Announcements

Ecological Dissertations in the Aquatic Sciences (Eco–DAS) X

Eco-DAS X will be held 8-13 October, 2012, at the University of Hawai`i. Invited participants, mentors and representatives of US funding agencies will meet to present and discuss state of the art research in the ecology of aquatic ecosystems. The proceedings of the symposium will be published as an open-access e–book. Apply online by 31 March 2012.

C-MORE Scholars Program newsletter available

The first issue of the C-MORE Scholars Program newsletter (PDF) is avaiable to download.

C-MORE Scholars Program accepting applications

For the competitive academic REU (paid), students are accepted through a competitive application process. Click here for an application (PDF). The priority deadline is April 9, 2012.

C-MORE EDventures Application Deadlines

C-MORE EDventures is “venture capital for educational activities.” The 2012 deadlines are:
January 31, 2012
April 30, 2012
September 4, 2012

GEMS funding available

Grants for Education in Microbial Science (GEMS) are grants (up to $1500) to promote microbial science literacy. NEW deadline: Thursday, April 5, 2012.

Previous announcements are available on the Archived News and Announcements page.

2012 Summer Course in Microbial Oceanography accepting applications: deadline to apply is Jan. 27, 2012

May 29 to July 6, 2012
Honolulu, Hawai‘i

Offered to graduate students and post-docs, the 2012 summer course explores the dynamic and fundamental role marine microbes play in shaping ocean ecology and global biogeochemistry.

Deadline to apply is Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. For more information, download the flyer PDF and visit the 2012 course web site.

C-MORE Hale has officially achieved LEED PLATINUM Certification!

Our new Hawai‘i research facility, C-MORE Hale, is now officially a LEED Platinum building! This is the first in the state of Hawai‘i for a laboratory facility. Read more about it at the UH Newsroom.

C-MORE Hale Grand Opening and Dedication Ceremony

At the C-MORE Hale grand opening and dedication ceremony on Monday, Oct. 25th, 2010. From left: Reverend Solomon Kekoa, United States Senator Daniel Inouye, University of Hawai‘i President M.R.C. Greenwood, National Science Foundation Director Subra Suresh, C-MORE Director David Karl, UH Mānoa Vice Chancellor for Research & Graduate Education Gary Ostrander, and Dean of SOEST Brian Taylor.

Visit the C-MORE Hale page for more information about the ceremony, including links to an article and gallery of photos in Mālamalama (the magazine of the University of Hawai‘i); photos in our image library; downloadable event programs and fact sheets about the Center and C-MORE Hale; and videos of the grand opening and dedication ceremony, burial of a time capsule (to be opened in 25 years), and a guided tour of C-MORE Hale led by C-MORE director David Karl.

About the Center

The Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE) was established in August 2006 as a National Science Foundation (NSF) sponsored Science and Technology Center. The center is designed to facilitate a more comprehensive understanding of the biological and ecological diversity of marine micro-organisms.

Life has its origins in the sea: the first living things were microbes. Marine microbes are the most abundant life forms on Earth, and everything about them is extraordinarily diverse: their structures, their genomes, their physiologies, and their ecological interactions with each other and with the rest of life on the planet.

As a global research information center working across disciplines, C-MORE brings together teams of experts—scientists, educators, and community members—who usually have little opportunity to interact, facilitating the creation and dissemination of a new understanding of the critically important role of marine microbes in global habitability.

The center’s mission and unifying vision is expressed it the motto: Linking Genomes to Biomes.

The Center’s activities are shared among five partner institutions:

and is coordinated at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa.