Now on its tenth year, the Bioinformatics Training and Internship Program has become an annual extension activity offered by the Core Facility for Bioinformatics (CFB) focused on empowering the next generation of bioinformaticians in the Philippines. The program is sought after by both undergraduate students and early-career researchers looking to specialize in bioinformatics research and development.
[Webinar] How Nature Generates Chemical Diversity: Harnessing RiPP biosynthesis to Build Peptide Libraries
A PGC webinar on “How Nature Generates Chemical Diversity: Harnessing RiPP biosynthesis to Build Peptide Libraries” presented by Dr. Noel Lacerna.
Taking Flight: UP PGC and PEF Researchers Complete the First Comprehensive Conservation Genomics Study on the Philippine Eagle
The first comprehensive conservation genomics study on the Philippine eagle is providing insights into the diversity of its captive and wild populations, as well as valuable information that can guide future breeding and conservation efforts. Read the study here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-76205-5
PGC attends One Health Genomic Surveillance for HPAI workshop
Pasay City, Philippines | October 5–8, 2026. Through the U.S. Government-funded Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (EpiC) Project – Global Health Security (GHS), a training-workshop entitled “Strengthening One Health Genomic Surveillance for HPAI: Applied Epidemiology, Bioinformatics, and Integrated Data Analysis” was conducted on October 5–8, 2026, at Citadines Bay City Manila, Pasay City, Philippines.
PGC participates in Train the Trainer for Genomics and AI Communities – Asia Workshop
The Philippine Genome Center participated in the Train the Trainer for Genomics and AI Communities – Asia Workshop on September 18-22, 2026, hosted by Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Training and Events and sponsored by Google DeepMind, conducted at Universitas Indonesia, Depok Campus, Jakarta, Indonesia.
[Webinar] Tau isoform imbalance and aggregation are pathological hallmarks of X-linked dystonia-parkinsonism
This webinar is part of a series, hosted by the Biobank Core Facility (BCF), features global and local biobanking experts and practitioners who share their insights, experiences and best practices–particularly in advancing precision medicine and strengthening regional health research infrastructure.
PPMF conducts Multi-Omic Sample Preparation Solution Workshop
The Protein, Proteomics, and Metabolomics Facility with Medical Test Systems co-hosted the Multi-Omics Sample Preparation Solution Workshop on September 17, 2026. The one-day workshop provided the participants with hands-on training in sample preparation for multi-omics analysis. It featured the use of a multi-omics sample extraction platform that can be used to prepare material from a single sample for genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics.
“THE WHOLE ESTERO IS THE HOTSPOT”: UP SCIENTISTS FIND THAT A DANGEROUS LEPTOSPIROSIS BACTERIUM DOESN’T HIDE IN POCKETS OF MANILA’S WATERWAYS, IT BLANKETS THEM
MANILA, PHILIPPINES — Leptospirosis is one of the Philippines’ most persistent and least talked-about health threats: a bacterial disease carried in contaminated water and soil, spiking every year the moment the rains and the floodwaters come. Two new peer-reviewed studies out of the University of the Philippines Diliman and the Philippine Genome Center now show that the picture may be worse than health workers assumed, not because the bacterium is new, but because of where scientists just found it living, and how completely it has settled in.
[Seminar] Rare Disease: Closing the gaps, ending the odyssey
A collaborative discussion on rare disease genomics hosted by PGC, DKSH, and PacBio.
PGC, RITM, DOH-EB, and Doherty Institute host first batch of Fundamentals of Pathogen Genomic Surveillance Workshop
A step toward translating genomic surveillance concepts into actionable health practices, the Philippine Genome Center (PGC), in collaboration with the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), Department of Health Epidemiology Bureau (DOH-EB), and Doherty Institute, University of Melbourne, organized the Fundamentals of Pathogen Genomic Surveillance Workshop last June 22 to 26, 2026, at the ibis Styles Manila Araneta City.