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Balik Scientist Program Exit Presentation

๐Ÿงฌ ๐๐„๐˜๐Ž๐๐ƒ ๐Š๐๐Ž๐–๐‹๐„๐ƒ๐†๐„ ๐“๐‘๐€๐๐’๐…๐„๐‘: ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐’๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐†๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐„๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฌโฃ
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๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ, ๐œ๐š๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ.โฃ
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The University of the Philippines Baguio, in partnership with the DOST-Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD), invites you to the ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ค ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐„๐ฑ๐ข๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐€๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง ๐†๐จ๐ง๐ณ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐š๐ง๐จ, Balik Scientist and Postdoctoral Bioinformatician at City St Georgeโ€™s, University of London, United Kingdom.โฃ
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Join us as Dr. Decano shares the milestones, accomplishments, and impact of her six-month Balik Scientist engagement, highlighting initiatives in genomics research, bioinformatics training, One Health antimicrobial resistance surveillance, and the development of sustainable scientific collaborations in the Cordillera region.โฃ
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๐Ÿ“… ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ‘ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” (๐“๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ)โฃ
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๐Ÿ•˜ ๐Ÿ—:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽโ€“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐€๐Œโฃ
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๐Ÿ“ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐‘๐จ๐จ๐ฆ, ๐”๐ ๐๐š๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐จโฃ
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๐Ÿ’ป ๐‡๐ฒ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ | ๐™๐จ๐จ๐ฆ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐…๐š๐œ๐ž๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐žโฃ
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Be part of the conversation on strengthening local research capabilities, empowering the next generation of scientists, and building a sustainable genomics research ecosystem in the Cordilleras.โฃ
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๐Ÿ“ฒ ๐’๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐‘ ๐œ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ!โฃ
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