader in integrated mountain-to-sea science, and uses as its guiding principle the concept of the Hawaiian ahupuaʻa, a self-sustaining unit highlighting the interrelationship between land and sea, and a communal responsibility for the land. PBRC follows the ethic of sustainability with respect for the culture, values, and limited natural resources of Hawaiʻi.
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Recent Awards to PBRC Students
Megan Smith, PhD student, NSF Graduate Research FellowshipMentors: Drs. Dan Hartline and Petra Lenz Madelief Schelvis, PhD student, 49th Annual Tester Symposium, Honorable Mention, Graduate Student TalkMentor: Dr. Robert Richmond Princess…
PBRC Voice of the Sea Episode wins Bronze Telly Award
We are thrilled to share that our Voice of the Sea episode Pacific Biosciences Research Center won a Bronze Telly Award for Television programming in Science & Technology! These Telly Awards are a tremendous honor…
Micronutrient Study in the News
Children ages two to eight years across 11 Pacific jurisdictions—including Hawaiʻi—are not meeting daily recommended intakes for key micronutrients (essential vitamins and minerals needed in small amounts for health), either…
PBRC researchers publish work on biofouling
The new paper, “Bacterial envelope polysaccharide cues settlement and metamorphosis in the biofouling tubeworm Hydroides elegans,” was published in July 2024 in the Nature journal Communications Biology. Authors: Marnie L.…
How many animal species have humans driven to extinction?
PBRC researcher Rob Cowie was a co-author on a 2022 study published in the journal Biological Reviews that suggested as many as 150,000 to 260,000 of all known species could…
PBRC Featured in Voice of the Sea
Click to view the 30-second episode trailer! On TV: K5 Sun June 23rd at 6pm & Sat June 29th at 6pm HST! In this episode of Voice of the Sea, we’re…
Stressed snails and slugs may spread rat lungworm through slime
Can humans become infected with the rat lungworm parasite from snail slime, if an infected snail or slug leaves slime on a lettuce leaf? That is the question University of…
Pioneering microbiome science aims for breakthroughs at UH center
A national center of excellence at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is doing much more than groundbreaking biomedical research. The Integrative Center for Environmental Microbiomes and Human Health (ICEMHH)…
Born a scientist: Kiana Frank’s work builds upon foundation of her kūpuna
Some people become scientists. For Assistant Professor Kiana Frank of the Pacific Biosciences Research Center (PBRC) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, it was evident early on in her…
Galápagos Islands: apply for all-expenses-paid undergrad research program
Galápagos Islands (Photo credit: Andres Cruz) Approximately 24 University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa undergraduate students will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to conduct research over the next three summers. The students…
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