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New publication out entitled “A metagenomic analysis of the microbial community structures in the winemaking stages of ‘Baya’: An indigenous heritage rice wine of Batad, Ifugao, Philippines” by the Department of Biology students and faculty

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”  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. ๐Ÿถ  ๐Ÿ‘ A culturally relevant and scientifically rigorous contribution to microbial and food science! We support the Sustainable Development GoalsSDG-4 (Quality Education); SDG-11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities)

New publication entitled “Bacterial pathogens of non-native rodents and shrews of Busol WAtershed and Forest Reservation, Baguio City” by the Department of Biology faculty

Warmest congratulations to ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ. ๐Š๐ข๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐. ๐๐š๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ง, ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐‘๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Œ. ๐†๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ณ, and ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐‘๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ž ๐‰. ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ ๐š๐ฒof the Department of Biology, UP Baguio, for the publication of their study: “๐๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ง๐จ๐ง-๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐๐š๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ”  ๐Ÿ“šSciEnggJ, Vol. 18 (Supplement), 2025 | ๐Ÿ”—https://doi.org/10.54645/202518SupIBG-91 This study explores the bacterial pathogens present in invasive rodents and shrews inhabiting the Busol Watershedโ€”an important forest reserve and water source in Baguio City. By identifying zoonotic risks and potential public health concerns, the research offers valuable information for local disease monitoring and ecosystem health management. It also emphasizes the ecological impacts of non-native species on protected urban environments. ๐Ÿ”ฌ๐ŸŒ ๐Ÿ‘ A vital step toward understanding and mitigating ecological and health threats from biological invasions. We support the Sustainable Development GoalsSDG-4 (Quality Education); SDG-14 (Life Below Water); SDG-15(Life on Land)

New publication entitled “The ecological quality of the Abra River watershed in Northern Luzon, Philippines using the remote sensing ecological index (RSEI) model” by a Department of Biology faculty

Congratulations to ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ. ๐ƒ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฒ ๐‚. ๐’๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง๐จ of the Department of Biology, UP Baguio, for the successful publication of his research article: “๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐›๐ซ๐š ๐‘๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐‹๐ฎ๐ณ๐จ๐ง, ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ž๐ฑ (๐‘๐’๐„๐ˆ) ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฅ” This pioneering study demonstrates the use of the Remote Sensing Ecological Index (RSEI) model and Landsat 8 satellite data in evaluating the environmental quality of the Abra River watershed. It integrates vegetation health, surface temperature, soil conditions, and moisture into a holistic ecological assessment using principal component analysis. The findings provide crucial insights into the condition of the watershed and offer a data-driven basis for large-scale environmental monitoring and sustainable watershed management in Northern Luzon. ๐ŸŒŽโœจ  ๐Ÿ‘A remarkable contribution to environmental science and conservation planning!  ๐Ÿ“šSciEnggJ, Vol. 18(1), 2025 |๐Ÿ”—https://scienggj.org/2025-191 We support the Sustainable Development GoalsSDG-04 (Quality Education); SDG-15 (Life on Land)

ANNOUNCEMENT: Application for Shifting AY 2025-2026

ANNOUNCEMENT The Department of Biology is now accepting SHIFTING applications to the BS Biology program for AY 2025-2026. Deadline: June 20, 2024 (Friday)Shifting Form: bit.ly/ShiftingForm_AY2526 *Students may also get the application form at the College of Science, Office of the College Secretary We support the Sustainable Development GoalsSDG-04 (Quality Education); SDG-08 (Decent Work and Economic Growth)

CALL FOR GRADUATE APPLICANTS!

