Department of Biology

News & Announcements

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...

New paper out entitled โ€œIdentifying direct threats to an inland wetland and its avifauna: the case of Canarem Lake, Central Luzon, Philippinesโ€

New Publication Alert! The Department of Biology is proud to share the latest research publication by Prof. Zenaida G. Baoanan, Prof. Wesley S. Gagarin, and MS CaRE student Emmanuel B...

Faculty members receive the Service and Loyalty Award in recognition of their 15 years of dedicated service to the University of the Philippines Baguio at the Araw ng Parangal 2024

We extend our heartfelt congratulations to Prof. Romeo Dizon and Assoc. Prof. Liezel Magtoto for being honored with the Service and Loyalty Award in recognition of their 15 years of...