Department of Biology


Congratulations to our Department of Biology faculty and students from UP Baguio for their latest research publication!

Title: Identifying Potential Rhodophyte-Derived Inhibitors of African Swine Fever Virus pS273R Cysteine Protease: A Computational Screening Approach

Published in the Journal of Medicinal and Chemical Sciences, this study explores red algae-derived compounds as potential antiviral agents against ASFV โ€” a step forward in finding safe, natural alternatives to combat the deadly African Swine Fever. ๐Ÿงซ๐Ÿงช

Kudos to ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ญ. ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ. ๐‰๐ž๐ง๐จ ๐‘๐ž๐ฒ ๐‘. ๐๐š๐ ๐š๐๐ฎ๐š๐ง, ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ญ. ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ. ๐๐š๐›๐ฅ๐จ ๐•. ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐จ, ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž ๐‰๐š๐ง๐ž ๐‚. ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐š๐ง๐จ, and ๐‘๐š๐ณ๐ž๐ฅ ๐…. ๐Œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ณ for this remarkable contribution to computational drug discovery and animal health! ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ“– Read the full article here: https://doi.org/10.26655/JMCHEMSCI.2025.3.7