A student of the Marine Option Program dives off Kahe Point

Menpachi, common on Hawaiian reefs, produce sounds of use to remotely monitor fish population activity

A bioerosion block deployed at Lisianski by Megan Donahue and her graduate students

Mokumanamana, where Megan Donahue and her students profiled the reef with an acoustic doppler velocimeter

A sea cucumber found on the reefs of Hawaii during a diving expedition

Emilia "Maggie" Sogin in Taiwan as part of the EAPSI program in June 2011

Dr. Pochon (left) and Dr. Yost (right) sampling corals (K. Stender)

The worm Aphelochaeta sp. collected at Pearl Harbor

The spaghetti worm, or Terebellidae, collected on the Kahala reef flats

Key research in coral reef preservation and resiliency is performed in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Marine Option Program students in the Ocean Count Whale Watch look out over the ocean at Makapu'u lighthouse

Biology 403 students of field problems in marine biology explore the marine ecosystems around Hawai'i

Canoeing during sunset at Waikiki

Marine Biology students motor along Kane'ohe Bay to get to their study site.
Seminar update
May 21, 2013
 With the end of the spring semester, the weekly seminars are also over.  Weekly seminars will resume in the fall.  See you then!
Congratulations to the 2013 Albert L. Tester Memorial Symposium winners:
May 20, 2013
   Best Undergraduate Poster - Ryan Logan Best Undergraduate Presentation - Malia Stewart, Paul Bump Best Graduate Poster...
Laura Kloepper, PhD Student with HIMB, featured on BBC for her work with false killer whales
April 2, 2012
 Congratulations to PhD student Laura Kloepper! 
2012-2013 MASNA Scholarship
March 8, 2012
 The Marine Aquarium Societies of North America (MASNA) is proud to present the 2012 - 2013 MASNA Student Scholarships...

Welcome to the Department of Biology

The Department of Biology at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa teaches its students a greater appreciation and understanding of living systems, using the unique environment of Hawaii as a natural laboratory for study.

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Students and faculty in the Department of Biology are passionate about their research, and have often received recognition for their work and dedication.  See some of our recent achievements.

Seminar Series

Botany/Biology Seminar Series

Wednesdays 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. in Crawford 105
 
March 20, 2013
Gerry Kraft
UHM Botany Department

"The Symptomatology of Marine Red Algae"

 

Spring Seminar Schedule

Seminars are held Wednesdays, 12:30 - 1:30pm, Crawford 105 unless otherwise specified

Albert L. Tester Memorial Symposium and Program
April 18-19, 2013

Invited guest speaker: Dr. Fiorenza Micheli

Special Interview Seminars

 

Department Chair Candidate Research Seminars

Dr. David Mindell

 

University of California at San Francisco

Avian Phylogenomics and the Tree of Life

Wednesday, Feb. 11, 1:30 - 2:30 pm, BioMed T211

Dr. Mark Rausher

 

Duke University
 
 
Evolutionary Genetics of Flower Color

Wednesday, Mar. 11, 1:30 - 2:30 pm, BioMed T208

Dr. Chris Amemiya

 
 
University of Washington
 
 
Genome Dynamism, Evolution, and Cooption in a Basal Vertebrate, the Sea Lamprey
 
Monday, Apr. 1, 1:30 - 2:30 pm
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