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The University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering
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As the spawning season has come to a close, we have encountered quite a few more speed bumps than expected. Of course, science is never easy, and we are doing our best to work through these bumps.O...
Aloha!!!Just a little progress update for you all. As I type our second spawning hormone is finishing up! This hormone will specifically target the female reproductive zone in 'opihi. Hopefully th...
We have just completed our first peptide that will be tested on a new batch of mature adults. This is a short peptide, that through some literature review, has been linked to gastropod spawning! Ho...
Thank you to all of the wonderful backers that helped us reach our goal! I am looking forward to sharing the results we get from these upcoming experiments.Next week we are going to begin the long ...
Each month I go out into the intertidal and make a small collection, so I can conduct spawn trials in the lab. Never going alone, as the Hawaiian intertidal zone can be extremely dangerous and unpr...
If you have made it this far to read my first lab note, then this project must have drawn you in just as it has done to me. I have been working on this project for almost 5 years now; first as an u...
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