{"id":72139,"date":"2017-12-13T08:04:42","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T18:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=72139"},"modified":"2020-05-08T12:00:08","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T22:00:08","slug":"mcfall-ngai-howard-hughes-professorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/12\/13\/mcfall-ngai-howard-hughes-professorship\/","title":{"rendered":"Microbiology expert wins $1<abbr title=\"Million\">M<\/abbr>, plans to transform biology education"},"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><figure id=\"attachment_64360\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64360\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/manoa-pbrc-mcfall-ngai.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"376\" class=\"size-full wp-image-64360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/manoa-pbrc-mcfall-ngai.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/manoa-pbrc-mcfall-ngai-260x145.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-64360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Margaret McFall-Ngai<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Margaret McFall-Ngai<\/strong>, director of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbrc.hawaii.edu\/\">Pacific Biosciences Research Center<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soest.hawaii.edu\/soestwp\/\">School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology<\/a> at the <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>at M\u0101noa<\/a>, has been awarded a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hhmi.org\/\">Howard Hughes Medical Institute<\/a> (HHMI) professorship grant.<\/p>\n<p><abbr>HHMI<\/abbr> professors are accomplished research scientists who are deeply committed to making science more engaging for undergraduates. With this honor, McFall-Ngai will receive $1 million over five years to develop innovative approaches to teaching undergraduate science.<\/p>\n<p>She plans to develop an entirely new concept of a biology curriculum for <abbr title=\"糖心Vlog官方\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa and other institutions of higher learning. The ideal curriculum will engage leading researchers in the education of future biologists, as well as introduce those in other <abbr title=\"science, technology, engineering and mathematics\">STEM<\/abbr> disciplines to biology.<\/p>\n<p>McFall-Ngai&#8217;s research laboratory focuses on two areas: the role of beneficial bacteria in health using the squid-vibrio model; and the biochemical and molecular &ldquo;design&rdquo; of tissues that interact with light. She is a member of the American Academy of Microbiology, American Academy of Arts and Sciences and National Academy of Sciences, and has been heavily involved in promoting microbiology as the cornerstone of the field of biology.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> News<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/02\/05\/native-squid-and-its-bacterium-may-help-human-and-environmental-health\/\">Native squid and its bacterium may help human and environmental health<\/a>, February 5, 2017<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/08\/28\/mcfall-ngai-nas\/\"><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr>\u2019s only female <abbr title=\"National Academy of Sciences\">NAS<\/abbr> member reveals how animals select good microbes<\/a>, August 28, 2017<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;The biological sciences are undergoing a revolution with the recognition that the microbial world is the basis of the health of all ecosystems, from tropical rainforests to the human body,&rdquo; said McFall-Ngai. &ldquo;This newfound knowledge demands efforts to reformulate research and education, as well as to design mechanisms by which to inform the public of the widespread ramifications of this new view. My goal with the <abbr>HHMI<\/abbr> professorship is to transform the teaching of biology at the undergraduate level by promoting the integration of microbiology and macrobiology into a single, comprehensive systems biology.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhmi.org\/developing-scientists\/hhmi-professors\">The <abbr>HHMI<\/abbr> Professors Program<\/a> empowers research scientists who can convey the excitement of science to undergraduates. The professors model fundamental reform in the way undergraduate science is taught at research universities through innovative teaching that demonstrates the rigor and value of scientific research. They are committed to expanding and enhancing research opportunities for undergraduates and are encouraged to share ideas and collaborate with their peers to improve science education.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am honored to be selected as an <abbr>HHMI<\/abbr> professor and to serve <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> in this role over the next few years,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Marcie Grabowski<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Margaret McFall-Ngai, director of the Pacific Biosciences Research Center, was selected as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute professor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[1238,148,149,92,9],"class_list":["post-72139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-microbes","tag-microbiology","tag-pacific-biosciences-research-center","tag-school-of-ocean-and-earth-science-and-technology","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72139","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=72139"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117870,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72139\/revisions\/117870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}