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Former PBRC Graduate Assistant Publishes in Progress in Oceanography
Copepods — small crustaceans that anchor the pelagic food web for Gulf of Alaska fish, seabirds, and marine mammals — appear to vanish each winter, then surge back each spring…
Community outreach results in Plankton Mandala Art Exhibit for World Oceans Day
In celebration of World Oceans Day, the Alaska SeaLife Center featured a captivating new exhibit that bridges the worlds of microscopic marine science and fine art. The “Plankton Mandala Art…
2026 COBRE Symposium
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa recently held the 2026 Joint COBRE Symposium: Microbiome and Precision Nutrition at the East-West Center. Hosted by the Pacific Biosciences Research Center (PBRC) in…
Genki Ball Effort Initiated by Ken Kaneshiro and Others Reaches Milestone
On Earth Day, an effort to clean up the Ala Wai Canal celebrated two meaningful milestones. The Genki Ala Wai Project reached 300,000 Genki Balls, and the City and County…
Robert Cowie Evaluates Land Snail Conservation in Okinawa
Google will translate this video. Navigate to: Settings -> Subtitle/CC -> Auto Translate -> English In mid-April 2026, Dr. Robert Cowie travelled to Okinawa (Japan) to assess the ongoing program…
Robert Cowie Publishes Article Describing the Devastation of Island Biodiversity
Devastation of island biodiversity: a land snail perspective Robert Cowie, along with Philippe Bouchet and Benoît Fontaine of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris, just published (open access) a…
PBRC Researchers and Students Participate in Discover Manoa 2025
The Discover Manoa event was held at the University of Hawaii Manoa campus on November 15, 2025. PBRC researchers and students created displays and demonstrations to showcase our exciting biosciences…
Princess Santiago Receives Award at International Meeting
Ms. Princess Santiago, Masters student of the MBBE program at CTAHR, received the Best Graduate Talk Award in the 13th International Selenium Meeting in Biology and Medicine (ISMBM), in Daejon,…
Accidental Host – The Story of Rat Lungworm Disease
PBRC's Robert Cowie acted as one of two Research Advisors throughout production of the documentary and appears in it. "Accidental Host - The Story of Rat Lungworm Disease" is a…
PBRC Researchers Publish Major Review and Analysis of the Roles of Biofilm Bacteria in the Foundations of Marine Benthic Communities
The differences in the plant and animal communities on coral reefs and mangrove swamps are obvious to anyone who looks at them. And still, marine biologists have long known that…