A supercomputer donated by IBM last year for research and development of local scientists has been activated by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).
Philippine Genome Center unveils Bioinformatics facility powered by IBM supercomputer
The Philippine Genome Center (PGC) officially opened on Monday, April 14, its Core Facility for Bioinformatics (CFB) to provide local scientists and researchers a suite of services for genome-scale data generation and analysis.
PGC to open facility for bioinformatics
The Philippine Genome Center (PGC) will launch its Core Facility for Bioinformatics to provide genomics researchers and scientists with resources, hardware and software needed for biotechnology research and development.
Philippine Genome Center opens new DNA sequencing facility to local researchers
The Philippine Genome Center (PGC) DNA Sequencing Core Facility (DSCF) has found a temporary home on the second floor of the National Institute of Molecular Biology in UP Diliman, but is already opening its doors to research projects that will directly impact the nation’s economy.
New DNA facility can keep PH scientists ‘at home’
The series of disease outbreaks the country experienced in 2009 such as the A(H1N1) influenza virus, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and dengue has turned out to have a silver lining as they led to the establishment of a state-of-the art facility devoted to genomics and biotechnology on the University of the Philippines (UP) campus in Diliman, Quezon City.
Forensic DNA technology: A powerful tool for judicial reform
Dr. Maria Corazon A. De Ungria, director for the Program Forensic and Ethnicity of the Philippine Genome Center, published this article in the Star Science column of the Philippine Star on January 25, 2013.
DNA evidence could free the innocent -if it were available
Dr. Maria Corazon de Ungria, director of the Philippine Genome Center’s Forensics and Ethnicity program shared with Ms. Jessica Zafra of InterAksyon.com the significance of DNA tests, and the Innocence Project Philippines.
The use of forensic DNA evidence in effective governance of the local community
Last October 4, in the Star Science column of the Philippine Star, Dr. Maria Corazon de Ungria, director of the Philippine Genome Center’s Forensics and Ethnicity program shared the relevance of DNA tests in ‘crime-scene’ investigations as well as in identifying one’s parentage for custody or child-support cases.
Dr. Padilla receives Concepcion Dadufalza for Distinguished Achievement Award
InterAksyon.com · Monday, September 17, 2012
Dr. Carmencita David-Padilla who introduced new born screening in the country is the latest recipient of the Concepcion Dadufalza for Distinguished Achievement Award.
Brave new world
The Philippine Star editor-in-chief, Ms. Ana Marie Pamintuan through her Sketches column wrote about the Philippine Genome Center, the Biotek-M Dengue Kit and its inventor Dr. Raul Destura.