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The M4 (Māiki Mānoa Microbiome Meeting) weekly seminar series is set to resume this fall on January 14, 2026! Join us for a new presentation every Wednesday from 12 - 1 PM in POST 126 . Please see the table below for our schedule. This semester, we will also be streaming the seminars through Zoom for those who cannot attend in person. If you would like a Zoom link, please contact mcmedeir@hawaii.edu . View our past seminar recordings Updated: 2/20/26 Date Speaker Affiliation

Our #mahimicrobe2025 Michael Bruno Award for Excellence in Microbiome Science was a competition open to UH Mānoa graduate students (MS/PhD) and postdoctoral trainees. Awards of up to $10,000 were given to support innovative, microbiome-focused projects that address pressing Hawaiʻi-based problems through research, science communication, and transdisciplinary collaboration. Congratulations to our #MahiMicrobe2025 award recipients! $10,000 - Mamo Waianuhea (PI: Matthew Medeir

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.