A Healthy Ocean for Healthy People Photo by Brian Daniel Robert R. Bidigare HIMB
Objectives Climate Change Research Prevention & Cure of Human Disease Microalgae Food & Fuel Production Research Team R. Bidigare, S. Brown, C. O’Kelly, H. Trapido-Rosenthal, A. Messer, S. Rii, D. Elsey, S. Christensen, R. Barlow, L. Shinkoethe, J. Lyford & J. Nakaya
Climate Change Funding National Science Foundation. "Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE)", 1 August July $ 18,960,000 (PI: D. M. Karl; Co- Researcher: R. R. Bidigare) National Science Foundation. "Collaborative Research: Hawaii Ocean Time-series: Biogeochemistry and Ecology Component", 1 August July $4,324,580 (PI: D. M. Karl; Co-PIs: R. R. Bidigare and J. E. Dore)
Oceans & Human Health Funding National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Foundation. "Discovery of Pharmaceutical Lead Compounds from Marine Organisms (OHHI)", 1 September August $766,692 (PI: R. R. Bidigare; Co- PIs: T. K. Hemscheidt, and A. A. Yanagihara) National Institutes of Health/National Science Foundation. "Core Facility for Culture and Characterization of Marine Microbes (COHH)", 16 February December $1,032,524 (PI: R. R. Bidigare; Co-PIs: M. S. Rappé and S. L. Brown)
Hawaii: Staph Central Thornna kahuna
Renewable Energy Funding Department of Defense. "Renewable Bio-solar Hydrogen Production from Robust Oxygenic Phototrophs", 16 May May $324,857 (PI: R. R. Bidigare; Co-PI: Susan L. Brown) HR BioPetroleum & Shell Oil Company. "Isolation and Characterization of Marine Microalgae for Optimal Production of Biomass and Lipid", 1 December November $1,970,000 (PI: R. R. Bidigare; Co-PIs: S. L. Brown, C. J. O’Kelly and H. Trapido-Rosenthal)
HRBP-Shell Joint Venture: Cellana
Research Highlights Bidigare, R. R., F. Chai, M. R. Landry, C. C. S. Hannides, S. Christensen, D. M. Karl, R. Lukas and Y. Chao Subtropical ocean ecosystem structure changes forced by North Pacific climate variations. Geophys. Res. Letters (in review) Hiscock, M. R., V. P. Lance, A. M. Apprill, R. R. Bidigare, Z. I. Johnson, B. G. Mitchell, W. O. Smith Jr. and R. T. Barber Photosynthetic maximum quantum yield increases are an essential component of Southern Ocean phytoplankton iron response. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (in press) Benitez-Nelson, C. R., R. R. Bidigare, T. Dickey, M. R. Landry, C. L. Leonard, S. L. Brown, F. Nencioli, Y. M. Rii, K. Maiti, J. W. Becker, T. S. Bibby, W. Black, C. Carlson, F. Chen, V. S. Kuwahara, C. Mahaffey, P. M. McAndrew, P. D. Quay, M. S Rappé, K. E. Selph, M. E. Simmons and E. J. Yang Mesoscale eddies drive increased silica export in the subtropical Pacific Ocean. Science 316:
Hawaiian Eddy Dynamics
Research Highlights Toledo, G., W. Green, R. A. Gonzalez, L. Christoffersen, M. Podar, H. W. Chang, T. Hemscheidt, H. Trapido-Rosenthal, J. M. Short, R. R. Bidigare and E. J. Mathur Case Study: High throughput cultivation for isolation of novel marine microorganisms. Oceanography 19: Cox, P. A., S. A. Banack, S. J. Murch, U. Rasmussen, G. Tien, R. R. Bidigare, J. S. Metcalf, L. F. Morrison, G. A. Codd and B. Bergman Diverse taxa of cyanobacteria produce -N-methylamino-L- alanine, a neurotoxic amino acid. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102: Buesseler, K. O., C. H.Lamborg, P. W. Boyd, P. J. Lam, T. W. Trull, R. R. Bidigare, J. K.B. Bishop, K. L. Casciotti, F. Dehairs, M. Elskens, M. Honda, D. M. Karl, D. Siegel, M. W. Silver, D. K. Steinberg, J. Valdes, B. Van Mooy and S. Wilson Revisiting carbon flux through the ocean’s twilight zone. Science 316:
Carbon Flux Dynamics in the North Pacific Ocean
Future Directions National Institutes of Health. "Assessment of BMAA Bio-magnification in SE US Wetland Ecosystems and Potential Risks to Human Health", 1 July June $374,840 (PI: R. R. Bidigare; Co-PI: B. N. Popp) - Pending National Aeronautics and Space Administration. " Airborne Sensing of Ocean- productivity in Mesoscale Eddies (ASOME )", Co- PI Council: W. Emery, J. Maslanik, T.A. Moisan, G. Bland, M. Fladeland, M. Kahru, S. Brown, Z. Johnson, K. Richards, R. Bidigare & W. Dudley - NOI submitted