The first speaker in the UH Manoa Institute of Sustainability and Resilience's interdepartmental seminar series will be Clay Trauernicht (NREM), who will discuss wildfire ecology on Monday, August 27, from 12 to 1:20 p.m. in the iLab (Building 37).  RSVP for lunch by Friday, August 24.

Researcher Jennifer Doudna, a pioneer of CRISPR research, will present a special seminar on “CRISPR Biology: The Future of Genome Editing” on Tuesday, September 18 at 3 p.m. in the Sullivan Center Auditorium at the UH Cancer Center (in Kaka‘ako, next to JABSOM). 

Come to a coffee hour to wish Cheryl Ernst (OCS) the best for her retirement! The party will take place 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. in Gilmore 212 on Friday, August 31. 

To receive your CTAHR name badge for fall semester, submit the desired information (name, job title, office or department) no later than Wednesday, August 29. CTAHR employees receive the first name badge at no cost, courtesy of the Office of Communication Services; replacement badges are $5, cash only.

Co-PIs Andre Seale and Rajesh Jha (both HNFAS), in collaboration with Darren Lerner and Darren Okimoto of the UH Sea Grant College Program, recently received a 3-year NOAA Sea Grant 2018 Aquaculture Initiative award of $749,815.