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  • Save the date! THE 39TH PSBMB ANNUAL CONVENTION will be held on November 29-30, 2011 (Thursday-Friday), with an Ecotour on Saturday, December 1, 2012. The convention venue will be Fort Ilocandia Resort in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte.
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6th Congress of the Asia Oceania Human Proteome Organization, May 5-7, 2012, Beijing, China

Abstract submission deadline: 25 February 2012

Pre-registration deadline; 25 February 2012

The Congress is supporting the Young Scientist Travel Award for graduate students and recent graduates.

For more information, download the PDF flier <HUPO_2012_AOHUPO_6th_Congress_Beijing.pdf> and visit the conference website at <http://www.aohupo2012.cn>.

The 38th PSBMB Annual Convention was held on December 8-9, 2011 at the Thomas Aquinas Research Center of the University of Santo Tomas. 

NEW:  PSBMB 2011 Newsletter in PDF <PSBMB_newsletter_2011.pdf>


CONVENTION THEME: “Exploring the Molecules of LIFE: Applications to Health, Food Security and Biodiversity". 

 

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:

ALFREDO E. PASCUAL, MBA

President, University of the Philippines

“Keynote Address”

 

 PEDRO A. JOSE, M.D., Ph.D.

George Washington University, USA

“Prayer may make you thin - you also need dopamine”

 

 HENDRIK LUESCH, Ph.D.

University of Florida, USA

 “Exploring the Molecules of Marine Life for Drug Discovery”.

 

 TAKASHI OKAMOTO, M.D., Ph.D.
Graduate School of Medical Sciences and Medical School, Nagoya City University, Japan

“Development of a novel anti-HIV compound against virus specific Tat transcriptional”

 

 IKUO HIRONO, Ph.D.

Tokyo University of Marine Science & Technology, Japan

“Recent advances in shrimp immunology and genome science”

 

 HIDEHIRO KONDO, Ph.D.

Tokyo University of Marine Science & Technology, Japan

“Application of high-throughput sequencing and microarray analyses  on fish immunology”

 

 SUBHA BHASS, Ph.D.

University of Malaya, Malaysia

“Macrobrachium resenbergii – a candidate species for aquaculture: genetics and genomics approach I its improvement  strategies”

 

BERNHARD EGWOLF, Dr. rer. nat.

University of Santo Tomas, Philippines

“Ion Selectivity of the K CSA Potassium channel”


EXTENDED DEADLINE!

Please take note that the deadline of submission for abstracts for paper presentations and YSF Forum is extended until 10 November 2011.  
Please submit your abstracts of not more than 300 words to 
psbmb2011papers@yahoo.com (for posters) or psbmb2011ysf@yahoo.com (for 
YSF). 
 
For registration inquiries please email: psbmb2011secretariat@yahoo.com

 

 

 

 

Membership Info

To apply for membership, please follow the directions on the membership application form. More information is on the membership page. The best way to apply is to attend one of our activities, such as the Annual Conventions or the RevUps, and if you like what we do, come and join us!

 

Announcements and Links
  • Maoi Arroyo's blog "The Upstream Promoter" at "The Upstream Promoter" (http://psbmb.tumblr.com/). It covers "The latest science news in the Philippines and abroad, source of productivity tips and teaching aids, and musings about biochemistry and molecular biology."  -2008.03.04

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  • The new PSBMB Board of Directors for January 2010-December 2011 (officers of the PSBMB)

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  • Roster of awardees of the PSBMB over the years

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  • December 2011 newsletter in PDF format
  • December 2010 newsletter in PDF format
  • December 2009 newsletter in PDF format
  • December 2007 newsletter in PDF format
  • December 2006 newsletter in PDF format.
  • December 2005 newsletter in PDF format.
  • December 2004 newsletter in PDF format.

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    RECENT NEWS

     

    The 12th RevUp Workshop was held on August 5-6, 2011 at the University of St. La Salle, Bacolod City. Watch out for further announcements!





    The 37th PSBMB Annual Convention was held on December 2-3, 2010 at the Century Park Manila. Our host was the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the College of Medicine of University of the Philippines-Manila. Download the brochure for more information:PSBMBFlyer2010CONVENTION.pdf

     

    The convention website is at:

    https://sites.google.com/a/post.upm.edu.ph/dbmb.

     

    Winners and finalists of the 2010 Young Scientists Forum sponsored by Roche:

    1. Cangas KM et al. Optimization of a PCR-based method to detect the single nucleotide polymorphism of the P2Y12 receptor gene associated with Clopidogrel resistance. NIMBB, University of the Philippines-Diliman.
    2. Tiburcio PDB et al. Generation of recombinant protein expression plasmids for biophysical analysisof integrin alpha2beta1 dimerization and function. NIMBB, University of the Philippine-Diliman.
    3. Hermoso AC et al. Single nucleotide polymorphism of activation-induced cytidine deaminase 7888C/T as genetic marker for house dust mite allergy in a Philippine population. Department of Biology, University of Santo Tomas.
    • Parmar MKE et al. Utility of molecular data (cpDNA) in resolving species complexity: An example in the Philippine endemic Gardenia merrillii Elmer (Rubiaceae). College of Science, University of Santo Tomas.
    • Roque VLA et al. Utility of lipL32 and gyrB genes in detection and identification of Leptospira spp. in captured rats in Marikina City. University of the Philippines-Manila.

    Winners of the Poster Competition
    • Agri-Fisheries: Maralit BA, Ventolero MF, and MD Santos. P2010-AG04. Morphological and molecular identification of rare and endemic fish species: The case of "pigek" and "bulidao." Marine FIsheries Research Division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute and Ateneo de Manila University.
    • Applied Medical and Diagnostics:Guevarra LA Jr., Evangelista KV, Yu GFB, Destura RV, Ramirez BL, Lea