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The Department of Biology celebrates this year’s Class Valedictorian

The Department of Biology extends its warmest congratulations to MR. TRIGGER JON B. BALITANG (BS Biology, Area of Concentration: Microbiology, Magna Cum Laude) for being this year’s Class Valedictorian of the Bachelor of Science in Biology program of the University of the Philippines Baguio. Hailing from Kiangan, Ifugao, Mr. Balitang leads this year’s 79 graduating students from the BS Biology program of the Department of Biology, UP Baguio. Mr. Balitang won 1st place in the Poster Presentation – Student Category during the recently concluded 13th Regional Health Research Conference organized by the Cordillera Regional Health Research and Development Consortium (CRHRDC). Mr. Balitang will graduate third in rank based on the WAG across all Bachelor’s program of UP Baguio in this year’s Pagtatapos 2025. Congratulations, Trigger Jon Balitang for this achievement! We support the Sustainable Development GoalsSDG-4 (Quality Education)

The Department of Biology, College of Science, UP Baguio is pleased to announce the conferment of tenure to Assistant Professor Jeno Rey Pagaduan, MSc

๐€๐๐๐Ž๐”๐๐‚๐„๐Œ๐„๐๐“ ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ซ๐’†๐’‘๐’‚๐’“๐’•๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ฉ๐’Š๐’๐’๐’๐’ˆ๐’š, ๐‘ช๐’๐’๐’๐’†๐’ˆ๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘บ๐’„๐’Š๐’†๐’๐’„๐’†, ๐‘ผ๐’๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ท๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’‘๐’‘๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’” ๐‘ฉ๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’–๐’Š๐’ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’‘๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’”๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’๐’๐’–๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’„๐’๐’๐’‡๐’†๐’“๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’†๐’๐’–๐’“๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐‘จ๐’”๐’”๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’• ๐‘ท๐’“๐’๐’‡๐’†๐’”๐’”๐’๐’“ ๐‘ฑ๐’†๐’๐’ ๐‘น๐’†๐’š ๐‘ท๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’…๐’–๐’‚๐’, ๐‘ด๐‘บ๐’„. This well-deserved recognition marks a significant milestone in Asst. Prof. Pagaduanโ€™s academic career, affirming his commitment to excellence in teaching, research, and service. His contributions to the advancement of biological sciences and dedication to shaping the next generation of young scientists embody the ideals of the University. We extend our warmest congratulations to Asst. Prof. Pagaduan and look forward to his continued contributions to the scholarly community! We support the Sustainable Development GoalsSDG-4 (Quality Education); SDG-8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth)

BS Biology student wins 1st Place in the Poster Presentation – Student Category during the 13th Regional Health Research Conferences

๐‚๐Ž๐๐†๐‘๐€๐“๐”๐‹๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐’! The Department of Biology, College of Science, UP Baguio proudly congratulates ๐“๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐‰๐จ๐ง ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ง๐  and team for winning ๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž in the ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง – ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ during the ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘๐ญ๐ก ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ, organized by the Cordillera Regional Health Research and Development Consortium (CRHRDC)! This outstanding achievement reflects the excellence and dedication of our students in advancing scientific research that addresses pressing health concerns in the region. Your passion and commitment to meaningful inquiry continue to inspire the academic community. Once again, congratulations, Trigger! We are truly proud of you! We support the Sustainable Development GoalsSDG-3 (Good Health and Well-being); SDG-4 (Quality Education)

CALL FOR DOST INTERNS for the project “Baseline Biodiversity and Socio-economic Survey at the proposed geothermal plant in Bokod, Benguet”

๐ŸŒฟ๐‚๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐ƒ๐Ž๐’๐“ ๐ˆ๐๐“๐„๐‘๐๐’! Open to all undergraduates:Join the Baseline Biodiversity and Socio-economic Survey at the proposed geothermal plant in Bokod, Benguet. Open slots:โœ… Microbiology (2)โœ… Botany (2)โœ… Zoology (2)โœ… Freshwater Ecology (1) ๐Ÿ“ง Submit your application letter and list of electives to: mtbagangao@up.edu.ph๐Ÿ—“๏ธ ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž: ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ (๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ) Don’t miss this chance to contribute to a meaningful biodiversity project! We support the Sustainable Development GoalsSDG-4 (Quality Education); SDG-5 (Gender Equality); SDG-8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth) SDG-15 (Life on Land)

Application for READMISSION and TRANSFER for 1st Semester AY 25-26

Application for READMISSION and TRANSFER: The College of Science is now accepting readmission andtransfer applications for the 1st semester, AY 2025โ€“2026.Mail or submit applications to the College of ScienceOffice of the College Secretary on or before 20 June2025. For details,(a) Readmission Applicants* can email CS OCS( cs-ocs.upbaguio@up.edu.ph) *Applicants no longer eligible for tuition can inquire with CS OCS. (b) Transfer Applicant can check this link:UPB CS Transfer Application Instructions (c) UPB College of Science Facebook Page We support the Sustainable Development GoalsSDG-4 (Quality Education)

