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Special Lecture with Dr. Bill McKibben

02.20.14

Author and environmentalist Bill McKibben will be giving a special lecture entitled, "Reportback from the Frontlines of the Climate Fight". The lecture will be held on Thursday, April 24, 2014 from 6:00pm to 7:30pm at the UHM Art Auditorium.

Special Seminar with Dr. Janie Wulff

02.18.14

The seminar, "Bottom-up, top-down, and side-ways control of sponges: Conclusions muddled by methods" will be held on Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at 3pm at Watanabe 420.

Call for Abstracts for 39th Albert L. Tester Memorial Symposium

01.17.14

Submission of abstracts for oral and poster presentations at the annual Tester Memorial Symposium, hosted by the Department of Biology at UH Manoa, is now open. The call for abstracts will close on February 15, 2014.

Dr. Michael Hadfield receives the first annual "M. Patricia Morse Award for Excellence and Innovation in Science Education"

01.16.14

Dr. Hadfield was honored at the SICB Annual Meeting 2014 in Austin, TX.

Groundbreaking Discovery of Marine Tubeworms by Dr. Michael Hadfield and Team

01.15.14

Marine tubeworms need nudge to transition from larvae state:
Intriguing bacterium-animal interaction may have implications for boat owners and mariculture

Biologist Sheila Conant wins National Conservation Award

01.10.14

The Ralph W. Schreiber award honors extraordinary scientific contributions to the conservation, restoration, and preservation of birds and their habitats.

MHIRT 2014 Undergraduate Student International Summer Training Opportunity

01.06.14

The Minority Health International Research Training (MHIRT) Program is now accepting applications for the 2014 Undergraduate Student International Summer Training Opportunity. Application deadline is January 15, 2014.

Memorial Service for Dr. Sherwood Maynard

12.19.13

Our dear colleague and friend, Sherwood Maynard, passed away on Thursday, December 5th, after a long struggle with diabetes and related health issues.

Dr. Frederick Sanger, Two-Time Nobel Prize Laureate, Passes Away at the age of 95

11.27.13

Dr. Frederick Sanger passed on the 19th of November in Cambridge, England at the age of 95.

Western Painted Turtle Genome Decoded

UH Biology scientist Bob Thomson helped uncover the evolutionary history behind common turtle’s novel traits

11.15.13

Scientists have recently decoded the genome of the Western Painted Turtle, Chrysemys picta bellii, one of the most widespread, abundant and well-studied turtles in North America. This freshwater turtle is only the second reptile species for which complete genome sequences have been assembled and analyzed, behind the green anole lizard.

UH Biology scientist Bob Thomson helped uncover the evolutionary history behind common turtle’s novel traits

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