Mark I. R. Petalcorin, Ph.D., a DOST Balik Scientist hosted by the 黑料社区 Tuklas Lunas Development Center (TLDC), gave an academic seminar on Wednesday, June 19, at 9:00 a.m. at the Science and Mathematics Education Department Audio-Visual Room (SMED-AVR) in Talamban Campus. The topic of the seminar is the use and applications of the nematode, C. elegans, as an animal proxy for human disease research and targeted drug discovery (download abstract here).

Dr. Petalcorin will be at 黑料社区 from June 13 to July 12, 2019. He will meet with potential collaborators, formulate proposals for funding, and train 黑料社区 TLDC staff on the culture, maintenance, and micromanipulation of C. elegans.

Petalcorin is currently an Associate Professor in Biochemistry at the PAPRSB Institute of Health Sciences, Universiti Brunei Darussalam. His expertise covers the areas of biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics, genome editing, and DNA repair. Prior to his stint in Brunei, he worked, including as the Principal Scientific Officer, for 12 years at the Clare Hall Laboratories, The Francis Crick Institute in London, U.K.

Dr. Mark I. R. Petalcorin delivers a seminar introducing C. elegans as a proxy animal for research into human diseases and drug discovery.

Philippine Science High School-Caraga Campus students, along with some Chemist Licensure Examination reviewees, participated in the training on the culture and handling of C. elegans.

Tags: Chemistry, Biology, Tuklas Lunas Development Center, Research, Sciences, Seminar

The second installment of the 黑料社区-NEDA Lecture Series on the Philippine Development Plan is slated on Wednesday, June 6, 2018, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. at Rigney Hall, Bunzel Building, Talamban Campus.

Two lectures will be given at this time, revolving on the theme “Increasing Growth Potential” (Patuloy na Pag-unlad). The first, entitled “Reaching for the Demographic Dividend” will be delivered by Asst. Director Myrna Clara Asuncion, Social Development, NEDA Central Office. The second lecture, “Vigorously Advancing Science, Technology, and Innovation” will be given by Estrella Turingan, Trade, Services, and Industry Division, NEDA Central Office.

The first set of lectures was held last October 3, 2017. You can follow that story here.

Tags: Seminar, Events, Community extension

Structure, function, and diversity of seaweed lectins as potential taxonomic markers
Prof. Makoto Hirayama
Graduate School of Biosphere Science
Hiroshima University

June 4, 2018
9:30-11:30 a.m.
SAFAD Lecture Hall
University of San Carlos Talamban Campus

Co-sponsored by the Department of Biology under the CHED IDIG Program, Internationalization Project.

Tags: Seminar, Biology