Graduate Studies in Zoology: Facilities
University of Hawai`i at Manoa
The Department of Zoology: Edmondson Hall
The Department of Zoology is housed in Edmondson Hall, a four-story, 42,000
sq. ft. classroom-laboratory building completed in September 1962, and
named in honor of the late Professor of Zoology, Charles H. Edmondson.
Edmondson Hall contains office-laboratory units for faculty, office space
for graduate students, teaching laboratories, an extensive fish collection,
aquarium room, and computer facilities. The Department also maintains a
small boat for shallow-water field work.
Hawai‘i Cooperative Fisheries Research Unit
The HCFRU, an adjunct of the Department of Zoology, is active in graduate
training and research in the field of fishery biology. It is sponsored
by the U.S. Geological Survey, the University, and the Hawaii State Department
of Land and Natural Resources. Facilities include a small laboratory, field
equipment, vehicles and small craft.
Affiliated institutions
Many of the members of the Graduate Faculty in Zoology are affiliated with
other research institutions, both within and outside the University. The
facilities of these institutions often are used by Zoology graduate students.
The Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology’s (HIMB) Coconut Island Laboratory
is located in Kaneohe Bay, about 25 minutes from the Manoa campus. In addition
to analytical equipment for environmental and behavioral studies, the lab
has several enclosed seawater ponds and penned holding facilities, and
tanks and aquaria with running seawater. Its location and a fleet of small
boats provide easy access to a variety of shallow water habitats in Kaneohe
Bay; two larger boats also are available.
The Pacific Biomedical Research Center (PBRC) includes three units with
strong ties to the Zoology graduate program. In addition, its electron
microscopy facility is available for use by Zoology faculty and students.
The Kewalo Marine Laboratory, located on the Honolulu waterfront, focuses
on study of bio-molecular interactions in the coastal environment, particularly
in relation to the developmental biology of marine organisms. Facilities
include an excellent sea water system and instrumentation for organismic,
cellular, molecular and biochemical studies, as well as easy access to
a diversity of marine environments.
The Békésy Laboratory is the University’s focal point for
research in neurobiology. Its facilities include laboratories well equipped
for neurobiological as well as biochemical and molecular biological work,
and support facilities such as darkrooms, electronics, machine, and carpentry
shops, and extensive computing facilities.
The CCRT, in cooperation with the inter-agency Secretariat for Conservation
Biology, sponsors and coordinates research and training in conservation
biology in Hawai‘i, as well as related work on the evolution of the Hawaiian
biota.
Hakalau Forest Biological Field Station
This field station is located at Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge
at 6000' elevation on Mauna Kea, Island of Hawaii. The refuge consists
of 33,000 acres of ohia/koa forest with 4 species of endangered forest
birds an d several species of endangered plants. The mission of the field
station is to provide logistic and scientific support for researchers engaged
in studies of ecology, evolution, and conservation biology on the refuge.
The station consists of a dorm building that can house 16 researchers and
a main building with a large meeting/dining room, kitchen, offices, laboratory,
and utility room, and incorporates the most advanced rural technology available.
Station Director: Dr. Leonard A. Freed.
The Bernice P. Bishop Museum is the state museum of Hawai‘i. It has major
collections of animals and plants from Hawai‘i and throughout the Pacific,
as well as active research programs in a variety of fields. These facilities
are available to Zoology faculty and students.
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