On 21 Feburary 2013, the UH Board of Regents established the Daniel K. Inouye legacy program by naming one building / program on each island after the Senator. C-MORE Hale was selected from UH at Manoa, the flagship of the system. This new program is part of a recently funded not-for-profit organization, the Daniel K. Inouye Legacy Fund, that will be raising and disbursing funds to support those programs that the Senator really cared about.
C-MORE Hale is a state-of-the-art, LEED platinum facility that supports comprehensive research on marine microbes, from molecular biology to ecology. Total floor area: 26,997 ft2 including laboratories, offices, conference center, and mechanical penthouse.
C-MORE Hale contains a spectacular, 50-seat auditorium that will support video conferencing and live Internet broadcasting. Because C-MORE scientists are spread across six time zones, this facility will enhance collaboration among our national and international colleagues.
C-MORE Hale is designed as a shared-use, open architecture, ADA-accessible laboratory that will facilitate communication and collaboration. It will house many specialized instruments including microscopes, flow cytometers, DNA sequencers, nutrient and gas analyzers to name a few. The laboratories also contain special walk-in incubators for culturing marine microbes, ample storage for frozen samples, and an emergency generator to protect samples, instruments and computers even during major power outages.