Cartoon depiction of a bromeliad island where phytotelmata capture falling canopy tree leaves and collect rainwater in varying quantities and volumes depending on their size, which then establishes aquatic habitats for hosts such as mosquito larvae

The Bromeliad model system. Bromeliad contents were circumscribed and sampled as four compartments, representing distinct trophic levels. An environmental matrix: water; a primary carbon source: leaf litter; primary consumers: detritivores (predominantly Wyeomyia larvae); and the carnivorous Toxorhynchites.

The #mahimicrobe competition is back! Awards of up to $10,000 will support innovative, microbiome-focused projects that address pressing Hawaiʻi-based problems through research, science communication, and transdisciplinary collaboration. This competition is open to all UH Mānoa graduate students (MS/PhD) and postdoctoral trainees. Visit the #mahimicrobe2025 page for more information. https://www.c-maiki.org/mahimicrobe2025

UH Foundation has featured the research of four C-MAIKI faculty in a recent article! Coral reef resilience on Maui - Craig Nelson Infectious disease control with sterile mosquitoes - Matthew Medeiros Biodiversity conservation with indigenous pomace flies - Joanne Yew and Nicole Hynson See Q&A responses and read more about their research in the UH Foundation feature: https://www.uhfoundation.org/impact/research/reefs-rainforests-and-resistance-c-maikis-microbial-mission

C-MĀIKI faculty members Daisuke Takagi and Nhu Nguyen have been featured in the UH News for their study on bacterial dispersal and nutrient transport along fungal highways! They received a 3-year NIH/NSF grant to explore these microbial interactions, which combine mathematic modeling with biological research. https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2025/09/10/how-do-bacteria-travel-on-fungal-freeways/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=UH+News+091725 Video showing bacter

The M4 (Māiki Mānoa Microbiome Meeting) weekly seminar series is set to resume this fall on September 10, 2025! Join us for a new...

C-MĀIKI faculty member Alex Culley has been featured in a Science article for the discovery of a novel dinoflagellate giant virus (PelV-1). This virus has the longest virus appendage described to date! Read the article here: https://www.science.org/content/article/giant-virus-record-long-tail-discovered-pacific-ocean Read the bioRxiv preprint here: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.19.665647v1.full

We would like to welcome our newest faculty members to the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa! We are excited to have Drs. Matthew Knope,...

Drs. Nicole Hynson and Joerg Graf attended the 3rd Microbiome Centers Consortium meeting at the Beckman Center of the National Academies...

Sending a big congratulations to C-MĀIKI faculty member Joanne Yew for her promotion to Full Researcher! https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2025/06/10/uh-2025-tenure-and-promotion-list/

The research of C-MĀIKI Director, Nicole Hynson, has been featured in the Smithsonian magazine! This article highlights the efforts of the Hynson lab in utilizing mycorrhizal fungi in na'u (Gardenia brighamii) restoration. Can Fungi Save This Endangered Hawaiian Tree?

Congratulations to C-MĀIKI faculty members Kiana Frank and Mahdi Belcaid on their tenure and promotion! See more here: https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/06/13/uh-2024-tenure-and-promotion-list/

Sean Swift, former C-MĀIKI lab technician and current PhD candidate in Dr. Craig Nelson's lab recently presented new results from Waimea at the Spring 2024 M4 Seminar! Check out the recording of his talk here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Yj4JnRGXHnMsHwX1cmEvNL6277AKykJm/view?ts=66061527

C-MĀIKI wrapped up 2023 with our first in-person symposium since pre-pandemic! On December 14, 2023, C-MĀIKI faculty and students...

Advanced Science News has featured research from C-MĀIKI faculty member Masato Yoshizawa! Masato has been studying the effect that a ketogenic diet has on cavefish that display autism-like behaviors. Read more about his research in the article from ASN. https://www.advancedsciencenews.com/cavefish-provide-clues-to-the-keto-diets-effect-on-autism-like-behavior/