{"id":132321,"date":"2020-12-11T08:15:33","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T18:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=132321"},"modified":"2020-12-11T08:12:18","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T18:12:18","slug":"human-environmental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/12\/11\/human-environmental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Human, environmental health research develops via Hawai\u02bbi landscape"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_52631\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KfKfEp837fo?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"COBRE 2020\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>The natural and human &ldquo;landscape&rdquo; of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> offers opportunities for the development of Earth\u2019s microbiome research that exists nowhere else on the planet. As such, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span><\/a> is well positioned to make transformative contributions to this field of microbial research through a collaboration with the National Institutes of Health <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/01\/21\/environmental-microbiomes-human-health-link-grant\/\">Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (<abbr>COBRE<\/abbr>) grants<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <abbr>COBRE<\/abbr> technical are housed in <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa\u2019s Life Sciences Building (<abbr>LSB<\/abbr>), with project leaders in <abbr>LSB<\/abbr> as well as spread across the campus. The aim is to develop the tools to understand the interface between human and environmental health, with a focus on the microbial forces shaping these dimensions of the biosphere.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 0 15px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/manoa-cobre-video-2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"vials in a lab\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-132362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/manoa-cobre-video-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/manoa-cobre-video-2-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/manoa-cobre-video-2.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 0 15px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/manoa-cobre-video-3-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"life sciences building\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-132363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/manoa-cobre-video-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/manoa-cobre-video-3-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/manoa-cobre-video-3.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A video highlighting <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa\u2019s <abbr>COBRE<\/abbr> research projects is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KfKfEp837fo&#038;feature=emb_title\">available online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Each <abbr>COBRE<\/abbr> grant develops a series of cores that are expected to establish and become sustainable for the university where they are created. Within the last 10 years, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> has hired more than 20 academics into the junior tenure-track ranks whose research concentration is on environmental microbiomes, wherever they may occur (human body, plant roots, water, soil, insects, other animals, etc).<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have three cores&#8212;a microscopy core, an insectary and a molecular biology\/biochemistry core that function in parallel to provide the platform for the building of competitive research programs, not only for the above-mentioned junior faculty, but for all <abbr>UH<\/abbr> researchers who might want to become involved with this arena,&rdquo; said <strong>Margaret McFall-Ngai<\/strong>, professor at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbrc.hawaii.edu\/\">Pacific Biosciences Research Center<\/a> (<abbr>PRBC<\/abbr>). She and <strong>Ned Ruby<\/strong>, also in <abbr>PRBC<\/abbr>, are the <abbr>COBRE<\/abbr> principal investigators.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&ldquo;The center has every opportunity for being a mecca for researchers from across the nation and around the world.&rdquo;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The approaches are highly diverse&#8212;from engineering and chemistry to the study of model systems. With the construction of <abbr>LSB<\/abbr>, these cores have found a new and permanent home. This has given the center the &ldquo;wings&rdquo; needed to perform at the highest possible levels of science.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The <abbr>COBRE<\/abbr> is a gift to <abbr>UH<\/abbr>. It is the opportunity to create an active center for the study of the dynamic relationship between Earth\u2019s microbiomes and human health,&rdquo; said McFall-Ngai. &ldquo;This gift will not only benefit researchers at <abbr>UH<\/abbr>, but the center has every opportunity for being a mecca for researchers from across the nation and around the world.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/manoa-cobre-video.jpg\" alt=\"woman on computer\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-132365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/manoa-cobre-video.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/manoa-cobre-video-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/manoa-cobre-video-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa\u2019s <abbr>COBRE<\/abbr> research projects aim to develop the tools to understand the interface between human and environmental health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[1085,1369,1363,986,149,9,56],"class_list":["post-132321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","tag-life-science","tag-life-sciences-building","tag-manoa-research","tag-microbiomes","tag-pacific-biosciences-research-center","tag-uh-manoa","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132321"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132370,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132321\/revisions\/132370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}