Department of Biology


Congratulations to ๐’๐ก๐š๐ข๐ซ๐š ๐€๐ง๐ง ๐ƒ. ๐‘๐ฎ๐ž๐œ๐จ, ๐‹๐ฒ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐š๐ฒ ๐. ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐›๐ž, ๐‰๐ž๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Š๐ฅ๐š๐ฎ๐๐ž ๐Œ. ๐†๐จ๐ง๐ณ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ, 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, and ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ. ๐‘๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ž ๐‰. ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ ๐š๐ฒ from the Department of Biology, UP Baguio for publishing their innovative study:

“๐€ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐š๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐š๐ฒ๐š: ๐€๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐š๐ญ๐š๐, ๐ˆ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ ๐š๐จ, ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ”

ย ๐Ÿ“š SciEnggJ, Vol. 18 (Supplement), 2025 |
๐Ÿ”—https://doi.org/10.54645/202518SupNGL-53

Through metagenomic techniques, this research deciphers the microbial community dynamics during the traditional fermentation of Baya, a culturally significant rice wine from Ifugao. It provides scientific evidence of microbial succession and diversity that influences flavor, safety, and fermentation processesโ€”bridging indigenous knowledge with modern science. The study supports heritage food preservation, microbial ecology, and the sustainable promotion of cultural practices.ย ๐Ÿถ

ย ๐Ÿ‘ A culturally relevant and scientifically rigorous contribution to microbial and food science!