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The Plant Biology Division of the CMU Institute of Biological Sciences extends its congratulations to ๐Œ๐ซ. ๐Š๐ž๐ง ๐๐ข๐ž๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ซ ๐‹...
05/06/2026

The Plant Biology Division of the CMU Institute of Biological Sciences extends its congratulations to ๐Œ๐ซ. ๐Š๐ž๐ง ๐๐ข๐ž๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ซ ๐‹. ๐‚๐š๐›๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ, together with his co-authors, Joylinber P. Tandingan, Angela Grace T. Bruno, Eric N. Bruno, ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š ๐Œ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ž ๐Œ. ๐†๐ฎ๐ข๐š๐ง๐  & ๐๐จ๐ž ๐. ๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ณ, for winning 3rd Place in the Young Systematic Biologistsโ€™ Forum (Graduate Category) during the ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™Ž๐™ฎ๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™จ๐™ž๐™ช๐™ข ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ 43๐™ง๐™™ ๐™Ž๐™˜๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™›๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ช๐™–๐™ก ๐™ˆ๐™š๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ of the Association of Systematic Biologists of the Philippines (ASBP) held on June 2-5, 2026.

Title of presentation:

โ€œ๐‘๐ˆ๐๐€๐‘๐ˆ๐€๐ ๐”๐๐ƒ๐„๐‘ ๐“๐‡๐‘๐„๐€๐“: ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐„๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐’๐ž๐ž๐ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐”๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐’๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ ๐š ๐‘๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ, ๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ค๐ข๐๐ง๐จ๐ง, ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌโ€

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๐™’๐˜ผ๐™‡๐™† ๐™’๐™„๐™๐™ƒ ๐™๐™Ž. ๐˜ฝ๐™€ ๐™๐™๐˜ผ๐™„๐™‰๐™€๐˜ฟ. ๐˜ฝ๐™€ ๐™Š๐™‰๐™€ ๐™Š๐™ ๐™๐™Ž!๐Ÿ€๐Ÿ’š

Congratulations to our graduate students, ๐Œ๐ซ. ๐Š๐ž๐ง ๐๐ข๐ž๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ซ ๐‹. ๐‚๐š๐›๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ (MS Biology major in Plant Biology) and ๐Œ๐ซ. ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ...
03/06/2026

Congratulations to our graduate students, ๐Œ๐ซ. ๐Š๐ž๐ง ๐๐ข๐ž๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ซ ๐‹. ๐‚๐š๐›๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ (MS Biology major in Plant Biology) and ๐Œ๐ซ. ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐‰๐š๐ฒ ๐€. ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฃ๐จ๐ฌ (MS Biology major in Systematics), for successfully qualifying as finalists in the Young Systematic Biologists Forum (YSBF) during the on-going ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™Ž๐™ฎ๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™จ๐™ž๐™ช๐™ข ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ 43๐™ง๐™™ ๐™Ž๐™˜๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™›๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ช๐™–๐™ก ๐™ˆ๐™š๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ of the Association of Systematic Biologists of the Philippines (ASBP).

Titles of presentation and authors:

โ€œ๐‘๐ˆ๐๐€๐‘๐ˆ๐€๐ ๐”๐๐ƒ๐„๐‘ ๐“๐‡๐‘๐„๐€๐“: ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐„๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐’๐ž๐ž๐ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐”๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐’๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ ๐š ๐‘๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ, ๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ค๐ข๐๐ง๐จ๐ง, ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌโ€
Ken Bien Mar L. Caballes, Joylinber P. Tandingan, Angela Grace T. Bruno, Eric N. Bruno, Maria Melanie M. Guiang & Noe P. Mendez