๐‚๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐†๐‘๐€๐ƒ๐”๐€๐“๐„ ๐€๐๐๐‹๐ˆ๐‚๐€๐๐“๐’!. The Department of Biology, College of Science, UP Baguio is now ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ for the ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐„๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ (๐Œ๐’๐œ ๐‚๐š๐‘๐„) ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ and the ๐ƒ๐Ž๐’๐“-๐€๐’๐“๐‡๐‘๐ƒ๐ ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ for the ๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐œ๐š๐๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“โ€“๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”! This is a unique opportunity to pursue advanced studies focused on ecological conservation, biodiversity management, and habitat restorationโ€”critical areas in addressing todayโ€™s environmental challenges. Qualified applicants may also apply for the DOST-ASTHRDP Scholarship, which provides financial support and other privileges to graduate students pursuing research in priority science and technology fields. Who can apply? Graduates with a Bachelor’s degree in Biology or related fields Those with a non-related degree but with relevant experience or specializations Requirements include: Accomplished application and reference forms Transcript of Records PSA documents Capsule thesis proposal Certificate of GWA Other documents as specified ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง:๐‰๐”๐๐„ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ (Applies to both MSc CaRE program and DOST-ASTHRDP scholarship) For complete details on eligibility, documentary requirements, and scholarship privileges, visit:MSc CaRE Program Brochure: https://bit.ly/3VVdEpvDOST-ASTHRDP Scholarship Info: https://tinyurl.com/mr4yxhtn For inquiries, contact:mscare.upbaguio@up.edu.ph or gpo.upbaguio@up.edu.ph (074) 442-2460 Advance your career in ecological science. Contribute to national development through research and conservation. Apply now! We support the Sustainable Development GoalsSDG-04 (Quality Education); SDG-08 (Decent Work and Economic Growth)

SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY: The Department of Biology is looking for Teaching Associates starting this 1st Semester AY 25-26

The Department of Biology, College of Science, University of the Philippines Baguio is looking for Teaching Associates (TA) starting this 1st Semester of AY 2025-2026. Submit your application requirements via email to biology.upbaguio@up.edu.ph and the Department Chair, Asst. Prof. Deign Frolley Soriano (dcsoriano@up.edu.ph), until JUNE 20, 2025. Refer to the poster for more details on qualifications and requirements. Apply now! We support the Sustainable Development GoalsSDG-04 (Quality Education); SDG-08 (Decent Work and Economic Growth)

BS Biology students visits Amburayan River Kapangan, Benguet for their Bio 160 course

LOOK: BS Biology students visits Amburayan River Kapangan, Benguet for their Bio 160 course last March 22, 2025. Special thanks to the LGU of Kapangan, particularly the MENRO and Mayorโ€™s Office, and to the Barangay Officials of Taba-ao for their assistance and guidance. Photos taken by faculty chaperones and the BIO 160 students We support the Sustainable Development GoalsSDG-04 (Quality Education); SDG-14 (Life Below Water); SDG-15 (Life on Land)

New publication out entitled “Diversity and community structure of abundant microbial eukaryotic communities across nutrient regimes in the West Philippine Sea” by the Department of Biology faculty

Congratulations 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งof the Department of Biology, UP Baguio and co-authors for their latest paper, “Diversity and community structure of abundant microbial eukaryotic communities across nutrient regimes in the West Philippine Sea,” now published in Regional Studies in Marine Science! ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿ‘ This study sheds light on how environmental gradientsโ€”particularly nutrient levelsโ€”shape microbial eukaryotic communities in tropical marine ecosystems, with insights critical for monitoring ecological changes in the West Philippine Sea. ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ”ฌ ๐Ÿ“– Read the full article here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2025.104175 We support the Sustainable Development GoalsSDG-04 (Quality Education); SDG-14 (Life Below Water); SDG-15 (Life on Land)

New publication entitled “The parasiteโ€™s parasite: Exploring virophagesโ€™ antiviral strategies in developing current and novel antiviral therapies” by the Department of Biology faculty and student

A big congratulations to 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 and ๐’๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฅ ๐†. ๐“๐š๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐๐š of the Department of Biology, UP Baguio, for their newly published work! Title: The parasiteโ€™s parasite: Exploring virophagesโ€™ antiviral strategies in developing current and novel antiviral therapiesPublished in the Science and Engineering Journal, this review explores the fascinating world of virophagesโ€”subviral particles that parasitize giant virusesโ€”and how their unique antiviral mechanisms could inspire new therapeutic approaches. From the well-studied Sputnik and Mavirus, the paper delves into how these virophages disrupt viral replication and what this could mean for the future of medicine. Read the full article here:ย https://doi.org/10.26655/JMCHEMSCI.2025.3.7 We support the Sustainable Development GoalsSDG-03 (Good Health and Well-Being); SDG-04 (Quality Education)

New publication entitled “Identifying Potential Rhodophyte-Derived Inhibitors of African Swine Fever Virus pS273R Cysteine Protease: A Computational Screening Approach” by Department of Biology faculty and students

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 We support the Sustainable Development GoalsSDG-03 (Good Health and Well-being); SDG-04 (Quality Education)

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