Department of Biology

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The 5-day World Lecture Series during March 19-25 organized by the Department of Biology, College of Science, UP Baguio, concludes

The 5-day World Expert Lecture Series with Dr. Tim Downing, organized by the Department of Biology at UP Baguio, has come to a close. From March 19-25, weโ€™ve had the...

World Expert Lecture Series – Talk “Advances in virus genome assembly, analysis, and mutation detection”

What an incredible session with Dr. Tim Downing! Thank you to everyone who joined us for the exclusive lecture on Advances in Virus Genome Assembly, Analysis, and Mutation Detection. From...

World Lecture Series (WELS) officially commenced on March 19, 2025

This morning, the World Experts Lecture Series (WELS) officially commenced with a warm welcome for Dr. Tim Downing, Group Leader & Head of Genomics at The Pirbright Institute, UK. The...

The Department of Biology celebrates International Women’s Day

๐‘ฌ๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’˜๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘พ๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’, ๐‘ป๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’”๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ญ๐’–๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’†! International Women’s Day is celebrated annually on March 8 to recognize the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women worldwide...

BS Biology Graduates pass the 2025 Philippine Academy of Microbiologist (PAM), Inc. Certification Exam for Registered Microbiologist

The Department of Biology, College of Science, University of the Philippines Baguio is proud to announce and celebrate the success of its BS Biology graduates in the 2025 Philippine Academy...

The Department of Biology celebrates the International Day of Women and Girls in Science

Celebrating the remarkable women shaping the future of science! Did you know that the Department of Biology, UP Baguio is home to 18 outstanding womenโ€”comprising full-time faculty, lecturers, teaching...

New paper out entitled “Water quality of Balili River before, during and after COVID: lessons learned and ways forwards for tropical river remediation”

Congratulations to Prof. Romeo M. Dizon, and MS CaRE graduate Fernie D. SitSit for their latest publication on the water quality of Balili River before, during, and after COVID-19! Their...

New paper out entitled “Biodiversity and conservation assessment of the non-marine mollusks of the Batanes Group of Islands, Philippines”

Congratulations to Prof. Zenaida G. Baoanan, PhD, and her co-authors on their new publication, โ€œBiodiversity and conservation assessment of the non-marine mollusks of the Batanes Group of Islands...

Elective Courses open to BS Biology students enrolled this 2nd Semester, AY 2024-2025

๐€๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ The Department is offering elective courses open to BS Biology students enrolled this 2nd Semester, AY 2024-2025: 1. ๐๐ˆ๐Ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ•: ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐“๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ...