23/07/2026
We are thrilled to announce that our researchers and students brought home top honors at the 9th Asia Pacific Biotechnology Congress & 55th Annual Convention and Scientific Meeting of the Philippine Society for Microbiology, Inc.!
🥇 1st Place, Best Paper Competition (Non-Professional Category)
Nicole Archen P. Delos Reyes, Daris Jeayhance U. Santos, and Joel C. Cornista
📄 "Prevalence, Molecular Characterization, and Metataxonomic Profiling of Extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in Wastewater from a Tertiary Hospital in the Philippines"
🥇 1st Place, Best Paper Competition (Professional Category)
Shaughn Dominic M. Padon, Erica Mai T. Cabuyao, Ma. Juliana Rylca G. Chiong, Nathaniel John Q. Cruz, Kiara Nicole D. Rodriguez, Leslie Michelle M. Dalmacio, Liza Bautista Patacsil (UPLB), Arnel B. Beltran (DLSU), and Joel C. Cornista
📄 "Interdisciplinary Biosurveillance Reveals Antimicrobial Resistance Dissemination and Acute In vivo Toxicity in Hospital Wastewater Pathways in Laguna and Manila, Philippines"
🎖️ Additionally, UP Manila was awarded the Plaque of Recognition as the Top 1 Performing School in the 2026 Certification Examination for Registered Microbiologists!
Congratulations!