A semi-monthly seminar series highlighting progress at UH in the study of microbial populations and processes in the marine environment, UH Manoa Marine Science Building Room 200. Snacks provided. All are welcome to attend. Contact Zackary Johnson (zij@hawaii.edu) for more information.
Spring 2007
March 7 (11am-12pm) Alex Culley (Steward Lab) Novel RNA viruses in Hawaiian waters
April 10 (12-1pm) Sara Yeo (Rappe Lab) Microbial dynamics in Kane'ohe Bay, Hawaii
May 2 (11am-12noon) Carli Bober (Johnson Lab) Genetic diversity of Prochlorococcus in Pacific Island coastal waters
June 29 (2:30pm-3:30pm) Matthias Fischer ( Univ. of British Columbia ) Unmasking a giant virus
Past Presentations
Amy Apprill (Rappe Lab) Microbial communities associated with corals and reef waters
Lucas Beaversdorf (Karl Lab) Phosphonate Metabolism and Methane Production in Surface Seawater
Tamara Sheldon (Johnson Lab) The microphotosynthetron: a refined method to assess the photophysiology of cultured and natural phytoplankton populations
Olivia Nigro (Steward Lab) Staphylococcus and Vibrio spp. of local coastal waters.
Alli Fong (Church Lab) The Oceanic Desert Blooms: Observations of diazotroph diversity and abundance in the subtropical North Pacific
Guangyi Wang Diversity and biotechnological potential of microbes associated with sponges and algae in Hawaii
Mark Brown (NAI) 16S-ITS sequence analysis to determine community structuring and biogeography
Jennifer Brum (Steward Lab) Ecology and Diversity of Viruses in Mono Lake
Trisha McAndrews (Karl Lab) Metabolic balance during the eddy-flux (E-flux) experiment
Matt Church Photosynthesis-irradiance relationships at Station ALOHA (HOT)