You’re invited! IB will celebrate its 35th Anniversary from November 8 to December 6, 2021, with weekly activities organized by the academic groups.
Please click on this post to see the lineup of events for our anniversary.
Announcements
IB-PEMS 40TH ANNUAL CONVENTION
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.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THESIS PROPOSAL PRESENTATION OF NELVIE RHENZ CEDRICK M. CEQUEÑA, MS MICROBIOLOGY CANDIDATE
The Institute of Biology invites you to the Thesis Proposal Presentation of NELVIE RHENZ CEDRICK M. CEQUEÑA, MS Microbiology candidate, entitled “Detection of putative effectors, virulence genes, and their variations among Elsinoë spp. by comparative genome analyses” on Wednesday, 27 October 2021, 2:30 P.M. Manila Standard Time via Zoom.
For details on how to register, please click on the post.
JOB OPPORTUNITIES- SCIENCE RESEARCH SPECIALIST 1 AND SCIENCE RESEARCH SPECIALIST II
The Pathogen – Host – Environment Interactions Research Laboratory of the Institute of Biology is looking for someone to fill the position of SCIENCE RESEARCH SPECIALIST I and SCIENCE RESEARCH SPECIALIST II.
Deadline of Application is on October 31, 2021
Please click on the post for more details.
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.
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.
URBAN BIODIVERSITY OF UP DILIMAN
In your X years of stay in UP, have you familiarized yourself with our campus wildlife? Click on this post to check out this amazing biodiversity map of our campus!
Or go to The UP WILD’s page to learn more.