The collaboratory is a four-part webinar series featuring Thomasian experts. Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs Cheryl R. Peralta, DrPH provided the overview of Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education on August 12, 2024, while Educational Technology Center Acting Director April Joy M. Gascon, MAN, RN spoke about Innovating Teaching and Learning with AI.

On August 28, 2024, College of Education Assistant Dean Louie B. Dasas, PhD will discuss (Re)Designing Learning Assessments with AI in Mind, while Institute of Religion academic researcher Leo-Martin Angelo R. Ocampo, MA will close the series with the talk 鈥淪trengthening Humanity and Human Agency in the Era of Artificial Intelligence,鈥� in a big to refocus the discourse on the role of humans in the use of technology.

Interested participants may register here:

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The presence of international students, academic staff, and collaborations was touted as UST鈥檚 greatest strength as it made its debut in the Times Higher Education Asia Rankings, where it was ranked in the 601+ bracket. This position made it rank #3 among Philippine universities.

International outlook, which accounted for 7.5% of the total score, includes proportion of international students, proportion of international staff, and international collaboration. With a score of 67, this was UST鈥檚 strongest suit, followed by Teaching and Research Quality.

Teaching includes indicators such as teaching reputation, staff-to-student ratio, and doctorate-to-bachelor鈥檚 ratio, among others. Meanwhile, Research Quality credits citation impact, research strength, research excellence, and research influence.

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During the three-day engagement, College of Education Dean Pilar I. Romero, PhD delivered a lecture on 鈥淐atholic Education and Leadership,鈥� while Assistant Dean Louie B. Dasas, PhD spoke about 鈥淎gency in Curriculum-Making and Implementation.鈥� Finally, Education College Secretary Alvin Ringgo C. Reyes, MA provided our Indonesian counterparts with a talk on 鈥淯nderstanding the Context of Philippine classrooms.鈥�

Apart from the lectures, the meetings attended by UST and Atma Jaya officials centered on the possibility of co-offering credit courses in Catholic education and Multiculturalism for elementary and secondary education programs, as well as a course on the processing of 鈥渢empeh,鈥� a traditional Indonesian dish made of fermented soybeans for the Food Technology and Nutrition and Dietetics programs.

The UST contingent was met by Dr. Yanti, Vice-Rector for Innovation, Research, Cooperation and Alumni; Dr. Luciana, MEd, Dean, Faculty of Education and Language; Dr. Pricilla Anindyta, Deputy Dean, Faculty of Education and Language; the different program heads; and Mr. Adre Zaif Rachman, Head of International Office.

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Medrano’s talk focused on the extinction of Lake Lanao鈥檚 15 endemic cyprinid fishes from the genus Barbodes, including the highly prized Barbodes baoulan which was eventually traced to the proliferation of an invasive fish species, Glossogobius giuris. The latter was introduced to the lake during the 1960s to augment local fisheries. As a historian, Medrano also provided perspectives on the history of the discovery of the endemic cyprinids of Lake Lanao, including the scientists who discovered the said species and documented the decline of Lake Lanao鈥檚 biodiversity.

The lecture was attended by undergraduate and graduate students in Biology as well as select faculty members of the Department of Biological Sciences. The event was organized by undergraduate BS Biology major in Medical Biology students under 2MBio3 as part of their General Ecology (Bio 426) class under the supervision of Dean Rey Donne S. Papa, PhD.

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College of Science鈥檚 physics coordinator, Inst. Kristan Bryan C. Simbulan, Ph.D. gave the opening remarks, which highlighted the three-year collaboration of UST and MUM. Dr. Tan Chee Pin, head of the Electrical & Robotics Engineering Department of MUM School of Engineering, gave the closing remarks to appreciate the collaborative efforts between the two universities.

The next day, Drs. Simbulan, Albay, Caballar, and Villegas held informal discussions on potential collaborations with Dr. Liang Shuan-Ni of the MUM School of Engineering and Drs. Yeong Wai Chung, Ashish Dutt, and MD Zobaer Hassan of the MUM School of Science. Avenues of collaboration discussed included possible joint research projects on physics, mathematics, and data science and analytics.

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Loa presented his research entitled 鈥淒imensions and Components of Independent Living among community-dwelling Filipino older adults.鈥� The study explored the perspectives of independent living of urban and rural community-dwelling Filipino seniors. The study was co-authored by Prof. Pranom Othaganont, EdD, RN of Thammasat University, Thailand and Asst. Prof. Gabriel Culbert, PhD, RN of University of Illinois, Chicago, USA.

