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NRCP Biological Sciences webinar, 30 November 2020

Written by Rene Estremera on 27 November 2020. Posted in News

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Faculty members Cyrose Millado (Dept. of Bio. Sci. and Environ. Studies) and Kriza Calumba (Dept. of Food Sci. and Chem.) are inducted as members of the National Research Council of the Philippines in the Biological Sciences Division virtual meeting on 30 November 2020.

In the Scientific Webinar, Assoc. Prof. Lyre Anni Murao gave a talk, "Covert Battles: Are Wildlife Viruses Really Wild?" She said that about sixty percent of the emerging infectious diseases that are known so far are zoonotic in nature and that majority of these originated from wildlife. "The transmission of pathogens from animals to humans occurs in a multi-stage process. Nevertheless, less than .1% of the known animal pathogens can cross the species barrier and infect humans. There is a covert battle going on between the pathogen and the host and the outcome is determined by the barriers versus the driving forces that may favor transmission," she said.

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The National Research Council of the Philippines Biological Sciences Division (Division V) will be having its first virtual meeting of the year on 30 November 2020, from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon.

Part 1, the Scientific Webinar will feature talks by experts. Associate Professor Lyre Anni Murao of UP Mindanao, also the program director of Philippine Genome Center Mindanao, will deliver a talk on, "COVert BATtles: Are Wildlife Viruses Really Wild?" Associate Professor Rina Opulencia of the UP Los Baños Institute of Biological Sciences will speak on "Microbial Flora of the Philippine Native Swine in Quezon Province." Finally, Dr. Marian De Leon, UP Los Baños University Researcher and Curator of the Museum of Natural History will talk on "Microbes in Philippine Caves: A Continuous Research Investigation and Assessment."

Part 2 will be the Oath Taking of New Associate Members, and Part 3 will be the Business Meeting.

Slots are limited and priority will be given to Division V members but interested persons are welcome to attend. Register at https://bit.ly/3700PkX.

Mindanao-Wide Webinar on Omics Research, 2020

Written by Rene Estremera on 23 October 2020. Posted in News

The Philippine Genome Center-Mindanao in UP Mindanao invites interested persons to a WEBINAR SERIES in October 2020 with different themes in omics that will allow scientists and students to learn and embrace omics as an emerging technology in biology.

The Mindanao-Wide Webinar on Omics Research will showcase omics research in health, agriculture, and food by selected scientists in the Philippines and abroad. the webinars will show the potential applications of omics technologies in mitigating the adverse consequences of pandemics.

This webinar series consists of four sessions:

OMICS in Health, 23 October 2020

Pre-registration link: https://bit.ly/2ZZMkuT

OMICS in Diagnostics Research, 28 October 2020

Pre-Registration link: https://bit.ly/2FSgJEt

OMICS in Agriculture, 09 October 2020

Pre-registration link: https://bit.ly/32VQq94

OMICS in Food, 16 October 2020

Pre-registration link: https://bit.ly/3hVuGyr

All four sessions are open to the public, free of charge. It will be held via Zoom and streamed LIVE via our official Facebook page. We give priority slots to UP Mindanao constituents, so we encourage you to register now for the four webinars. For updates and concerns regarding the webinar series, visit our Facebook page (www.fb.com/pgcmindanao) and twitter (www.twitter.com/pgcmindanao).

Thank you and we look forward to your attendance!

Sincerely,

Philippine Genome Center Mindanao

University of the Philippines Mindanao

Mintal, Davao City 8000

+63 82 293 0302

Anniversary Lectures: Ever J. Abasolo and Eufemio T. Rasco Jr.

Written by Rene Estremera on 18 October 2020. Posted in News

The University of the Philippines Mindanao celebrates its 25th Anniversary in 2020. As part of the year-long activities, the School of Management (SOM) offers free webinars to the general public.

Mr. Ever J. Abasolo, an economist and a former SOM faculty member, will deliver a two-part lecture on “Digital Economy and the Implications to Agricultural Development.” Part 1 is on 3 November 2020, Tuesday, 2 PM-4 PM Philippine Standard Time (PST). It will focus on "Fiscal Health and Government Response to COVID-19." Part 2 is on 5 November 2020, 2 PM-4 PM (PST), with a discussion on "Transition to the Digital Economy and Implications to Agricultural Development."

