11 Basic Researches get UPLB nod, to start in 2010
Thursday, 18 February 2010 18:12
Ruth M. Almario and Rose Gabatin
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The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Extension at UPLB has approved the implementation of 11 new basic research projects for 2010. This grant is given annually, endowing a special fund facilitating the jump-start of basic researches proposed by new and young researchers and faculty members. These studies are expected to open new research ideas of which results may generate potential benefits to the general public.
The 11 recipients are among the 34 applicants who applied for the grant. The successful proponents will be nurtured and guided through-out the implementation of their respective projects.
Approved fields of study were well distributed among disciplines, four were from the agriculture and biological sciences, three from statistics, mathematical and engineering sciences and four from the fields of human and social development and communication.
Across colleges, thirty-six percent (36%) came from the College of Arts and Sciences, twenty percent (20%) each from the Colleges of Agriculture and Development Communication and the rest came from the College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology, College of Human Ecology and BIOTECH.
Majority of the approved studies had their goals toward addressing the current concerns of our society from food product innovation, biotechnology, increasing agricultural productivity, waste treatment, weather forecasting techniques, to policy and social awareness.
UPLB opens its doors to biotech companies
Monday, 15 February 2010 18:28
Caroline Ann S. Diezmo and Sophia Anne R. Martinez
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Operate at the heart of research.
UP Los Baños opens its 155-hectare Science and Technology Park (S&T Park) to the business sector in the second Laguna Business and Investment Exposition (LBIX). LBIX 2010 will be held from March 4 to 5 at Enchanted Kingdom in Sta. Rosa City.
On March 4, Mr. Elias Abao Jr., a development management officer from the Center for Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship (CTTE) will be discussing the operations and management of the UPLB S&T Park including the rates and requirements.
The S&T Park is being managed by the Center for Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship (CTTE) together with Intellectual Property Office (IPO) and APEC Center for Technology Exchange and Training for Small and Medium Enterprise (ACTETSME).
Currently, four companies are operating in the UPLB S&T Park, namely: Pioneer Hi-bred, O’Mark Enterprises, PhilHybrid Inc., and BioSpark Corporation.
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UPLB extends its research projects to the business sector
Monday, 15 February 2010 18:27
obelle Lyka R. Magno and Josa Marie L. Salazar
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UP Los Baños will be showcasing its technologies to the business sector on March 4 during the second Laguna Business and Investment Exposition (LBIX) as part of the its Technology Commercialization Program (TCP). LBIX 2010 will be held from March 4 to 5 at the Enchanted Kingdom in Sta. Rosa City.
According to UPLB Vice-Chancellor for Research and Extension Enrico P. Supangco, the discussion and showcase seek to orient potential investors and other business players about the procedures, documents, and criteria needed for a firm or an institution to commercialize the university’s research products on agriculture, biotechnology, new engineering, and climate change.
Vice Chancellor Supangco explained that, “the bottom line there is for the technologies developed by the university to reach the intended client, and to generate some income for the university’s further researches which are beneficial for students.”
Mr. Elias Abao Jr., a development management officer of the OVCRE Intellectual Property and Property Commercialization Section, will be discussing the possible terms of references for partnership. Mr. Abao explained that through the technology Commercialization program, UPLB is transferring its products and services, like seeds given to farmers, as part of the University’s public service.
UPLB study opportunities to be presented at LBIX 2010
Monday, 15 February 2010 18:26
Mark Vincent P. Aranas and Judith Clarisse B. Punzalan
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The UPLB Office of the Vice Chancellor for Instruction (OVCI) will be presenting the study opportunities in UPLB for the current and future members of the business sector on March 4 during the second Laguna Business and Investment Exposition (LBIX). LBIX 2010 will be held from March 4 to 5 at the Enchanted Kingdom in Sta. Rosa, Laguna.
“As a state university in Laguna, we have the responsibility to reach out to the business sector as our future collaborators and user of technology to help the community,” explained Vice Chancellor for Instruction Rita P. Laude.
Dr. Laude further explained that the UP Los Baños (UPLB) community is expected to help the community by lending its future collaborators the technology and information in producing such outputs.
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MCME to talk about green tourism for Mt. Makiling
Monday, 15 February 2010 18:24
Christian Benedict T. Bueno and Maverick B. Gammad
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The UP Los Baños Makiling Center for Mountain Ecosystems (MCME) will be conducting a forum on Mt. Makiling’s ecotourism potentials on March 4 during the second Laguna Business and Investment Exposition (LBIX). LBIX 2010 will be held at Enchanted Kingdom in Sta. Rosa, Laguna from March 4 to 5.
MCME Deputy Director Roberto P. Cereno will be discussing why Mt. Makiling has been declared as one of the country’s key ecotourism sites and how tourism investors and business entities can participate in the development of ecotourism sites and products under long term lease or joint venture agreement with the University. According to Cereno, Mt. Makiling’s ecotourism will put premium on the mountain’s primary function as a conservation reserve for science and education in accordance with Republic Act 6967, the law that placed Mt Makiling Forest Reserve under the jurisdiction and administration of UP Los Baños.
LBIX 2010 is a two-day event that will showcase the province’s business potential through the scientific and economic developments it has achieved towards agro-industrialization. The Provincial Government of Laguna, City Government of Sta. Rosa, the Department of Trade and Industry – Laguna, the Cooperative Development Authority, and the Laguna Tourism Council organized the exposition.
UPLB SESAM to tackle climate change effects on the business sector
Monday, 15 February 2010 18:23
Pamela Ann L. Masajo, Ana Catalina S. Paje, and Marie Joy L. Zuraek
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Climate change is the concern of all – especially the business sector.
Dr. Maria Victoria O. Espaldon, dean of UP Los Baños School of Environmental Science and Management (SESAM), will be discussing the effects of climate change in the business sector on March 4 during the second Laguna Business and Investment Expo (LBIX). LBIX 2010 will be held at Enchanted Kingdom in Sta. Rosa, Laguna.
The forum on climate change aims to accomplish three things:
- to increase the business sector’s awareness on how climate change affects their industries
- to present climate change mitigation and adaptive measures; and
- to tie up with funding agencies, government units, and researchers from various colleges and universities to strengthen the implementation of existing programs on climate change mitigation and adaptation.
With the forum, UPLB SESAM aims to help the business sector reduce, if not completely avoid, the losses brought about by the effects of climate change.
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