Officials of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and its sectoral councils for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD) and for Industry, Energy, and Emerging Technology Research and Development (PCIEERD) visited projects and facilities that they have funded in UPLB on Oct. 20.
The UPLB Museum of Natural History (MNH) marked its 45th founding anniversary on September 30 with a special webinar series and launching of digital projects, in line with their theme “Museums in the New Normal: Their Role in Education, Research, and Extension”.
After the university-wide consultative meeting for the UPLB Research Agenda was held on July 21, a similar activity was virtually held on Sept. 29, this time to consult UPLB personnel numbering 160 on the proposed extension agenda or the framework for developing and implementing extension programs and services.
A Halal Science and Technology (S&T) Knowledge Center for Southeast Asia in the Philippines will soon be established as a virtual center at UPLB with support from the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA). This will be hosted by the UPLB School of Environmental Science and Management (SESAM).
Being the third largest island in the Philippines and dominated by lowland evergreen rainforests and limestone forests, it is no wonder that Samar Island is one of the outstanding centers of plant diversity in the country.
To cap off the National Disaster Resilience Month, the UPLB Museum of Natural History (MNH) gathered experts from various organizations, government agencies, and the academe for a day-long webinar on future-proofing museums.
With several documents being processed in a day at UPLB, losing track of one paper is bound to happen. To address this and provide employees a more convenient way to keep track of office documents, UPLB rolled out the Document Tracking System (DocTrax).
More than 250 UPLB staff members from various units and disciplines participated in the first consultative meeting held on 21 July to formulate the university's new research agenda.
Following the U.P. Board of Regents’ approval of the UPLB Program for Zoonotic Diseases, the members of the research program have mapped out their activities for the next three years and identified projects for possible funding during their online strategic planning workshop last 22-23 June 2021.
UPLB's proposal to create the UPLB Program for Zoonotic Diseases is now approved by the Board of Regents (BOR) -- the highest governing body in the U.P. System.
The University of the Philippines Los Baños Museum of Natural History (MNH) welcomes Dr. Marian P. De Leon, University Researcher II and Curator for Microbial Culture Collection, as its 12th director.
The first phase of the Zoological and Wildlife Specimens (ZWS) Image Bank is now completed with a total entry of 109 representative species of Philippine frogs, lizards, and snakes, the UPLB Museum of Natural History (MNH) announced last 14 January 2021.
