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Department of Biology faculty members awarded the Cordillera Research Center – Interdisciplinary Research Grant (CSC-ITRG) for their project: “Microbial Diversity in Mine Tailings of Tube, Benguet: Influence of Heavy Metals and Physicochemical Properties”

Congratulations to our esteemed faculty members ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐›๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐š ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ โ€“ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ (๐‚๐’๐‚-๐ˆ๐“๐‘๐†) for their project: “๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐“๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ฎ๐›๐š, ๐๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ž๐ญ: ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐จ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ.” This study aims to assess microbial diversity in mine tailings, providing vital insights into biomining and bioremediation, with potential applications in preventing acid mine drainage (AMD) and promoting environmental restoration.
Project Proponents:
๐Ÿ”ฌ Asst. Prof. Jay-Ann A. Tallad, MSc – Department of Biology, UP Baguio
๐Ÿ”ฌ Ms. Mae-ann F. Am-amlan, MSc – Department of Biology, UP Baguio
๐Ÿ”ฌ Asst. Prof. Mac Michael Rubio – Department of Physical Sciences, UPBaguio
Pioneering research for sustainable mine waste management in the Cordillera! โ›๏ธ๐Ÿฆ ๐ŸŒฑ

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