C-MĀIKI News

C-MĀIKI Director, Dr. Nicole Hynson, attended the 2nd in person Microbiome Centers Consortium (MCC) meeting at the University of Chicago where Directors of the national academic microbiome centers met to discuss synergies and how to support the future of microbiome research and education. For more information on the MCC check out this website: https://microbiomecenters.org/

Cooperating C-MĀIKI faculty member Nhu Nguyen is a 2021 tenure and promotion recipient at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Bravo! https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2021/06/18/uh-2021-tenure-and-promotion-list/

Microbiome centers like C-MĀIKI are on the rise across the U.S.! Read all about these academic hubs of microbiome-related research and...

Dr. Margaret McFall-Ngai presents her research on the squid-vibrio symbiosis for the graduate class "Ecology of Microbial Symbiosis." See her talk here!

Check out Leah's defense of her research "Unearthing the role of ectomycorrhizal fungi in pine invasion on Maui," which was funded by C-MĀIKI. Watch the video here!

The One Health Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Certificate Program was named one of the winners of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Provost’s Strategic Investment Competition! 16 cross-unit and cross-disciplinary proposals were selected to receive a total of $750,000 in start-up funding. C-MĀIKI members Margaret McFall-Ngai, Nicole Hynson, Matthew Medeiros, and Nhu Nguyen will be part of a dynamic, cross-disciplinary team of UH faculty from the John A. Burns School of Medic

The University of Hawai‘i has joined forces with dozens of microbiome initiatives across the country to form the Microbiome Centers Consortium (MCC). C-MĀIKI is one of 28 research centers in this exciting, collaborative movement to advance the shared understanding of microbiome science! Check out the UH News piece here: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/news/article.php?aId=10389 Image from: http://box5928.temp.domains/~microbm5/

From June 25-26, 2019 Co-Director of C-MĀIKI Dr. Nicole Hynson attended the National Microbiome Centers Meeting at the Beckman Center, UC...

Check out this great Science article highlighting C-MĀIKI's world class environmental microbiology research! The feature is based on C-MĀIKI member Anthony Amend's talk at the Ecological Society of America's annual meeting. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/08/no-microbiome-island-unprecedented-survey-hawaiian-valley-reveals?utm_campaign=news_daily_2019-08-28&et_rid=17101647&et_cid=2964879

C-MĀIKI researcher Alika Maunakea and co-investigator Ruben Juarez are featured in the Civil Beat for their work on establishing a link between the gut microbiome, diabetes risk, and the influence of social networks in Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. Early data from the study shows altered eating habits and lifestyles produced a ripple effect of positive health effects for MA'O Farms interns, their families, and could later even spread to the Waianae community. Read m

Congratulations to three C-MĀIKI members Rosie Alegado, Yuriy Mileyko and Craig Nelson on their Tenure and Promotion! https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2019/06/17/uh-2019-tenure-and-promotion-list/

Five C-MĀIKI researchers (Kiana Frank, Matthew Medeiros, Floyd Reed, Joanne Yew, and Masato Yoshizawa) received a five-year NIH Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) grant to study microbiomes and their impact on human health. Their story has been featured in the Star Advertiser. Read more here: https://www.staradvertiser.com/2019/01/21/hawaii-news/uh-manoa-gets-10-4m-grant-for-microbiome-research/?HSA=5d6d29eecb2e53acde2f0b00007a8e65412a7cfb

TheC-MĀIKI#mahimicrobe2018 competition provided opportunities for UH Mānoa graduate students (PhD or MS) to compete for seed funding (up...

We're now in phase II of reviewing proposals from UH Manoa graduate students for integrating microbes into their research #mahimicrobe2018 Click here for more information!

NIH COBRE - $10+ million over 5 years for an “Integrative Center for Environmental Microbiomes and Human Health” with two new core...