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 Baguio๐Ÿ”ฌ Ms. Mae-ann F. Am-amlan, MSc – Department of Biology, UP Baguio๐Ÿ”ฌ Asst. Prof. Mac Michael Rubio – Department of Physical Sciences, UPBaguioPioneering research for sustainable mine waste management in the Cordillera! โ›๏ธ๐Ÿฆ ๐ŸŒฑ We support the Sustainable Development GoalsSDG-4 (Quality Education); SDG-13 (Climate Action); SDG-15 (Life on Land)

Department of Biology faculty members receive the Cordillera Research Center – Interdisciplinary Research Grant (CSC-ITRG) for their project “Unlocking the Potential of Dried Pine Needles: Applications for Agricultural Productivity and Soil Rehabilitation

Congratulations to our esteemed faculty members for receiving the 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”๐ง๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐๐ž๐ž๐๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ: ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐จ๐ข๐ฅ ๐‘๐ž๐ก๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.” This innovative study explores microorganism-assisted decomposition of pine needles for soil rehabilitation, crop productivity, and use as poultry feed additive.Project Proponents:๐Ÿ”ฌ Prof. Zenaida G. Baoanan, PhD – Department of Biology, UPBaguio๐Ÿ”ฌ Asst. Prof. Jennifer B. Antonio, MSc – Department of Physical Science, UPBaguio๐Ÿ”ฌ Dr. Jocelyn Zarate – BIOTECH, UP Los Banos๐Ÿ”ฌ Asst. Prof. Kimberly P. Paglingayen, MSc – Department of Biology, UPBaguioA big step toward sustainable environmental solutions in the Cordillera! ๐ŸŒฒ๐ŸŒฑ We support the Sustainable Development GoalsSDG-4 (Quality Education); SDG-13 (Climate Action); SDG-15 (Life on Land)

New publication entitled “Baguio’s Biodiversity Greenprint: Conserving and Protecting the City’s Natural Heritage” by the Department of Biology faculty

Congratulations to our esteemed faculty members and researcher from the Department of Biology, College of Science, UP Baguio, for their outstanding contribution to the ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ฒ ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐Ÿ under the ๐”๐๐‚๐ˆ๐ƒ๐’ ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค โ€“ ๐‚๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐š ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐”๐ ๐๐š๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ! โœจ ๐Ÿ“„ โ€œ๐‘ฉ๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’–๐’Š๐’โ€™๐’” ๐‘ฉ๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐‘ฎ๐’“๐’†๐’†๐’๐’‘๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’•: ๐‘ช๐’๐’๐’”๐’†๐’“๐’—๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ท๐’“๐’๐’•๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ช๐’Š๐’•๐’šโ€™๐’” ๐‘ต๐’‚๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ฏ๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’†โ€ lays down a timely and vital roadmap for biodiversity conservation, climate resilience, and sustainable urban planning in Baguio City. ๐Ÿ‘ Kudos to the team:๐Ÿ”ฌ Asst. Prof. Deign Frolley C. Soriano, MSc๐Ÿ”ฌ Asst. Prof. Arvin Jet B. Marcaida, PhD๐Ÿ”ฌ Prof. Romeo M. Dizon, PhD๐Ÿ”ฌ Asst. Prof. Jeno Rey R. Pagaduan, MSc๐Ÿ”ฌ Prof. Zenaida G. Baoanan, PhD๐Ÿ”ฌ Prof. Roland M. Hipol, PhD๐Ÿ”ฌ Ms. Madonna C. Daquigan, MSc Your work is a significant step toward a greener, more sustainable Baguio and a valuable resource for local and regional environmental policymaking! ๐ŸŒŽ๐ŸŒฒ ๐Ÿ“Ž Read the full brief here: https://cids.up.edu.ph/download/baguios-biodiversity-greenprint-conserving-protecting-citys-natural-heritage/?fbclid=IwY2xjawKg8W9leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETEydTZ6T2J1Uk0xOWlJRVU2AR7EMrYLkYAON1tGfIPsj_JGT5bCaBZ7PyvcM-SriJa7JDhwsFsI8giA0rmVnw_aem_A8xtgPaByu7nrBp3yaLerQ We support the Sustainable Development GoalsSDG-4 (Quality Education); SDG-13 (Climate Action); SDG-15 (Life on Land)

The Department of Biology, College of Science, University of the Philippines Baguio celebrates the International Day of Biodiversity 2025

The Department of Biology, College of Science, University of the Philippines Baguio celebrates the ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐จ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ with the theme โ€œ๐‘ฏ๐’‚๐’“๐’Ž๐’๐’๐’š ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’”๐’–๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’† ๐’…๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’๐’๐’‘๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’•.โ€ We want to showcase the rich biodiversity of the Philippines, particularly ones that are found in areas of Northern Luzon and the Cordillera Region such as the Blue-headed Fantail (๐˜™๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜บ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด) , Luzon Narrow-mouthed Frog (๐˜’๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ข), ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜บ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด, Northern Luzon giant cloud rat (๐˜—๐˜ฉ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ด), ๐˜™๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ข ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข, and ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ข. We call on everyone to conserve and protect our biological and ecological heritage through scientific research, environmental education and advocacy work, and sustainable action. We support the Sustainable Development GoalsSDG-4 (Quality Education); SDG-14 (Life on Water); SDG-15 (Life on Land)

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