HIMB MakerLab

09/11/2019

HIMB MakerLab teacher Kaitlyn Yee is working on her Kreisel tank for plankton and jellies - and the first prototype worked pretty well!

07/18/2019

Loved having Senator Mazie Hirono visit HIMB MakerLab!

U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono emphasized the importance of coral reef research during a visit to the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology’s facility on Coconut Island. During her visit, Senator Hirono met with scientists studying coral restoration, assisted coral evolution, and threats to coral reef ...

06/22/2019

06/22/2019

Science and Art - 2016 , was the location of the 13th International Coral Reef Symposium . Over 2500 coral reef scientists, policy makers and managers from 97 nations met in . The , from the Dr. Judy Lemus made during the event. This one has some great info from one of the oral sessions on June 20th. Even though the event is past, check out to catch up with from around the world! The 14th symposium, , is in Germany!

06/22/2019

Labeling Species of Fish. This is what fish proteins look like after electrophoresis with brilliant blue Coomassie protein stain to highlight the protein bands. Electrophoresis separates different sized molecules. Closely related species will have more same-sized proteins in common.

06/15/2019

Session 4 of our NSF-funded EAGER project, focused on DNA & Proteins.

06/08/2019

NSF MakerStem Program Session Two has begun!

04/29/2019

Our new cohort of nine teachers started their six training sessions at the MakerLab. Today, we focused on introductions, lab safety, sci-art skills, pipetting, dilutions & weighing.

07/31/2018

MakerLab teacher Kristy Kamoku visits "Sandatorium" at UH Manoa! Learning all about micro-molluscs with researcher Regie Kawamoto.

06/21/2018

UH students are working with Cornell U. researchers to study herbivorous fish gut microbiota. Why, you ask? Well, these bugs are important! They help certain species of tropical marine surgeonfish breakdown and digest algae, which helps contribute to carbon cycling. One such bacterium is called, Epulopiscium, which means "guest at a banquet of a fish"!