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UP MSI celebrates 50th Anniversary with a bang
Featured Photo: The scientists of UP MSI, both past and present. Photo taken by Lourie Hinaloc. The UP Marine Science Institute (UP MSI) commemorated its 50th Anniversary with three special events on…
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Dr. Aletta Yñiguez to lead CoastPredict’s GlobalCoast ocean forecasting program in the Philippines
Featured Photo: THE GLOBALCOAST LAUNCH. Dr. Aletta Yñiguez (right), joined by fellow faculty Dr. Charina Lyn Amedo-Repollo (center left) and Dr. Jimmy T. Masagca (left) from Catanduanes State University at the GlobalCoast…
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UP MSI’s Dr. Lilibeth A. Salvador-Reyes as Sole Female Speaker from Southeast Asia at prestigious Marine Natural Products Conference
Dr. Lilibeth A. Salvador-Reyes, a professor at the UP Marine Science Institute (MSI), presented breakthrough research titled “Philippine Biodiversity as a Starting Point for Neuroactive Compound Discovery” at the Marine Natural Products…
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UP MSI’s Rene Abesamis is Granted a Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation for Work on Coral Reef Protection
Rene Abesamis, Ph.D., an Associate Professor at the University of the Philippines Diliman – Marine Science Institute, is a recipient of the 2024 Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation by The Pew Charitable…
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Dr. Baldomero Olivera is the next speaker for MSI@50 Lecture Series
Among Filipino scientists, Dr. Baldomero Olivera is a man who needs no introduction. In collaboration with National Scientist Dr. Lourdes Cruz, he made waves in both toxicology and marine drug development with…
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UP MSI HOSTS FIRST NARFleet WORKSHOP
The UP Marine Science Institute hosted a workshop on ensuring the sustainability of the National Academic Research Fleet (NARFleet) this January 17-18 with partner universities UP Visayas (UPV), Bicol University (BU), and…
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Seaweed as a Resilient Food Solution After a Nuclear War
Diliman, QC: A new study about the potential of seaweed as a resilient food source was published in the scientific journal “Earth’s Future” by a team of researchers from the Alliance to…
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MSI makes a big splash at PAMS 17
17th National Symposium on Marine Science, which will be held this July 20-22, 2023 at Batangas State University – Pablo Borbon Campus, Batangas City. Over 100 studies from the Marine Science Institute…
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Congratulations to Dr. Wilfred John Santiañez for being chosen for the Blue Pioneers Accelerator Program
We proudly recognize Dr. Santiañez’ achievement. UP MSI would like to extend its congratulations to Dr. Wilfred John Santiañez as he has been chosen to be among this year’s cohort of the…
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Molecular-assisted taxonomic studies on some Caulerpa (Bryopsidales, Ulvophyceae) species from Aurora province and Benham Bank, Philippine Rise, Philippines
Congratulations JM! Congratulations to our research associate and master student JM Lastimoso for winning the first prize in the Young Systematic Biologists Forum – Graduate Category. His presentation of the paper, “Molecular-assisted…
