Thesis Dissertation Proposal
METAS Lab congratulates Mr. Arizaldo Castro on the successful defense of his dissertation proposal "Bacterial Community Profiles of Drinking Water Resources and Distribution Supply in Mega Manila, Philippines” last January 30, 2024 at the Institute of Biology, College of Science, UP Diliman.
Photo: Mr. Castro with his Dissertation Adviser, Dr. Marie Christine M. Obusan, and Dissertation Readers, Dr. Jonas Quilang and Dr. Arturo Lluisma.
Thesis Dissertation Proposal
METAS Lab congratulates Ms. Cielo Emar Paraoan Villareal on the successful defense of her dissertation proposal “Transmission Dynamics of 𝘛𝘰𝘹𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘮𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘪 in the Philippines, Occurrence and Genetic Variation in Environmental Samples and Representative Wildlife” last January 29, 2024 at the Institute of Biology, College of Science, UP Diliman.
Photo: Ms. Paraoan-Villareal with her Dissertation Adviser, Dr. Marie Christine M. Obusan, and Dissertation Readers, Dr. Gil M. Penuliar and Academician Windell L. Rivera.
Thesis Dissertation Proposal
METAS Lab congratulates Ms. Mary Ann Cielo R. San Diego on the successful defense of her dissertation proposal “Microbial Community Structure and Function in Domestic and Poultry Wastewater Treatment Plants: Applications for Improved Wastewater Treatment” last January 18, 2024 at the Institute of Biology, College of Science, UP Diliman.
Photo: Ms. San Diego with her Dissertation Co-Advisers, Dr. Maria Auxilia T. Siringan and Dr. Marie Christine M. Obusan, and Dissertation Reader, Dr. Michael C. Velarde.
News features on the Detection of Toxoplasma gondii in seafood and vegetables from Central Luzon
Multiple news outlets have featured the latest study of METAS Laboratory on the detection of Toxoplasma gondii in seafood and vegetables collected from Central Luzon. This study is part of the current PhD dissertation of Ms. Cielo Paraoan, with Dr. Marie Christine Obusan as her advisor, and Mr. Ren Mark Villanueva as the Research Associate for the NSRI-funded project.
Features:
ABS-CBN News - https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/12/07/23/up-researchers-warn-vs-parasites-in-raw-vegetables-seafood?fbclid=IwAR2wYSpDlNoSpcxsFPOKtJi0WmCdzW1ZKZrEm5219TwUsABz-XhO6rGNeaU
AGENDA - https://www.youtube.com/live/_RjOo_PAFQI?si=kxTxhSN6s34dUgay
Radyo Pilipinas - https://fb.watch/oXkRj4yetR/?mibextid=Nif5oz
TV5 - https://www.facebook.com/gudmorningkapatid/videos/1355081952042036/?mibextid=QYE19C
Features:
ABS-CBN News - https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/12/07/23/up-researchers-warn-vs-parasites-in-raw-vegetables-seafood?fbclid=IwAR2wYSpDlNoSpcxsFPOKtJi0WmCdzW1ZKZrEm5219TwUsABz-XhO6rGNeaU
AGENDA - https://www.youtube.com/live/_RjOo_PAFQI?si=kxTxhSN6s34dUgay
Radyo Pilipinas - https://fb.watch/oXkRj4yetR/?mibextid=Nif5oz
TV5 - https://www.facebook.com/gudmorningkapatid/videos/1355081952042036/?mibextid=QYE19C
PSCB 2023
Congratulations to Project RENEW team for receiving the Best Poster Award during the 6th International and 14th Annual National Scientific Meeting of the Philippine Society for Cell Biology in Baguio Convention and Cultural Center, Baguio City, Philippines.
Mr. Leomir Diaz presented the study "Phenol degradation, ammonia and 17β-estradiol assimilation by STM P20, a bacterium isolated from a poultry wastewater treatment facility" on behalf of his co-authors Jobriell C. Baluyot, Ren Mark D. Villanueva, Hanna Hasmin T. Estadilla, Mary Ann Cielo Relucio-San Diego, Dr. Michael C. Velarde, and Dr. Marie Christine M. Obusan.
Congratulations METAS and Regen Laboratories!
Congratulations METAS and Regen Laboratories!
ANRRC 2023
Congratulations, PhD student Mary Ann Cielo Relucio-San Diego, for receiving the Best Poster Award during the Asian Network of Research Resource Centers (ANRRC) 2023 Meeting! Your METAS family is proud of you!
The poster presented was titled "Bacterial metagenome-assembled genomes from a poultry wastewater treatment plant reveal high biosynthetic capabilities". Ms. San Diego presented the poster virtually, on behalf of her co-authors, Leomir A. Diaz, Jobriell C. Baluyot, Ren Mark D. Villanueva, Hanna Hasmin T. Estadilla, Michael C. Velarde, and Marie Christine M. Obusan.
ANRRC 2023 is hosted by the Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMCAS) and Bureau of International Cooperation, Chinese Academy of Science in Beijing, China. METAS Lab members are attending virtually.
ANRRC 2023 is hosted by the Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMCAS) and Bureau of International Cooperation, Chinese Academy of Science in Beijing, China. METAS Lab members are attending virtually.
Asian Society for Natural Products (ASNP)
Congratulations Mr. Keith Sigfred Ancheta who will serve as one of the Philippine representatives to the Board of Directors of the Asian Society for Natural Products (ASNP) for 2023-2025!
Mr. Ancheta is also the Public Relations Officer of the ASNP Philippine Chapter for the same period.
