UPLB BIOTECH’s entry “Microbial Rennet for Cheese Making” won First Place in the Outstanding Creative Research (Likha Award) category of the 2012 National Invention Contest and Exhibits (NICE). Dr. Susana Mercado, the sole inventor of this technology, took home a glass plaque and a P50,000 cash prize during the awarding ceremonies held last July 14, 2012 at the SMX Convention Center, Pasay City.

In celebration of the Ecology Awareness Week, the Environmental Biology Division of the Institute of Biological Sciences held a seminar on “Earthquake Hazards and Risks in Metro Manila and Nearby Provinces” last July 23, 2012; with no less than Dr. Renato U. Solidum, Jr., Director of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) lecturing.