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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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)…
Precision Nutrition COBRE Core Bucks Recipient Receives Award
Assistant Professor Peter Washington from the Information and Computer Sciences Department, a recipient of Core Bucks through the Precision Nutrition COBRE Core Bucks Program, recently received a $2.18-million New Innovator Award from the National Institutes…
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…
2023 Field Biology Award: Norine Yeung
https://www.maxwell-hanrahan.org/blog/2023-field-biology-award-norine-yeung As a malacologist focusing on Pacific Island land snails (the world’s most threatened animal group), Norine Yeung, along with her colleagues, have been instrumental in advancing our understanding of…
$5M to support Hawaiian, Pacific Island students in marine, environmental science
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is leading a team of higher-education institutions across the Pacific with a $5-million grant that aims to support Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders pursue…
New rat lungworm disease resource to help doctors with diagnosis, treatment
As climate change continues, human cases of rat lungworm disease are anticipated to become more widespread globally, especially in places where the parasite that causes the disease is not yet…
Kewalo Marine Laboratory celebrates 50 years
A leading institution in exceptional marine biology—the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Kewalo Marine Laboratory (KML) celebrated its 50th anniversary in August. KML, housed in the UH Mānoa School of…
Rat lungworm transmitted by many more species than slugs, snails
While many people know that rat lungworm disease can be spread to humans by slugs and snails, new research shows those creatures are not the only ones that have been…
A ridge-to-reef ecosystem microbial census reveals environmental reservoirs for animal and plant microbiomes
The research team conducted a near-complete census of all environmental substrates and possible hosts to microbes within Waimea Valley watershed. Shown here is a fungus. Microbes are found in nearly…
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