The Institute of Biology along with the Philippine Environmental Mutagen Society(PEMS) invites you to the IB-PEMS 40TH Annual Convention entitled “Genetic Variants in Viruses and the Environment.” The event will be held on November 20, 2021, 1-4pm Philippine Standard Time. For details on how to register, click on this post.
Announcements
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE DISSERTATION PROPOSAL PRESENTATION OF MARIA REYNALEN F. MAPILE, PHD IN BIOLOGY CANDIDATE
You are cordially invited to attend the dissertation proposal defense of Ms. Maria Reynalen F. Mapile on “Earthworm-Microbe Interactions for Vermicomposting,” this afternoon (September 27) at 2 PM. The Dissertation Adviser is Dr. Marie Christine M. Obusan, while Dissertation Readers are Dr. Jessica F. Simbahan and Dr. Ernelea P. Cao. Please register through the link continue reading
IB SEMINAR: “Using Patient-Derived Models for Drug Discovery and Functional Precision Oncology in Advanced Breast Cancer”
The Institute of Biology and Regenerative Biology Research Laboratory would like to invite you to a webinar entitled “Using Patient-Derived Models for Drug Discovery and Functional Precision Oncology in Advanced Breast Cancer” by Dr. Alana L. Welm to be held on November 11, 2021 8:00 AM Philippine Standard Time.
For more information about the event, you may click on the post or you may download the event pdf here.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE MASTER’S EXAMINATION OF MA. GRETA T. JACINTO, MS MICROBIOLOGY CANDIDATE
The Institute of Biology invites you to the Master’s Examination of Ma. Greta T. Jacinto in defense of her thesis “ Diffusion Model to Describe the Forest Dynamics of the Palanan Forest Dynamics Plot” for the degree of M.S. in Biology via Zoom on Friday, 20 August 2021, 8:00 A.M. Philippine Standard Time.
NEWS
INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY MOURNS THE PASSING OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGIST AND FORMER PROFESSOR, DR. REYNALDO A. TABBADA
The Institute of Biology and the UP Diliman Institute of Biology Alumni, Inc. mourn the passing of Professor Reynaldo A. Tabbada on 11 October 2021.
A Requiem Mass will be held on Saturday, 16 October 2021, at 9 AM. (Zoom ID – 1233796674)
DR. LYDIA LEONARDO RECEIVES LOURDES CAMPOS AWARD FOR PUBLIC HEALTH
The Institute of Biology congratulates Dr. Lydia Leonardo for being given the Lourdes Campos Award for Public Health during the 2021 Philippine Association for the Advancement of Science and Technology (PhilAAST) Awards.
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DR. SEVERINO G. SALMO III RECEIVES OUTSTANDING ALUMNUS AWARD
The Institute of Biology would like to congratulate Dr. Severino G. Salmo III for receiving the Outstanding Alumnus Award in Environmental Science for Academic Year 2020-2021 from the Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology.
INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY AND PARTNERS HOLD THE FIRST SPICE CEREMONIAL HARVESTING
The Institute of Biology, with the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute of UPD,
Institute of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering and Institute of Plant Breeding, UPLB,
embarked in a project funded by the DOST-PCIEERD in 2018 to establish a smart indoor farm for
food production. This project aptly called SPICE – Smart Plant Production In Controlled
Environment, recently had the ceremonial harvesting of crops from one of three developed
facilities with a fully controlled environment set up.