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

The keys to saving endangered species and improving the ecology of our communities may be found in thousands of microbiomes and microbes examined by researchers from the ocean to the summit of the Waimea Valley watershed on Oʻahu. Our team of researchers conducted a monumental field expedition by sampling more than 3,000 microbes and microbiomes from the ocean of Waimea Bay to the deepest part of Waimea Valley. The investigation revealed three key discoveries: microbes follow

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

Through a grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation we will be studying the function of microbiota (fungi and bacteria) across the Waimea...