Thousands of cases of multi-drug resistant Mycobacteria tuberculosis (MTB) have been observed in the Philippines but studies on the genotypes that underlie the observed drug resistance profiles have been lacking. This study aimed to analyse whole genomes of clinical isolates of MTB representing varying resistance profiles to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in resistance-associated genes.
Genomics Junior Camp 2018
Calling all Grade 11 students from all campuses of the Philippine Science High School System to join PGC’s first Genomics Junior Camp! Visit our website for more information.
Development of a functional screen for bacterial gene clusters involved in the biosynthesis of fungicides
The Marine Science Institute with NIMBB and PGC is hosting a talk on August 3, Friday, by Dr. Albert Flavier a Balik Scientist from the University of Houston.
Establishment and Management of BRCs/Biobanks: A Case of KNRRC
From establishing to sustaining a biobank, Dr. Kyungsook Ahn, education and research head of Korea National Research Resource Center (KNRRC) will share their journey, learnings and conquests, in establishing KNRRC ten (10) years ago.
Benedict A. Maralit, PHD
DNA Sequencing Program Director Assistant Professor 6, Philippine Genome Center, University of the Philippines System Areas of Current Research: shrimp, invertebrate immunology, genomics, transcriptomics, next-generation sequencing
Medical Records in the Genomic Era
Dr. de Castro has a PhD in Biochemistry and Genetics (University of Texas Medical Branch), but also trained in the Neurosciences (California Institute of Technology, The Burnham Institute). His current work and interests lie in Cancer Immunology (3R Biosystems), and an advocacy for equitable access to health technologies (UnEMR). He is a Biomedical Informatics consultant of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and a Balik Scientist under a joint research informatics project between UP Manila and UPLB. He has an B.S. MBB degree from UP Diliman.
Making resistance futile
In an article from the UP MPRO, PGC Program Director for Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Forestry Dr. Ma. Anita M. Bautista is featured as a transcriptomics expert at the UP NIMBB and PGC.
Call for applications: 2018 Internship Program in Bioinformatics
The Philippine Genome Center (PGC) is inviting college students in science and engineering for an internship program in bioinformatics.
6 Filipino female scientists who are improving the way we live
In an article from CNN Philippines Life, PGC Executive Director Dr. Cynthia P. Saloma is featured among six other Filipino female scientists.
PGC researchers attend annual Human Genetics Meeting
Mr. Garrido and Ms. Alcantara shared the preliminary findings of the two Philippine Genome Center’s projects, “Mutational analysis of KRAS, NRAS, PIK3CA, BRAF, and PTEN genes in Filipino Colorectal Cancer Patients,” and “Detection and Functionalization of KRAS, NRAS, PIK3CA, BRAF, and PTEN Gene Mutations in Filipino Colorectal Cancer Patients,” through poster presentations.