Department of Biology

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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...

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...

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...

Highlights from the Department of Biologyโ€™s participation in the ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐ญ๐ก ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ (๐’๐ˆ๐๐’๐Œ) held on April 3โ€“5, 2025 at UP Baguio

In line with the main theme, “๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐“๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐๐ฌ” the Department of Biology adopted its own focused...

We are looking for full-time faculty members (with possibility for tenure)

Join the Department of Biology, UP Baguio! The Department of Biology, College of Science at the University of the Philippines Baguio is looking for full-time faculty members (with possibility for...

Department of Biology faculty represented the University of the Philippines Baguio in the recent update of terrestrial and integrated Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) in the Philippines

Assoc. Prof. Aris Reginaldo, Assoc. Prof. Liezel Magtoto, and Asst. Prof. Arvin Jet Marcaida of the Department of Biology, UP Baguio, represented the university in the recent update of terrestrial...

Department of Biology faculty were Scientists Speakers at the Research Festival (RESFEST) 2025 at the Philippine Science High School – CAR Campus last March 24, 2025 with the theme “Relevant Innovations for Emerging Issues.”

Asst. Prof. Deign Frolley Soriano, Chairperson and Dr. Ailyn F. Fadriquela, Senior Lecturer and Balik Scientist of Department of Biology, UP Baguio were one of the Research Festival (RESFEST) 2025...

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...