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According to the Global Cancer Observatory by the World Health Organization International Agency for Research on Cancer, breast cancer was the most common cancer in the Philippines in 2022. It also claimed close to 12,000 lives in the Philippines that year, making it the countryÂ鶹ÊÓƵ second leading cause of cancer-related deaths after lung cancer. On […]

A research team from UP Diliman (UPD) found microorganisms in Mabini, Batangas whose genes have potential medical and biotechnological applications. Joshua T. Veluz, Paul Christian T. Gloria, Laurence Anthony N. Mallari, Ann Elizabeth R. Enova, and Maria Auxilia T. Siringan from the Natural Sciences Research Institute and the Marine Science Institute of the UPD College […]

All 50 examinees from UP Diliman (UPD) passed the November 2024 Geologist Licensure Examinations (GLE), giving the University a 100% passing rate and making it the lone top-performing school for this round of examinations. Leandro Ceasar A. Cediño, the first summa cum laude graduate of the UPD National Institute of Geological Sciences (NIGS), topped the […]

At the book talk and signing event of Mighty Flower: How Cannabis Saved My Son that the University Hotel and UP Press jointly organized, author Annabelle Manalo-Morgan emphasized that she advocates for research on medicinal cannabis. Manalo-Morgan is a cell and developmental biologist. She is on the board of directors and the lead scientific officer […]

Two UP Diliman (UPD) College of Science (CS) professors and an academic unit from the UPD College of Engineering (COE) were this yearÂ鶹ÊÓƵ recipients of the Department of Science and Technology-National Research Council of the Philippines (DOST-NRCP) awards. Reynaldo L. Garcia, PhD of the National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (NIMBB) and Cristine D. […]

The UP Diliman (UPD) Marine Science Institute (MSI) recently honored National Scientist Edgardo D. Gomez, its founder and the instituteÂ鶹ÊÓƵ prime driving force, by renaming its building as the Edgardo D. Gomez Hall (Gomez Hall) at the celebration of its 50th founding anniversary. Three UPD chancellors gave messages on the day the MSI paid tribute […]

UP Diliman (UPD) bids goodbye to five of its faculty members, three of whom passed away on the same day.

Rene Abesamis, PhD of the UP Diliman Marine Science Institute (MSI) has been recently conferred with the 2024 Pew Fellows Program in Marine Conservation Award by the Pew Charitable Trusts. Abesamis is currently working on climate-resilient coral reefs in two marine protected areas at the South Negros Marine Key Biodiversity Area. According to the Pew […]

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Marine Science Institute (MSI) of the UP Diliman College of Science, the institute held a lecture series featuring its faculty members, beginning with Fernando P. Siringan, PhD, on Sept. 18 at the MSI Seminar Room. Siringan said the lecture series of the MSI will help the public […]