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.…
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…
$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…
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…
Prestigious scholarship supports research on microplastics, reef health
In support of her dissertation research on the effects of microplastics on coral reef health and resilience, Keiko Wilkins, a doctoral student in the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Marine…
Leaving a lasting ocean legacy
Island communities have developed some of the most effective practices to support the sustainable use of coastal and ocean resources, we just need to take heed. In a vast ocean…
Empty oceans
Fish stocks and seas face multiple threats, but solutions to restore our vast blue ecosystem exist. : Michael Joiner, 360info CC BY 4.0 Fish stocks and seas face multiple threats,…
Protecting the Waters of the Pacific Monument (Community Matters)
Indigenous leaders from the Pacific Remote Islands Coalition are writing to President Joe Biden asking him to expand protection of the waters around the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument,…
Seafloor animal cued to settle, transformed by a bacterial compound
An adult tubeworm, in its tube, with its plume of tentacles extended. Credit: Freckelton et al. 2022 Most bottom-dwelling marine invertebrate animals, such as sponges, corals, worms and oysters, produce…