To register, click the link http://bit.ly/UPMinSOM-Webinar1 for 3 November 2020; http://bit.ly/UPMinSOM-Webinar2 for the 5 November 2020 webinar.

UP Mindanao and SOM are inviting interested persons to attend the FREE online webinar on “Nature with Nurture: Plant Breeding for Food Security in the Midst of the Pandemic and Beyond” on 16 November 2020., Monday, 10:00 AM-12:00 NN (PST). The resource speaker is Prof. Eufemio T. Rasco Jr., University of the Philippines Mindanao’s first Professor Emeritus.

To register, click the link http://bit.ly/UPMinSOM-Webinar3.

For more information, email .

DMPCS Research ePosters win awards, 2020

Written by Rene Estremera on 05 October 2020. Posted in News

Researches from the Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science were presented as ePosters and earned recognition at the 3rd Madayaw International Multidisciplinary Research Conference on the theme, “Shaping the future research emerging from this COVID-19 pandemic,” organized by San Pedro College Research Publication Innovation Center and held on 1-2 October 2020 in Davao City.

The titles of the ePosters presented were, as follows:

ePoster #1: "Temporal projections of COVID-19 cases, deaths, and recoveries in Davao City, Philippines using an Epidemic Model" presented by Ms. El Veena Rosero.

ePoster #2: "Investigating the role of food ration system in controlling COVID-19 at barangay-level in Davao City using agent-based model simulation approach" presented by Ms. Ivy Grace Morales Panogalinog. [THIRD PLACE]

ePoster #3: "The irony of zero rabies reports: Are zeroes really zeroes?" presented by Mr. Zython Paul Lachica [SECOND PLACE]

ePoster #4: "QGIS-generated maps capturing the spatiotemporal distribution of COVID-19 cases among barangays in Davao City, Philippines" presented by Ms. Mia Kristine Quinco [FIRST PLACE]

Among the research co-authors were Mr. Abel Leandro Borja Paras, Ms. Elaine Mae Tibayan, Ms. Alaina Plaza, Ms. Kylah Catherine Nulada, Dr. Aurelio De Los Reyes, and Assoc. Prof. May Anne Mata.

Professor Emeritus Eufemio T. Rasco Jr.

Written by Rene Estremera on 19 August 2020. Posted in News

Prof. Eufemio T. Rasco Jr., PhD, a retired professor of the University of the Philippines Mindanao and an academician of the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) of the DOST, has been conferred the title of Professor Emeritus by the UP Board of Regents during its 1352nd Meeting on 30 July 2020. Prior to joining UP Mindanao, Dr. Rasco served as a faculty member and an official of UP Los Baños and as a scientist in agricultural organizations. Prof. Rasco’s research and advocacies were plant breeding, genetically modified crops, underutilized bioresources, sustainable modern agriculture, and rural transformation through science-based support system for rice farmers, just to name a few. He is the author of The Unfolding Gene Revolution: Ideology, Science, and Regulation of Plant Biotechnology, which won the NAST Most Outstanding Book Award in 2008, and The Nypa Palm: Nature's Gift from the Age of the Dinosaurs, published in 2011. Some of the awards conferred to Dr. Rasco are the following: Outstanding Senior Staff from the UPLB Institute of Plant Breeding in 1982, 1983, 1985, and 1990; UPLB Outstanding Alumnus for Vegetable Breeding in 1986; Achievement Award for Agriculture from the Camarines Norte Association in 1987; Bicol Exemplar Award from DOST in 1989; Outstanding Senior Faculty from the UP Mindanao Foundation Inc. in 2009; and the Outstanding Alumnus Award conferred by the UP Alumni Association in 2009. Dr. Rasco served for 18 years as a faculty member of the Department of Biological Sciences and Environmental Studies from 1997 until his retirement in 2015. He served as dean of CSM for two terms from 27 August 1998 to 26 August 2004, and he was seconded to the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) to become its executive director in July 2011. Dr. Rasco is the first professor emeritus from UP Mindanao.

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