PBRC Director Margaret McFall-Ngai was present at the White House in Washington, DC, when the Office of Science and Technology Policy announced a National Microbiome Initiative on May 13. Dr. McFall-Ngai and other PBRC/SOEST faculty members will collaborate with researchers from other units in a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa microbiome initiative. See more details in the UH press release:
http://manoa.hawaii.edu/news/article.php?aId=7931