Pacific Research Center for Marine Biomedicine

Gaining new
knowledge about the profound impacts
of the ocean on human health

PRCMB Research Seminar Series

Dr. Roger Fujioka The PRCMB Research Seminar Series is a year-long series of monthly seminars with presentations by distinguished faculty and visiting scholars. Seminars are usually scheduled in the first week of each month, at 11:00 a.m. in POST building room 723. Refreshments are served at the end of each seminar. Click on the title for an abstract and printable flyer.

Upcoming Seminars

Wednesday, July 15: Robert Dickey POST 723 2:00pm
Friday, July 24: Wayne Litaker POST 723 time pending

Previous Seminars

June 26, 2009 - Mark T. Hamann, Ph.D., University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy and Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Chemistry, Biology and Pharmacology of Karlotoxin. A HAB toxin and causative agent of massive fish kills

June 22, 2009 - Alexandria Bianca Boehm, Ph.D., Stanford University

Covariation and photoinactivation of traditional, rapid, and novel indicator organisms and human viruses at a sewage impacted marine beach

January 18, 2008 - Tomoyuki Shibata, Ph. D. Research Associate, Center for Advancing Microbial Risk Assessment, Michigan State University.

Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment of Floods in Developing Countries

August 24, 2007 - Eric Dewailly, MD, Ph.D. Professor, Laval University. Director, Public Health Research Unit of the Laval University Medical Center (CHUQ). Director of Environmental Health Research, Quebec National Public Health Institute (INSPQ), Quebec City, Canada.

Ocean and Human Health: From the Inuit to the Maohi

July 20, 2007 - Dr. Edwin Cruz-Rivera, Assistant Professor/Director, Marine Sciences Program, Department of Biology, Jackson State University

Harry Potter, Drug Discovery and the Ecology of Marine Plant-Herbivore Interactions

May 14, 2007 - Alexandria Bianca Boehm, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University

Microbial Pollution at Recreational Beaches: Sources and Transport to Nearshore Waters

May 3, 2007 - Jeffrey D. Alder, Ph.D. Vice President, Drug Discovery and Evaluation. Cubist Pharmaceuticals

The Pharmaceutical Industry and Anti-Infective Drug Discovery: Are the Bacteria Really That Smart?

April 19, 2007 - Dr. Paul Robert Jensen, Assistant Research Microbiologist, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California.

Marine Actinobacteria: Model Organisms to Study Bacterial Diversity and Natural Product Production

March 30, 2007 - Dr. Charles J. O'Kelly, Senior Research Scientist, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, West Boothbay Harbor, Maine.

HABs, Dead Lobsters, and Barcodes: The Culture Center in Biodiversity Research

January 10, 2007 - Robert R. Bidigare, Ph.D., Professor University of Hawaii

Diverse Taxa of Cyanobacteria Produce ß-N-Methylamino-L-Alanine, a Neurotoxic Amino Acid

December 22, 2006 - Daniel Y.C. Fung, Ph.D, Professor of Food Science, Dept. of Animal Sciences and Industry, Kansas State University

Innovative Detection Methods to Address National Research Council’s Revaluation of Indicators for Waterborne Pathogens

August 11, 2006 - Michele N. Nakata, BA Chief, Disease Investigation Branch, Disease Outbreak Control Division, Hawaii State Department of Health

Ciguatera Fish Poisoning in Hawaii: A Ten-Year Summary, 1996 to 2005

June 30, 2006 - Ed Laws, University of Hawaii; Louisiana State University

Implications of Climate Change for Oceans and Human Health
Download the PowerPoint Presentation here (20 Mb)

May 5, 2006 - Jonathan Roberts, Office of Technology Transfer and Economic Development, University of Hawaii. INVITATION ONLY

"Intellectual Property & Technology Transfer - an overview of issues such as invention disclosure, patent protection, licensing and working with industry"

May 19, 2006 - Henry Trapido-Rosenthal, Department of Oceanography and Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii.

Marine Microbial Diversity in Hawaii's Coastal Waters: A Collaboration Between the Pacific Research Center for Marine Biomedicine, Diversa Corporation, and Students and Teachers from Kamehameha High School

March 29, 2006 - Dr. Guangyi Wang, Associate Professor, Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii

Linking Biological Invasion to Oceans and Human Health in Hawaiian Coral Reef Ecosystems: A Microbiological and Biotechnological Story of Invasive Marine Sponges

March 3, 2006 - Paul K. Biengfang, University of Hawaii

Evaluation of the Role of Quorum Sensing Compounds in the Induction of Ciguatoxin Production by Gambierdiscus toxicus

November 23, 2005 - Edward A. Laws, University of Hawaii; Louisiana State University

Public health issues associated with hurricanes Katrina and Rita
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See other Katrina related research:
NSF NIEHS OHH Centers Rapid Response to Hurricane Katrina

Katrina realated documentation

August 12, 2005 - Matthew J. Arduino, National Center for Infectious Diseases

Staphylococcus aureus in the Community—A CDC perspective

July 11, 2005 - DUAL SPEAKERS

Greg Lovelace, University of N. Carolina - New Indicator Methods for Virus Detection in Coastal Waters and Shellfish

Susan Lovelace, Hollings Marine Laboratory - The NOAA Center of Excellence for Oceans and Human Health at the Hollings Marine Laboratory

June 2, 2005 - Alan Katz, University of Hawaii