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The members of GFL celebrated this year’s Halloween with interesting dress up and costumes portraying different characters. There were winners for best in costume wherein Ms. Jacqueline Pereda came in first with her interpretation of “Valak” of The Conjuring; Ms. Precious Pattugalan came in second wherein she portrayed “Kampanerang Kuba”; and Ms. Verinna Mangono as third with her “Zombie referee” get up. Given that All Soul’s Day (held on November 1) and All Saint’s Day (held on November 2) are remembering the souls of those we’ve missed, the fun shouldn’t be contained and ourselves shall be fully expressed. On behalf of the members of GFL, we wish that you may have a meaningful Halloween.  First place winner, Valak.
Second place winner, Kampanerang Kuba Third place winner, Zombie referee.
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Participation to the 1st International and 7th Annual Philippine Society for Cell Biology (PSCB)11/2/2016 This year’s theme “Connecting the World Through Cells” of the 1st International and 7th Annual Philippine Society for Cell Biology (PSCB) was highly relevant to the advancement of researchers reached to this year. Last October 21, 2016, speakers from various universities both local and international presented their findings and showcased their researchers to inspire young aspiring scientists to boost their confidence in investing more time to accomplish their researches. The PSCB president, Dr. Enerlea P. Cao gave her opening remarks to welcome the guests and participants. The keynote lecture was delivered by Dr. Ikuo Hirono of the Laboratory of Genome Science, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Japan. Dr. Hirono presented White Spot Syndrome (WSSV) virus homologous genes in Decapoda genome, which, the WSSV, is a mainstream research focus here in the Philippines because of its high impact in the shrimp industry particularly in black tiger shrimp, locally known as “sugpo”. Plenary lectures with a wide scope of interests in Cell Biology were delivered by different experts. Some of these plenary lectures were delivered by the following: Dr. Kaz Shiozaki of the Graduate School of Biological Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan wherein he discussed about the genetic dissection of Target of Rapamycin (TOR) signaling conserved from yeast to humans; Dr. Michael Velarde of the Institute of Biology, University of the Philippines and Buck Institute for Research on Aging, California, USA tackled the mitochondrial dysfunction-associated senescence and the secretory phenotype; Dr. Ma. Luisa Enriquez of the De La Salle University discussed about the nonclonal chromosome abnormalities in hematologic diseases and their role in disease progression. A young scientist’s session was also dedicated to researchers whom are undergoing their Doctor of Philosophy or Post-doctoral Program including: Dr. Wilfred Esfulgar of Osaka University, Japan; Mr. Glenn Oyong of De La Salle University, Philippines; and Mr. Rod Russel Alenton of Tokyo Marine Science and Technology, Japan. Parallel sessions were all carried out on the second day of the conference (October 22, 2016). One of the members of the Genetic Fingerprinting Laboratory, Ms. Jacqueline Marjorie Pereda, presented her masteral’s thesis entitled: Molecular cloning, characterization and expression of serine/threonine protein phosphatase gene from the gills of black tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon. The awarding ceremony was packed with raffles and awarding of best poster wherein Ms. Katreena Sarmiento of GFL got the second place for best poster presentation. Above all, the 1st International and 7th Annual PSCB conference was indeed a success and continues to be a place for exchange of expertise and sharing of knowledge and information to fellow researchers.
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