โ€œ๐„๐—๐๐‹๐Ž๐‘๐ˆ๐๐† ๐’๐€๐–๐€๐†๐€ ๐‘๐ˆ๐•๐„๐‘โ€™๐’ ๐†๐ˆ๐๐†๐„๐‘ ๐…๐‹๐Ž๐‘๐€: ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ƒ๐š๐ฅ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ง, ๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐๐ฎ๐ค๐ข๐๐ง๐จ๐ง, ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌโ€
Christian Jay A. Vallejos, Joylinber P. Tandingan, Angela Grace T. Bruno, Eric N. Bruno, Maria Melanie M. Guiang & Noe P. Mendez

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๐™’๐˜ผ๐™‡๐™† ๐™’๐™„๐™๐™ƒ ๐™๐™Ž. ๐˜ฝ๐™€ ๐™๐™๐˜ผ๐™„๐™‰๐™€๐˜ฟ. ๐˜ฝ๐™€ ๐™Š๐™‰๐™€ ๐™Š๐™ ๐™๐™Ž!๐Ÿ€๐Ÿ’š

๐˜ผ๐™‰๐™‰๐™Š๐™๐™‰๐˜พ๐™€๐™ˆ๐™€๐™‰๐™ || ๐™๐™‰๐˜ฟ๐™€๐™๐™‚๐™๐˜ผ๐˜ฟ๐™๐˜ผ๐™๐™€ ๐™๐™ƒ๐™€๐™Ž๐™„๐™Ž ๐™‹๐™๐™Š๐™‹๐™Š๐™Ž๐˜ผ๐™‡ ๐˜ฟ๐™€๐™๐™€๐™‰๐™Ž๐™€Casey Mari Joshua Ontanillas Manacay Bachelor of Science in Biology...
18/05/2026

๐˜ผ๐™‰๐™‰๐™Š๐™๐™‰๐˜พ๐™€๐™ˆ๐™€๐™‰๐™ || ๐™๐™‰๐˜ฟ๐™€๐™๐™‚๐™๐˜ผ๐˜ฟ๐™๐˜ผ๐™๐™€ ๐™๐™ƒ๐™€๐™Ž๐™„๐™Ž ๐™‹๐™๐™Š๐™‹๐™Š๐™Ž๐˜ผ๐™‡ ๐˜ฟ๐™€๐™๐™€๐™‰๐™Ž๐™€

Casey Mari Joshua Ontanillas Manacay

Bachelor of Science in Biology major in Plant Biology

THESIS TITLE: INVENTORY, ASSESSMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF SHRUBS IN THE RIVERBANKS OF MULETA RIVER, DON CARLOS, BUKIDNON

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ MAY 18, 2026
๐Ÿ•• 9:30 - 11:00 PM
๐Ÿ“ CAS EXTENSION Room CAS 1

Thesis Adviser: Evangeline B. Sinamban M.Sc.
Members: Hannah P. Lumista M.Sc.
jennifer G. Opiso M.Sc.

๐˜ผ๐™‰๐™‰๐™Š๐™๐™‰๐˜พ๐™€๐™ˆ๐™€๐™‰๐™ || ๐™๐™‰๐˜ฟ๐™€๐™๐™‚๐™๐˜ผ๐˜ฟ๐™๐˜ผ๐™๐™€ ๐™๐™ƒ๐™€๐™Ž๐™„๐™Ž ๐™‹๐™๐™Š๐™‹๐™Š๐™Ž๐˜ผ๐™‡ ๐˜ฟ๐™€๐™๐™€๐™‰๐™Ž๐™€JOSHUA RAYMUNDO LAZARTE Bachelor of Science in Biology major in Pla...
18/05/2026

๐˜ผ๐™‰๐™‰๐™Š๐™๐™‰๐˜พ๐™€๐™ˆ๐™€๐™‰๐™ || ๐™๐™‰๐˜ฟ๐™€๐™๐™‚๐™๐˜ผ๐˜ฟ๐™๐˜ผ๐™๐™€ ๐™๐™ƒ๐™€๐™Ž๐™„๐™Ž ๐™‹๐™๐™Š๐™‹๐™Š๐™Ž๐˜ผ๐™‡ ๐˜ฟ๐™€๐™๐™€๐™‰๐™Ž๐™€

