Dr. Jeshurun Asher Tarun from IRRI, UPLB will be presenting his talk on š¾Engineering Resilience: High-Resolution Mapping of theĀ CRSP2.1Ā Locus Pinpoints a Candidate Gene for Resistance to Narrow Brown Leaf Spot (Cercospora janseana) in Rice (Oryza sativaĀ L.).
PGC hosts PH remote-linked classroom for the Genome Sequence Analysis – Asia
The Philippine Genome Center (PGC) is one of the partner classrooms in Asia during the regional pilot of the course hosted by Wellcome Connecting Science, sponsored by Google DeepMind, and in association with Khon Kaen University in Thailand, A*STARās Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), National University of Singapore (NUS), the Philippine Genome Center (PGC), All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi (AIIMS), and Cancer Research Malaysia.
Bioinformatics Training and Internship Program 2026
Apply Now: BTIP 2026 The Philippine Genome Center (PGC) Core Facility for Bioinformatics is inviting Filipino college students and young professionals in science and engineering for a training and internship program in bioinformatics. This will be held during the mid-year period from June 15 – July 24, 2026, and primarily conducted face-to-face. ā ļøA limited number […]
[Seminar & Workshop] Beyond Short Reads: Exploring PacBio HiFi Sequencing in Human, Clinical, and Microbial Genomics
This seminar-workshop is a collaborative activity between PGC, DKSH, PacBio, UP Institute of Biology (IB), and Quirino Memorial Medical Center (QMMC).
[Webinar] A primer on using transcriptomic methods to learn about the brain
In a co-hosted webinar by PGC and the NIH, Dr. Janssen Kotah will present a lecture on using transcriptomic methods to learn about the brain. Dr. Kotah is neurobiologist and is currently a Balik Scientist Awardee.
PGC at the ASEAN ODC25
New Science, New Culturesāthis was the central theme during the ASEAN Organoid Developer Conference (ODC25) held at Siam Paragon, Bangkok, Thailand, following the well-received Seoul ODC25 in Korea. At the scientific gathering, Philippine Genome Center (PGC) Executive Director Dr. Windell Rivera participated as a resource speaker who represented and introduced PGC to ASEAN participants involved […]
[Webinar] Global Biobanking Trends and their Public Health Impact
The Biobank Core Facility is hosting a webinar on January 26, 2026, featuring Dr. Cheong Io Hong from the Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Public Health.
Ensembl workshops at PGC
The Core Facility for Bioinformatics (CFB) co-hosted a two-part workshop with the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) on December 4 and 5, 2025.
Ensembl Workshops: Genome Browser + Train the Trainers
CFB is co-hosting a two-part workshop with theĀ European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) on December 4 and 5, 2025. The first day is the Ensembl Genome Browser Workshop, aimed at wet-lab scientists and bioinformaticians who are new to using Ensembl or have not yet discovered the power and depth of this resource. For the second day, the Ensembl Train the Trainer Workshop will provide the participants the general principles of training, along with the specifics of how Ensembl prepare their training courses.
16S Metagenomics training hosted by DSCF
The DNA Sequencing Core Facility (DSCF) conducted a 16S Metagenomics training on October 7-9, 2025.