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.
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.
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.
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*STAR’s 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.
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 the 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.
Proteomics in Focus: Leveraging LC-MS Technology for Precision Research and Diagnostics
Through conducting this webinar, PPMF aims to promote and supplement the technological advancements in this field. This event will involve short lectures from three experts about their previous and current research works.
Decoding 1,001 Philippine traditional rice varieties (TRVs)
The joint initiative stands to deliver a huge amount of data from the genome sequences of the 1001 Philippine TRVs. This will be made available to the public via the PH Rice GDB. From strengthening local expertise in crop genomics and bioinformatics, to providing more research opportunities—the program anticipates its potential in increasing and strengthening research output and capacity. The 1001 Rice Genome (1k1RG) Program is a promise to the future of rice in the Philippines as it ultimately aims to benefit farmers through accelerating the improvement and production of rice varieties.
Biobanking validation workshop with the Philippine Cancer Center
The Biobank Core Facility of PGC hosted the two-day “Biobanking Validation Workshop of the Technical Report on the Establishing of PCC’s Molecular and Genomics Research Laboratory, Bobank, and Tumor Bank” on April 1-2, 2025, at the Institute of Biology (IB), University of the Philippines, Diliman. Participants reviewed the summary of the technical report that highlighted […]