JOSHUA RAYMUNDO LAZARTE
Bachelor of Science in Biology major in Plant Biology

THESIS TITLE: INVENTORY OF MACROFUNGI IN THE RIPARIAN ZONE OF MULETA RIVER DON CARLOS BUKIDNON

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ MAY 18, 2026
๐Ÿ•• 1:00 - 2:00 PM
๐Ÿ“ CAS EXTENSION Room A206

Thesis Adviser: Hannah P. Lumista, M.Sc.
Members: Mark Lloyd G. DAPAR Ph.D.
Maria Melanie M. Guiang, Ph.D.

๐˜ผ๐™‰๐™‰๐™Š๐™๐™‰๐˜พ๐™€๐™ˆ๐™€๐™‰๐™ || ๐™๐™‰๐˜ฟ๐™€๐™๐™‚๐™๐˜ผ๐˜ฟ๐™๐˜ผ๐™๐™€ ๐™๐™ƒ๐™€๐™Ž๐™„๐™Ž ๐™‹๐™๐™Š๐™‹๐™Š๐™Ž๐˜ผ๐™‡ ๐˜ฟ๐™€๐™๐™€๐™‰๐™Ž๐™€๐‘๐ˆ๐‚๐€ ๐‰๐Ž๐˜ ๐๐€๐ƒ๐๐€๐ƒ ๐‘๐€๐‚๐ˆ๐๐„๐’Bachelor of Science in Biology major in Plan...
18/05/2026

๐˜ผ๐™‰๐™‰๐™Š๐™๐™‰๐˜พ๐™€๐™ˆ๐™€๐™‰๐™ || ๐™๐™‰๐˜ฟ๐™€๐™๐™‚๐™๐˜ผ๐˜ฟ๐™๐˜ผ๐™๐™€ ๐™๐™ƒ๐™€๐™Ž๐™„๐™Ž ๐™‹๐™๐™Š๐™‹๐™Š๐™Ž๐˜ผ๐™‡ ๐˜ฟ๐™€๐™๐™€๐™‰๐™Ž๐™€
๐‘๐ˆ๐‚๐€ ๐‰๐Ž๐˜ ๐๐€๐ƒ๐๐€๐ƒ ๐‘๐€๐‚๐ˆ๐๐„๐’
Bachelor of Science in Biology major in Plant Biology
THESIS TITLE: SPECIES COMPOSITION, ASSESSMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF SHRUBS ACROSS HABITAT TYPES IN THE KARST FOREST OF SITIO VITO, SAN ISIDRO, KITAOTAO BUKIDNON
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ MAY 18, 2026
๐Ÿ•• 11:00 -12:00 PM
๐Ÿ“ CAS EXTENSION Room A205

Thesis Adviser: Jennifer G. Opiso, M.Sc.
Members: Noe P. Menddez, M.Sc.
Mark Lloyd G. Dapar, Ph. D.

We are proud to share a newly published article in a Scopus-indexed journal by Acd. Victor B. Amoroso together with grad...
16/05/2026

We are proud to share a newly published article in a Scopus-indexed journal by Acd. Victor B. Amoroso together with graduate students Pamela Joy F. Orias, Ermalene C. Taer, and Yves Paul M. Montero, highlighting 25 years of Philippine plant discoveries and the urgent need for biodiversity conservation. ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ

This is the 11th paper published by the faculty and students of the Plant Biology Division, CMU-CAS-IBS and CEBREM!