Medina, BS Nursing Class 2023, received the Junior Researcher Award for his oral presentation of the study entitled 鈥淒evelopment and Pilot Testing of a web-based oncologic nursing learning guide and the self-reported competence of nursing students.鈥� The study was co-authored by Noel Mario, Zysha Isabel Marquez, Angela Marie Martinez, Ivan Luis Martinez, Katrina Denise M. Martinez, Anthony Masigan Jr., and Assoc. Prof. Mila Delia M. Llanes, PhD, RN.

Moreover, four (4) groups of alumni presented their studies during the oral and poster sessions:

1. Carmelo Nacorda, Alessandra Therese Nanasca, Ma. Bianca Ysabelle Morales, Donna Loraine Naynes, Joyce Johanne Ng presented the study entitled 鈥淧arenting Strategies and the Psychosocial Development of Preschoolers in the time of COVID-19 Pandemic鈥� in the oral presentation session. The study was co-authored by Elaine Morales Kirk Laney Nicolas, Ramone Grace Noguera, and Asst. Prof. Beryl Battad, MAN, RN.
2. Hillary Joyce Lopez, Andrea Lopez, Janine Beverly Jurado, Margaux Gwyneth Lina, and Diane Ricci Lavadia presented the study entitled 鈥淪ocial Determinants of Health Risk Scores on the Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices on Antibiotic Use and Resistance in a community in the Philippines鈥� in the poster presentation session. The study was co-authored by Kyle Giuseppe Hernandez, Armeen Grace Inductivo, and Assoc. Prof. Gian Carlo Torres, PhD, RN.
3. Lord Cedrick Sagum, Kyla Danille Frias, and Rhea Marie Salaya presented the study entitled 鈥淭he Role of Sexual Orientation on the Ethical Sensitivity of Third Year and Fourth Year Nursing students in Metro Manila鈥� in the poster presentation session. The study was co-authored by Francine Roxas, Michael Santander, Yana Virlin Sanz, Kairo Sollan XV and Asst. Prof.聽 JN Junnile Paat, PhD, RN.
4. Margaux Gwyneth Lina and Diane Ricci Lavadia presented the study entitled 鈥淐OVID 19 knowledge, attitude, practices and health literacy鈥檚 influence on pandemic fatigue among Filipino community dwellers: A correlational study鈥� in the oral presentation session. The study was co-authored by Aleck Hans Ison, Ma. Alyssa Falguerra, Princess Ayesha Ampatuan, Janella Mae Pelayo, Asst. Prof. Ma. Carina Rebueno, PhD, RN, Asst. Prof. Jayson Punzal, DNSc, RN, and Assoc. Prof. Gian Carlo Torres, PhD, RN.

The international conference was organized by the Faculty of Nursing, Thammasat University in Thailand and co-hosted by UST College of Nursing and 20 other partner higher education institutions and healthcare facilities in Asia, United States, and Africa. The international conference was participated in by 400 students, academicians, and healthcare professionals from different countries.

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Internationally renowned phage experts such as Dr. Martha Clokie (University of Leicester, United Kingdom), Dr. Sunee Korbsrisate (Mahidol University, Thailand), Dr. Heera Rajandas and Dr. Sivachandran Parimannan (AIMST University, Malaysia) joined Dr. Donna May Papa (水果视频, Philippines), Dr. Ron Dy (University of the Philippines – Diliman, Philippines), and Dr. Tobi Nagel to serve as workshop facilitators and instructors.

The workshop was attended by聽36 participants from Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and from all over the Philippines. They were asked to join either a workshop on basic phage research methods or a training in bioinformatics. The workshop on phage methods included sample collection, isolation, purification and amplification of phages, webbed plate preparation, one-step growth experiments up to DNA extraction. Meanwhile, the workshop on bioinformatics included trainings on processing phage sequences, training on installation and troubleshooting of virtualization engines was done in order to run Ubuntu and Linux in windows systems, sample exercises were given on basics of linux and coding language in installation of softwares,聽 pre-processing and quality control of sequence data, de novo assembly of phage sequences, genome annotation and core gene analysis and phylogenetic analysis of processed sample sequences.聽 The culminating activity included reports delivered by the participants based on the results they generated and the learnings they gained during the workshop.

The PGH has been working tirelessly to facilitate the application of antibacterial phage technology in the developing world.聽 The PGH has two different types of programs as they promote the use of phages through the conduct of Laboratory Training Workshops in developing countries and conduct Product Development Projects where they create International, multi-disciplinary teams that co-develop phage products for specific applications. They have initially conducted trainings in Africa but have since branched out to SouthEast Asia in 2022. As such, PGH funded all expenses for the participants and instructors for this workshop.

The BEATS group is the pioneering group of phage researchers in the Philippines. It is headed by Assoc. Prof. Donna May D.C. Papa, PhD of the Department of Biological Sciences of the College of Science and of the Sciences programs of the Graduate School. She is an academic researcher of the Research Center for the Natural and Applied Sciences.

