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PAASE Video Primer





PAASE Webinars



Climate Change: Risks, Mitigations, and Adaptation

21 January 2022
8:00-9:30AM (Philippine Standard Time)

Featured Speakers:
Joey Comiso, PhD
Joost Santos, PhD
Raymond Tan, PhD



Register at:

bit.ly/PAASE_Jan21



Felino P. Lansigan, PhD is the new PAASE BOD Chair



PAASE extends its heartfelt congratulations to Dr. Felino "Ino" P. Lasigan for being elected as the new chairperson of the PAASE Board of Directors.



PAASE mourns the passing of Dr. Maria Victoria Z. Carpio-Bernido



Dr. Ma. Victoria Z. Carpio-Bernido (1961-2022)

Gone with God.
Mission accomplished and more!

Educator. Theoretical Physicist. Author.

Central Visayan Institute Foundation-Dynamic Learning Program.
International Center for Theoretical Physics.
2010 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee with her husband Chris.
2009 Gawad Haydee Yorac Awardee.



Novena Masses:

06 - 14 January 2022, 8PM Philippine Standard Time

Zoom Meeting ID: 838 2333 3224

Passcode: AMDG

Youtube Livestream URL: www.youtube.com/user/vigilefab


Interment:

13 January 2022

Jagna Cemetery, Tejero, Jagna, Bohol



PAASE-ECSAAK-NKUST-KMU-NCHU-YUNTECH MOU SIGNING CEREMONY



Zoom Recording


19 November 2021

8AM Philippine Standard Time





Memorandum of Understanding Between
CMU, DOST, Bukidnon, and PAASE



Preserving Mt. Pantaraon Range's Highland Paradise:
Sustainable Extension Strategies by CMU/DOST Research
for Indigenous Farmers of San Fernando, Bukidnon





2021 PAASE Thanksgiving-Christmas Celebration



PAASE Special Testimonial Recognizing the Significant Contributions of former
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to S&T Development in the Country





PAASE Presidential Citation for
Distinguished National Leadership and Service
in S&T Development in the Philippines



is conferred on



Hon. Fortunato T. de la Peña, Ph.D.

Secretary, Department of Science and Technology


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Inspired by a Teacher



A Tribute to Dr. Avelina Teston Llagas





Please join us in the virtual program INSPIRED BY A TEACHER: A Tribute to Dr. Avelina Teston Llagas (1930 – 2021). Dr. Llagas was a former Director, Bureau of Secondary Education of the Department of Education.


PAASE is sponsoring this tribute cum fundraiser in support of PAASE projects. Please see the attached poster. Donations to PAASE Projects in honor of Dr. Llagas may be sent via Paypal at http://paypal.me/PAASE2020 or through VENMO by scanning the QR code found in the poster.


Monday, Nov 22, 2021, 07:00 PM Eastern Standard Time

Tuesday, Nov 23, 2021 8:00 AM Philippine Time


Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81537243797


Meeting ID: 815 3724 3797


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PAASE thanks Dr. Villalobos and Dr. Culaba
for their generous donations!





PAASE extends its sincerest gratitude to Dr. Anabelle P. Villalobos and Dr. Alvin D. Culaba for their generous donations to the organization.



PAASE congratulates Dr. Doralyn Dalisay and Dr. Jonel Saludes of the University of San Agustin for publishing an article in Scientific Reports by Nature Research





ABSTRACT


The marine ecosystem has become the hotspot for finding antibiotic-producing actinomycetes across the globe. Although marine-derived actinomycetes display strain-level genomic and chemodiversity, it is unclear whether functional traits, i.e., antibiotic activity, vary in near-identical Streptomyces species. Here, we report culture-dependent isolation, antibiotic activity, phylogeny, biodiversity, abundance, and distribution of Streptomyces isolated from marine sediments across the west-central Philippines. Out of 2212 marine sediment-derived actinomycete strains isolated from 11 geographical sites, 92 strains exhibited antibacterial activities against multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Escherichia coli. The 16S rRNA and rpoB gene sequence analyses confirmed that antibiotic-producing strains belong to the genus Streptomyces, highlighting Streptomyces parvulus as the most dominant species and three possible new species. Antibiotic-producing Streptomyces strains were highly diverse in Southern Antique, and species diversity increase with marine sediment depth. Multiple strains with near-identical 16S rRNA and rpoB gene sequences displayed varying strength of antibiotic activities. The genotyping of PKS and NRPS genes revealed that closely related antibiotic-producing strains have similar BGC domains supported by their close phylogenetic proximity. These findings collectively suggest Streptomyces' intraspecies adaptive characteristics in distinct ecological niches that resulted in outcompeting other bacteria through differential antibiotic production.


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PAASE congratulates Dr. Cecilia Reyes for having been selected as the 2021 cohort of women leaders to be featured on Southeast Asia Women





"Cecilia P. Reyes is an entomologist with extensive experience in teaching, research, extension, project coordination, and senior management with a demonstrated history of working in both government and non-government organizations for over twenty-five years. She relentlessly pushed the frontiers of scientific knowledge, expanded interdisciplinary collaborations, mentored junior researchers and students in public and private universities, and published research outputs.


Cecilia has published scientific papers in both international and national journals, and her research contributions that enriched the scientific knowledge include discoveries of 9 genera and 42 species of insects. She also pioneered the use of copepods as biological control agents of dengue mosquitoes in the Philippines. She is a member of professional and socio-civic organizations and recipient of prestigious national and international awards. She has lived and worked for an extended period in the National Capital Region, Regions 2, 3, and 12 in the Philippines, India, Canada, and the United States of America."


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Filipino scientists led by PAASE member Benjie Vallejo is now part of the international ESCaPE research program on the evaluation of COVID-19 science advice for the government





The program has support from the US National Science Foundation and is headed by Prof Roger Pielke Jr of University of Colorado at Boulder. Prof Pielke Jr is one of the world's leading scholars in environmental science policy. EsCAPE is also part of the policy research network of the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA) The Philippines team is supported by pro bono efforts of our Science, Technology and Society, (STS) scientists.


Dr Benjamin M Vallejo Jr of the UPD College of Science is the National Team Leader. The Philippines team has the following members at present, Asst Prof Ranjit Rye of UPD CSSP, and Dr Rodrigo Angelo C Ong, Professorial Lecturer at UPD Science and Society Program. There are 17 national science teams in the program. EsCAPE recognizes the excellent work done by Filipino scientists especially by OCTA Research on COVID-19.


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PAASE Fireside chats



Episode 43: Celebratory Testimonial for DTI Secretary-Designate Alfredo E. Pascual
and NEDA Secretary-Designate Arsenio M. Baliscan





Monday, 27 June 2022 at 8:00 PM PST


Special Guests:

Alfredo E. Pascual

Secretary-Designate

Department of Trade and Industry


Arsenio M. Balisacan

Secretary-Designate

National Economic and Development Authority


Speakers:

Mariano R. Sto. Domingo, PhD

Felino P. Lansigan, PhD

Rigoberto Advincula, PhD

Joel Cuello, PhD

Carlito B. Lebrilla, PhD

Ernesto M. Pernia, PhD

Alvin B. Culaba, PhD

Gonzalo 'Al' Serafica, PhD


Moderators:

Gisela P. Concepcion, PhD

Gladys J. Cumpleto, PhD


Zoom Meeting URL:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88027819703


Zoom Meeting ID: 880 2781 9703


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PAASE Webinars



The Implications of City, State, and Business Climate Leadership in the United States



28 January 2022

8:00-9:00 AM (Philippine Standard Time)


Register at:

bit.ly/PAASE_Jan28


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