New at C-MORE

“Key Concepts in Microbial Oceanography” PDF available

This new publication is a poster introducing key concepts in the field of microbial oceanography. The back side forms a brochure featuring an introduction to C-MORE and brief interviews with C-MORE personnel at various stages (undergraduate, graduate, post-doctoral) in their career paths in the study of marine micro-organisms. Download the 15.3 MB PDF, or request your copy by emailing kate.achilles@soest.hawaii.edu.
Submitted by: Brooks Bays on Tuesday, July 01, 2008; revised Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Employment opportunities

The University of Hawai‘i invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher in the area of carbon cycle modeling. Read more…
Submitted by: Brooks Bays on Wednesday, July 16, 2008
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution invites applications for a Postdoctoral Investigator in the areas of marine microbial ecology, microbial genomics, and computational and system biology. Read more…
Submitted by: Brooks Bays on Saturday, July 12, 2008
The University of California invites applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar to develop and explore numerical models of the California Current System (CCS) focused on marine microbial communities. Read more…
Submitted by: Brooks Bays on Monday, July 07, 2008
The University of California invites applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar with extensive molecular biology experience for a position in the Department of Ocean Sciences’ Microbial Environmental Genomics: Applications, Modeling, Experimentation and Remote sensing (MEGAMER) facility. Read more…
Submitted by: Brooks Bays on Saturday, June 28, 2008

“The most important microbe you've never heard of ”

By some estimates, the oxygen in one out of every five breaths you take comes from a bacterium called Prochlorococcus. Numbering in the trillion trillions, this tiny microbe is one of the most abundant organisms on Earth. A recent celebration of the 20th anniversary of its discovery, organized by MIT professor and C-MORE co-PI Sallie “Penny” Chisholm and UH Oceanography assistant professor Zackary Johnson, was the subject of a 06-13-08 “NPR Science Friday” report. Listen to the broadcast and watch the video at NPR Science Friday.
Submitted by: Brooks Bays on Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Boyle and DeLong elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences

Photo of Ed Boyle.
Ed Boyle

Photo of Ed DeLong.
Ed Delong

On Tuesday, April 29, it was announced in Washington, DC, that Professors Ed Boyle and Ed DeLong had been elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. This well-earned honor is great news for both Eds and for all of us in C-MORE. Needless to say, we are all very proud of their remarkable achievements.
Congratulations to both for a job well done!
Submitted by: Brooks Bays on Thursday, May 01, 2008

Educational videos available online

Penny Chisholm discusses her team’s discovery of the cyanobacteria Prochlorococcus at “The Habitable Planet” (click on “Video” and create a login; Dr Chisholm’s interview starts at about 13 minutes, after the presentation on El Niño).
Learn about the automated Environmental Sample Processor (ESP) at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.
Submitted by: Brooks Bays on Monday, April 14, 2008

Project Summary

The Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE) is a recently established (August 2006) NSF-sponsored Science and Technology Center designed to facilitate a more comprehensive understanding of the diverse assemblages of microorganisms in the sea, ranging from the genetic basis of marine microbial biogeochemistry including the metabolic regulation and environmental controls of gene expression, to the processes that underpin the fluxes of carbon, related bioelements and energy in the marine environment. Stated holistically, the C-MORE mission is: Linking Genomes to Biomes.

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

and will be coordinated at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa.

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