The Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE)
conducts a variety of research projects at Station ALOHA including
research cruises (i.e. Biosensing Lagrangian Instrumentation and
Nitrogen Cycling Systems (BioLINCS)) and a summer educational course
sponsored by the Agouron Institute , the Gordon and Betty Moore
Foundation, NSF and SOEST.
C-MORE is a recently established (August 2006) NSF-sponsored Science and
Technology Center designed to facilitate a more comprehensive
understanding of the diverse assemblages of microorganisms in the sea,
ranging from the genetic basis of marine microbial biogeochemistry
including the metabolic regulation and environmental controls of gene
expression, to the processes that underpin the fluxes of carbon, related
bioelements and energy in the marine environment.