Mr. Ancheta is also the Public Relations Officer of the ASNP Philippine Chapter for the same period.
Phi Sigma Biological Sciences Honor Society
Alpha Chi Chapter
Congratulations to METAS Lab members who were inducted members of the honor society:
Andrei John T. Salem and Keith Sigfred D. Ancheta of METAS Terrestrial for Graduate Category, and METAS Co-Lab Head (Aquatic) Dr. Marie Christine M. Obusan for Professional Category.
Phi Sigma is an International Honor Society in the Biological Sciences devoted to the promotion of academic and research excellence.
Andrei John T. Salem and Keith Sigfred D. Ancheta of METAS Terrestrial for Graduate Category, and METAS Co-Lab Head (Aquatic) Dr. Marie Christine M. Obusan for Professional Category.
Phi Sigma is an International Honor Society in the Biological Sciences devoted to the promotion of academic and research excellence.
2023 MECO-TECO Sandwich Scholarship Program
Ms. Chricel B. Lattao has been accepted in the 2023 MECO-TECO Sandwich Scholarship Program (SSP).
Ms. Lattao, a PhD student under the METAS Lab, will be working on her study on cetacean diseases under the collaboration among Microbial Ecology of Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems Laboratory - METAS Lab, Institute of Biology, and Marine Mammal Conservation Laboratory, Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology, both under the College of Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, and Conservation Medicine Laboratory, of Dr. Wei-Cheng Yang at the National Taiwan University.
Ms. Lattao, a PhD student under the METAS Lab, will be working on her study on cetacean diseases under the collaboration among Microbial Ecology of Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems Laboratory - METAS Lab, Institute of Biology, and Marine Mammal Conservation Laboratory, Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology, both under the College of Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, and Conservation Medicine Laboratory, of Dr. Wei-Cheng Yang at the National Taiwan University.
In photo: Ms. Lattao as a volunteer with the Philippine Marine Mammal Stranding Network during the rehabilitation of Maxine, a pygmy killer whale that stranded in Narvacan, Ilocos Sur, last December 12, 2022.
THESIS DEFENSE ANNOUNCEMENTS
UP Scientist Award
Regional Research Funding Initiative
METAS Lab congratulates its member and PhD Biology (Microbiology) student, Ms. Cielo Paraoan-Villareal!
The Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD-DOST) Region 3 will be funding her project “Toxoplasma gondii in select Irrigation Waters and Agricultural Soils of Central Luzon, Philippines: implications to human health (Toxo-IWAS)” under the Regional Research Funding (RRF) Initiative.
This project, which is part of the PhD framework of Ms. Paraoan, hopes to contribute to the agriculture and public health sectors in the Philippines.
The Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD-DOST) Region 3 will be funding her project “Toxoplasma gondii in select Irrigation Waters and Agricultural Soils of Central Luzon, Philippines: implications to human health (Toxo-IWAS)” under the Regional Research Funding (RRF) Initiative.
This project, which is part of the PhD framework of Ms. Paraoan, hopes to contribute to the agriculture and public health sectors in the Philippines.
Next Generation One Health Philippines Fellowship
METAS Lab member, Jamaica Ann Caras, was selected as one of the 15 fellows of the first Next Generation One Health Philippines (NGOHP) Fellowship. The NGOHP Fellowship Program is a project under the Planetary and Global Health Program (PGHP) of St. Luke’s Medical Center College of Medicine-William H. Quasha Memorial (SLMCCM-WHQM). With the goal of preventing future zoonotic spillovers over the next 50 years, the fellowship program aims to strengthen the Philippines' domestic capacity for One Health transdisciplinary research and knowledge translation in order to effectively address wildlife trade and biodiversity loss as drivers of infectious disease emergence.
The NGOHP Fellowship Program is a one year-program combining knowledge, research, and policy translation.
The NGOHP Fellowship Program is a one year-program combining knowledge, research, and policy translation.
For more details, visit https://nextgenonehealthph.com/
Medical Management of Stranded Marine Mammals Training
2022 Commencement Exercises
Biology Educators of the Month
Dr. Marie Christine M. Obusan was recently featured as one of the Biology Educators of the Month for January 2022 by the Biology Teachers Association of the Philippines - De La Salle University Chapter.
For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/biotadlsu/posts/638435017585246
For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/biotadlsu/posts/638435017585246
8th PMMSN National Symposium
The Philippine Marine Mammal Stranding Network National Symposium will host its first online National Symposium on October 1-2, 2021, organized by the Marine Mammal Research and Stranding Laboratory, Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology and the Microbial Ecology of Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems (METAS) Laboratory, Institute of Biology, UP Diliman. Scan the QR Code to register!
You are cordially invited to attend a webinar on "Fermentation Technology in Japan" by Prof. Kohsuke Honda, organized by the IB SWAID Committee and the Microbial Ecology of Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems (METAS) Laboratory on September 30, 2021 at 9:30 AM via Zoom call. Please register below to receive the login details:
https://up-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAqc--vrzouE9A6SyaN53sunDezFgiRh6DH?fbclid=IwAR0QUEzVFwxL9RmaXaq4nM8II3DJi1EEUT7SEAf5vyCsgs1Gyz0Q758R2Jg
https://up-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAqc--vrzouE9A6SyaN53sunDezFgiRh6DH?fbclid=IwAR0QUEzVFwxL9RmaXaq4nM8II3DJi1EEUT7SEAf5vyCsgs1Gyz0Q758R2Jg
METAS Lab is featured in UP Scientia's #siLab
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