The Philippine Genome Center of the UP System is holding a free seminar titled “Using viral genomic sequencing to track virus transmission during the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa” by Professor Ian Gordon Goodfellow of the Division of Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge.
Nelzo Ereful, PhD
Post-doctoral Researcher (Bioinformatics)
National Institute of Agricultural Botany
Cambridge, UK
Research Focus: (1) Allele-specific expression imbalance and its association with important traits using hybrids and MAGIC (Multi-parent Advanced Generation Inter-Crosses) population in both rice and wheat; (2) Wheat Bioinformatics: (a) Time-series and differential expression analyses between control and wheat samples challenged with ergot fungus and (b) SNP identification among several wheat lines.
Renato A. Vega, PhD
Associate Professor, Animal and Dairy Sciences Cluster
College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines Los Baños
Antonio G. Lalusin, PhD
Assistant Professor, Institute of Plant Breeding,
Crop Science Cluster, University of the Philippines Los Baños
Maria Genaleen Q. Diaz, PhD
Professor, Institute of Biological Sciences
University of the Philippines Los Baños
Maria Genaleen Q. Diaz is a Professor at the Institute of Biological Sciences, University of the Philippines Los Baños. Her field of specialization is Genetics and Molecular Biology.
Hayde F. Galvez, PhD
PhD, Molecular Genetics and Plant Breeding
Assistant Professor and Head, Genetics Laboratory
Institute of Plant Breeding-Crop Science Cluster
College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines Los Baños
Research Areas: plant molecular genetics/genomics studies for crop improvement and germplasm management application; basic S&T research studies towards the development of molecular biotechnology technologies; and crop pre-breeding employing advancements in genomics and computational biology.
Antonio C. Laurena, PhD
Research Professor
Biochemistry Laboratory/Crop Biotech Division
Institute of Plant Breeding, Crop Science Cluster
College of Agriculture, UP Los Banos
Gisela P. Concepcion, PhD
PhD in Chemistry, University of the Philippines
Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of the Philippines System
Areas of Current Research: marine biodiversity, marine natural products, biomedical research
Arturo O. Lluisma, PhD
PhD Biology, Dalhousie University (Halifax, Canada)
Research Professor, Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines
Research Areas: Marine genomics, molecular genetics, and bioinformatics; phylogenetics and genetic diversity; algal and microbial biotechnology
Ian Kendrich C. Fontanilla, PhD
Ph.D. Genetics, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, 2010
Research Areas: Molecular phylogenetics; Malacology
Go to Dr. Fontanilla’s webpage at the Institute of Biology, University of the Philippines Diliman.