Researchers from the University of the Philippines Los Baños have recently reported the prevalence of haemosporidians in understorey birds of Mt. Banahaw de Lucban, Quezon. Haemosporidians are protozoan blood parasites belonging to the genera Plasmodium, Haemoproteus, and Leucocytozoon and cause haemosporidiosis avian malaria. The parasites are transmitted from bird to...
MNH joins PhilRice “Colors of Rice” exhibit
The UPLB Museum of Natural History participated in the Philippine Rice Research Institute’s (PHILRICE) rice biodiversity exhibit at the agency’s Rice Museum in Muñoz, Nueva Ecija which opened last 16 July 2015. The Rice Museum’s theme this year is “Colors of Rice” and featured exhibits delving on the wonderful gamut...
Biofuels research co-authored by MNH algae curator wins NAST Outstanding Paper award
A collaborative paper on the design, fabrication and performance evaluation of a photobioreactor for the cultivation of Chlorella vulgaris (Beijerinck) co-authored by MNH curator for algae Dr. Milagrosa M. Goss recently won the NAST Outstanding Paper Award last July 9, 2015 during the National Academy of Science and Technology’s Annual...
Aimee Lynn Barrion-Dupo receives 2015 Outstanding Young Scientist Award
At the young age of 36, Aimee Lynn Barrion-Dupo has probably accomplished more feats than most of her immediate colleagues have done in their entire academic lives. This soft-spoken lady with a medium frame may look ordinary among a throng of people but few now already know that she is...
MNH attends Philippine Red List Committee meeting
A wildlife experts’ team from the UPLB Museum of Natural History attended the Philippine Red List Committee (PRLC) meeting at the Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB) office in Quezon City last 3 July 2015.
Museum presents wildlife carvings to celebrate wood culture
The UPLB Museum of Natural History will display various wood carvings featuring wildlife from different parts of the Philippines as its support to the International Wood Culture Celebration 2015 of the UP Open University this July 8-15, 2015.