Institute of Biology

Research Lab – Biodiversity Research Laboratory

Biodiversity Research Laboratory The Biodiversity Research Laboratory was set up to answer a very simple question: “Are we succeeding in conserving Philippine Biodiversity?” Long term ecological research is key to produce answers that are comparable across space and across time. Major research components include understanding tropical forest dynamics and how wildlife responds, biology of selected […]

Research Lab – Pathogen-Host-Environment Interactions Research Laboratory

Pathogen-Host-Environment Interactions Research Laboratory The Pathogen-Host-Environment Interactions Research Laboratory (PHEIRL), formerly Molecular Protozoology Laboratory (MPL), is the first and only laboratory in the Philippines devoted to the characterization of molecular mechanisms of pathogenicity of protozoan parasites. It was established in 2001, headed by Windell L. Rivera, Ph.D. MPL’s primary aim was to describe pathogenic protozoans isolated from various habitats based on […]