Dr. Romel U. Briones, Director for Research and VIP CORALS Staff, speaks about mangrove conservation to students from Malabrigo Elementary School at the EcoCamp by the Sea organized by SEA-VIP held at the Mangrove Forest, Lobo.
In collaboration with the BS Biology program, VIP CORALS extends their help to 12 senior high schools offering STEM who participated in the workshop entitled “STEM-2-STEM v2.0: Support and training for enhancement of mentoring (STEM) to STEM Academic strand in the k-12 curriculum for biotechnology.” This workshop involves the use of classroom-ready kits developed by Biotechnology in a Box (BTBox) and a lecture on the basic concept of Molecular Biology methods.
The workshop was held last November 23, 2018 at the Biology Laboratory-2 (under the VIP CORALS), 2nd floor, CIRTC Building.
Extension activity was conducted by the BS Biology Program of the College of Arts and Sciences, BatStateU in collaboration with VIP CORALS on the Lobo Coastal Cleanup and Mangrove Planting organized by BS Biology Program Chair, Ms. Amor P. Magtibay and the Designated tourism Officer of the Municipality of Lobo, Ms. Rowena Anyayahan.
Dr. Jayvee Saco (VIP CORALS Center Head), Dr. Romel U. Briones (Director for Research) and Ms. Najeen Rula meets with Dr. Meg Burke, Dr. Terrence Gosliner of the California Academy of Sciences, Dr. Wilfredo Licuanan of DLSU SHORE Center and Mr. Joal Ascalon, Executive Director of SEA-VIP to discuss future collaborations regarding the Verde Island Passage.
Our center’s team keeps getting bigger! VIP CORALS proudly welcomes and presents our first batch of On-The-Job Trainees 2019. These students are in their last semester of their final year for BS Biology, BatStateU. During their internship, the students will be called as RAs – Research Assistants whose tasks will be to help in the center’s research projects. Each RA will be assigned to different areas and ecosystems under the VIP.
From left to right: Alecs Persia, Danica Velasco, Symon Binay, Donalyn Gamier, Auen Egar, Leah Sanchez, Alvin Tabuga and Matthew Arcega.