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Congratulations to our MS Biology (Systematics) student, Mr. Francis John G. Felecis, for successfully defending his MS ...
15/05/2026

Congratulations to our MS Biology (Systematics) student, Mr. Francis John G. Felecis, for successfully defending his MS thesis entitled:

โ€œDiversity of Trees, Forest Structure, and Assessment in Talangisog Forest, Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental, Northern Mindanao, Philippines.โ€

His manuscript was also accepted for publication as part of the requirements for the degree, reflecting the quality and significance of his research contribution to biodiversity conservation and forest ecology. ๐ŸŒฟ๐ŸŒณ

Thesis Adviser: Fulgent P. Coritico, Ph.D.
Members: Victor B. Amoroso, Ph.D.; Maria Melanie M. Guiang, Ph.D.
Internal Examiner: Joseph C. Paquit, Ph.D.
External Examiner: Farida D. Silverio, Ph.D.

Padayon and congratulations once again, Francis! ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ“๐Ÿ’š

Congratulations to our graduate students, Ms. Pamela Joy F. Orias (PhD Biology โ€“ Plant Biology) and Ms. Gretl Rae P. Pes...
15/05/2026

Congratulations to our graduate students, Ms. Pamela Joy F. Orias (PhD Biology โ€“ Plant Biology) and Ms. Gretl Rae P. Pescuela (PhD Biology โ€“ Systematics), for being accepted into the International Internship Pilot Program (IIPP) of Taiwan. This fellowship will allow our graduate students to further work on their dissertations focusing on the phylogeny and developmental biology of selected ferns and lycophytes.

Ms. Orias will be under the supervision of Dr. Tzu-Tong Kao of National Sun Yat-sen University, while Ms. Gretl will be supervised by Dr. Li-Yaung Kuo of National Tsing Hua University.

We are proud of your achievements and wish you both success in your international research journey. This opportunity was made possible through the collaboration and endorsement of their dissertation advisers, Acad. Victor B. Amoroso and Dr. Fulgent P. Coritico.

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๐˜ผ๐™‰๐™‰๐™Š๐™๐™‰๐˜พ๐™€๐™ˆ๐™€๐™‰๐™ || ๐™๐™‰๐˜ฟ๐™€๐™๐™‚๐™๐˜ผ๐˜ฟ๐™๐˜ผ๐™๐™€ FINAL THESIS DEFENSE CHARITY P. LAGROSABachelor of Science in BiologyMajor in Plant Biolog...
15/05/2026

๐˜ผ๐™‰๐™‰๐™Š๐™๐™‰๐˜พ๐™€๐™ˆ๐™€๐™‰๐™ || ๐™๐™‰๐˜ฟ๐™€๐™๐™‚๐™๐˜ผ๐˜ฟ๐™๐˜ผ๐™๐™€ FINAL THESIS DEFENSE

CHARITY P. LAGROSA
Bachelor of Science in Biology
Major in Plant Biology

Thesis Title: โ€œMORPHO-TAXONOMY, ASSESSMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF CYPERACEAE IN MT. MALIMUMU, PANTARON RANGE, SAN FERNANDO, BUKIDNON, PHILIPPINESโ€

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ MAY 15, 2026 (FRIDAY)
๐Ÿ•“ 3:00 - 5:00 PM
๐Ÿ“ NSRC Conference Room

Thesis Adviser: Evangeline B. Sinamban, M.Sc.

Members: Hannah P. Lumista, M.Sc.
Maria Melanie M. Guiang, Ph.D.

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15/05/2026

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IVY SALABSAB COLE
Bachelor of Science in Biology major in Plant Biology

THESIS TITLE: SPORE VIABILITY OF FRESH AND STORED SPORES OF Calochlaena javanica (Blume) M.D Turner and R.A White (DICKSONIACEAE) IN CENTRAL MINDANAO UNIVERSITY SPORE BANK

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ MAY 18, 2026
๐Ÿ•• 10:00 - 11:00 AM
๐Ÿ“ CAS EXTENSION Room A205

Thesis Adviser: Joevina C. Nobleza, M.Sc.
Members: Noe P. Mendez, M.Sc.
Evangeline B. Sinamban, M.Sc.

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