Bacteriophages or phages are viruses that specifically target bacterial organisms and are not harmful to human, animal, or plant cells.聽 They are used and even sold commercially in other countries as alternatives to antibiotics to help address the growing global concern against antimicrobial resistance not just in the medical field but also in the Food industry, Aquaculture, Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine.聽

Apart from capacity-building and teaching phage biology to scientists in Southeast Asia, the Phages for Global Health and the UST BEATS Research group aimed to create a consortium of phage biologists in the region through this workshop to further phage research and exchange of knowledge between institutions from the different countries in Southeast Asia and look into antibacterial phage technology as an alternative to antibiotics since antimicrobial resistance is one of the major concerns in the region.

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Bringing the Domestic Church on the table

Published by the Liturgical Press in January 2021, Easter Mealtime Prayers for the Family is a simple prayer resource that encapsulates the 鈥淒omestic Church鈥� with a means for families to cherish together the living faith celebrated throughout the Easter season. The prayer book is also a reminder to its readers to observe and to reflect during this season, putting an emphasis to the importance of Easter season since it comprises the most important weeks of the liturgical year.

Ocampo is a faculty member of the Institute of Religion.聽He is also serving as the Executive Assistant of the Office of the Vice-Rector for Religious Affairs

Honoring excellence in the faith-based publishing, the Catholic Media Association, established in 1911, acknowledges the works of people in the Catholic media and showcases their works in the Awards issue of The Catholic Journalist.

Visit the CMA for the list of winners.聽

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With the aim to bring fresh insights and updated information on pharmacology and toxicology research, the Faculty of Pharmacy and the College of Science of the 水果视频 and the Chung Yuan Christian University 鈥� Taiwan will organize a joint international webinar series entitled “International Collaboration on Toxicology and Pharmacology” on April 6-7, 2022 via Google Meet.

On the first day, Prof. Ross D. Vasquez, PhD of the Department of Pharmacy and the Research Center for Natural and Applied Sciences (水果视频) will lecture on “Alpinumisoflavone and Syringin as promising anti-cancer drug leads: Molecular docking in vitro studies and drug-likeness profiling”, while Prof. Kelvin H.C. Chen of the National Pingtung University of Taiwan will lecture on “Functional peptide preparation and application”. Finally, Prof. Allan Patrick G. Macabeo, Dr. rer. nat. of the Department of Chemistry and 水果视频 will lecture on 鈥淒ownplaying NF-kB activation in RAW 264.7 macrophages as a promising strategy to discover anti-inflammatory agents: The case of flavonoids from Uvaria Alba鈥�.

Prof. Chung-Der Hsiao of the Chung Yuan Christian University 鈥� Taiwan will serve as the moderator of this session.

On the second day, Prof. Chung-Der Hsiao of the Chung Yuan Christian University – Taiwan will lecture on 鈥淗ow deep learning can be beneficial for zebrafish toxicology and pharmacology studies鈥�; while Prof. Chia-Hung Yen of the Kaohsiung Medical University will lecture on 鈥淐ombination of plant extract libraries, high-throughput screening platforms and molecular networking analysis for accelerating natural product drug discovery and nutritional supplement development鈥�; and lastly, Prof. Yu-Heng Lai of the Chinese Culture University of Taiwan will lecture on 鈥淶ebrafish: An excellent model for toxicology and pharmacology鈥�.

Assoc. Prof. Agnes Castillo, PhD of the Department of Pharmacy and 水果视频 will serve as the moderator for this session.

To register, you may fill-out the Google Form .

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The COIL on Health Innovation aims to promote, integrate, and enhance the international education experiences of students and faculty through interdisciplinary collaborative online learning activities. Students and faculty participated in asynchronous and synchronous sessions on Design Thinking to identify health problems affecting all countries and generate solutions by creating a health innovation project. The health innovation prototype created by the students with the faculty was presented in the final pitch competition.

Asst. Prof. Ritzmond F. Loa, PhD, RN, International Relations Coordinator of the College of Nursing, initiated the COIL on Health Innovation in collaboration with international partner institutions as part of the “internationalization at home” programs utilizing Enriched Virtual Mode of instruction at the College of Nursing.

Dean Rowena L. Escolar Chua, PhD, RN stated that innovation is crucial in the health sector to advance nursing practice, education, and research. Moreover, she added that the COIL course can enhance the collaborative and communication skills of students needed in the 21st century.

Reflecting on the course, Renne Kristine Banzon, a BS Nursing student, stated that “My experience with COIL has pushed me to be more confident in my communication skills. It has opened my eyes to other cultures unique to mine, and taught me to be a global citizen of peace and change.” 聽

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