Yet another award was given to our very own Doc Mudjie during the 91st Vanguard Convention and 101st UP ROTC Alumni Homecoming in March 16, 2013 at Ang Bahay ng Alumni, University of the Philippines, Diliman Quezon City.
The 2013 UP Vanguard Inc. Achievement Award for Science was awarded by the University of the Philippines Vanguard Incorporated to recognize Doc's effort and success in the promotion of Science in the Philippines.
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The Smithsonian Institution Natural Museum of Natural History (SI-NMNH) Washington D.C., USA conducted their 3rd fish expedition from different fish markets in the country in relation to the on-going project on DNA Barcoding of all commercial fish species in the Philippines in partnership with the NFRDI-Genetic Fingerprinting Laboratory last May to June 2013. The Philippine fish collection team composed of Dr. Jeffrey T. Williams, Dr. Kent E. Carpenter and two research assistants Apollo Marco D. Lizano and Aaron John Macaspac tried their luck to look for different variety of fishes from the Visayan region starting from Cebu, Tacloban, Eastern Samar and IloIlo. A total of 350 newly collected fish species has been added to the list for just a month of surveying the public markets. Yet again, American scientists were riveted from different fish species that they have been consistently collected every time they visited a different location. Dr. Williams said that “It has been our third year and we expected that the rate of collecting new fish species that wasn’t listed on our database will decline, but fortunately due to the rich biodiversity in the Philippines, we were surprised that we found plenty of new species that haven’t been collected from the past two years of doing our expedition. Also, we have collected a few interesting fish species that I haven’t seen in my entire life”. Moreover, Dr. Mudjekeewis D. Santos head of NFRDI-GFL finds a stretch to help and be part of this expedition even just for a few days. In general, the expedition has been again very successful and according to Dr. Williams they will surely return for another trip next year this time targeting the different fish markets from the island of Palawan. The recently published "Molecular Biology Protocols for Aquatic Organisms," which was co-authored by Doc Mudjie, was featured in INFOFISH International magazine Volume 4, 2013. In the Publications in Brief section, the handbook was introduced and described as "a good reference for undergraduate students who are taking up laboratory courses in aquatic biotechnology or molecular biology as well as for graduate students who are conducting experiments in fish or shellfish molecular biology."
The INFOFISH International is a long-lasting bimonthly magazine distributed globally since 1981. A complimentary copy is sent to subscribers of the fortnightly INFOFISH Trade News. As more work of the GFL team is recognized in the Philippines and worldwide, proud labsters continue to put great effort in maintaining science worthy research endeavours. Cheers for Filipinnovation! |
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