by The Good News Pilipinas Team | Jan 27, 2022 | Good School
The University of the Philippines Visayas-hosted Philippine Genome Center (PGC) has just received the country’s first set of Next-Generation Sequencers to enable the center for Whole Genome Sequencing to detect SARS-CoV-2 variants in the region. The sequencers...
by The Good News Pilipinas Team | Jun 3, 2021 | Good School
The University of the Philippines Mindanao – Philippine Genome Center (UPMin PGC) is working with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Region XI to set up a Molecular Laboratory for COVID-19 tests in Davao de Oro. The Davao de Oro Provincial Hospital...
by Angie Quadra-Balibay | Nov 23, 2020 | Good Tech
JUST IN: Filipino scientists from the University of the Philippines, Ateneo de Manila University, and the Philippine Rice Research Institute have been honored in the first virtual National Science and Technology Week Science & Technology Awards. The annual awards...
by Atom Pornel | Apr 17, 2020 | Good Deed
Young Filipino celebrity Scarlet Snow Belo is putting her drawings on auction to raise funds for Filipino scientists in the frontline of the fight against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). While parents, celebrity doctors Vicki Belo and Hayden Kho, Jr., are...
by Angie Quadra-Balibay | Jul 8, 2019 | Good School
A University of the Philippines (UP) Institute of Biology-led team is pioneering a method called DNA barcoding that can help protect wildlife from exploitation. The UP Bio team spearheaded by Dr. Ian Kendrich Fontanilla, Adrian Luczon, and the late Dr. Perry Ong had...
