DOST GIA Shrimp Project Researchers, Dr. Mudjie and Bdek, together with UST Counterparts, Dr. Mary Beth Maningas and Jennifer Alambra, joined their JSPS Collaborator, Dr. Hidehiro Kondo and PhD student Ms. Aiko Shitara, at the Palm Plaza Hotel to visit several shrimp farms in Iloilo last February 21, 2012. UPV counterparts, Dr. Jane Geduspan and Ms. Mayflor Sibongga, joined the team to see the status of shrimp farms in the Visayan Region after a warm welcome at the Iloilo airport.
Notable farms visited were the UP-Visayas Fish and Shrimp farm located in Iloilo, SEAFDEC Brackishwater Station in Dumangas, Iloilo and the SEAFDEC Main Office in Tigbauan, Iloilo. Several courtesy calls created good relations in the different institutions visited. Their return to Manila in February 22, 2012 marked their visit in GFL where they met the Genetic Fingerprinting Labsters. With this short meeting, a research relationship has been made and future collaborations with NFRDI are projected. Overall, this experience has been rewarding to both NFRDI (Philippines) and TUMSAT (Japan) in terms of Marine Biotechnology research relations.
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Once again, the GFL Research Team highlighted several studies at the 38th Philippine Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (PSBMB), held last December 8-9, 2011 in the Thomas Aquinas Research Center of the University of Santo Tomas, Manila. Participants from all over the Philippines attended the said seminar to socialize and update themselves to the advancement of research in the field of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. Likewise, several international experts such as Dr. Jose, Dr. Luesch, Dr. Okamoto, Dr. Hirono, Dr. Kondo, Dr. Bhass and Dr. Egwolf, came to share important findings and insights in their field of specializations. Mudjekeewis D. Santos Ph.D., Demian Willette Ph.D., Benedict Maralit, Minerva Ventolero and Rey Thomas presented their research posters, Differential Gene Expression of White Spot Virus (WSV)- “Resistant” Tiger Shrimp (Penaeus monodon), Phylogeny of the Goldstripe Sardinella, Sardinella gibbosa, in the Phlippines, Identification of Ludong as Cestraeus oxyrinchus and Cestraeus goldiei using morphometrics and genetics and Refuge of a Temperate Emigrant and Birthplace of an incipient species: Exploring a Mechanism of Speciation by way of a Sardine. Previous 2010 Poster winner in the Food security category, Mudjekeewis Santos and Benedict Maralit, once again bagged the 1st place as they co-authored the poster entitled, "Detection of White Spot Syndrome Virus in Litopenaeus vannamei in Selected sites of the Philippines by Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification." Together with main author, Amalea Dulcene Nicolasora, and colleagues, Dr. Caipang, Dr. Maningas, and Mr. Cordero, they received a cash prize of P 3, 500. |
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