Research and Development

Research Activities & Collaborations

  • Bat Mitogenome
  • 16S Bacterial Barcoding 
  • Philippine Eagle Mitogenome 
  • TACRO  – COURAGE
  • PEOPLES Research Project
  • Pawikan Barcoding
  • Wild Pigs (ASFV Genotyping and Barcoding) 
  • Filipino Genomes Research Program
  • ZamPen Native Chickens in Native Pigs 
  • Molecular detection of pure Phytopthora palmivora (Fungi)
  • DNA Barcoding of Medicinal Plants – Central Mindanao University
  • eDNA – Mindanao State University –  Naawan
  • iWAS/ VATAS – UP Mindanao
  • Standardized bioinformatics practices, pipelines, and data structures in SARS-CoV-2 – FOUNDATION THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH ALLIANCE FOR GENOMIC EPIDEMIOLOGY (PHA4GE)  

  • RedMATCH

  • MIB Davao Bioresource

Submitted Research Proposals

Varietal improvement of banana using state-of-the-art Omics technologies against various biotic and abiotic stresses. 

Collaborators:

  • BPI – Davao National Crop Research and Development Center;
  • University of Southeastern Philippines Tagum (USeP Tagum);
  • UPLB – Institute of Plant Breeding;
  • UP Mindanao/PGC Mindanao

Ensuring Philippine's food security by harnessing gene pool of Philippine's Adlay via state-of-art Omics technologies

Collaborators:

  • Department of Agriculture – Region XI;
  • University of Science and Technology of the Philippines,
  • Claveria (USTP – Claveria);
  • Central Mindanao University (CMU);
  • UP Mindanao/PGC Mindanao

SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES MEDICAL CENTER (SPMC) AND DR. GLORIA REYES

  • Filipino ACE2 Gene Project
 

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MINDANAO

  • USM-AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER (Mindanao’s priority crops)

CARAGA STATE UNIVERSITY

  • Department of Biological Sciences (Schistosomiasis, biodiversity, Mindanao plant endemic species)

MSU – ILIGAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

  • Department of Biological Sciences (Abaca, biodiversity, Mindanao plant endemic species)

JOSE RIZAL MEMORIAL STATE UNIVERSITY – TAMPILISAN

  • College of Agriculture (Animal science)

UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES – CLAVERIA

  • College of Agriculture (Adlay, other priority crops)

AGUSAN DEL SUR STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY

  • College of Agriculture (Crops and animal science)

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

  • REGION 10 (SARS-CoV2 sequencing)
 

JOSE RIZAL MEMORIAL STATE UNIVERSITY – TAMPILISAN (COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE CROPS, PLANT PATHOGEN AND PEST); MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY (MSU) – MARAWI (COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE (ANIMAL SCIENCE); GLOBAL EFFORT ON COVID-19 (GECO) PHILIPPINES 

  • RITM (SARS-CoV-2 Sequencing
 
MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY (MSU) – GENERAL SANTOS CITY
  • Microbial Barcoding
  • AMR gene

Gaite, P. L. A., Aala, W. F., Jr, Bacus, M. G., Labrador, C. C., Numeron, A. M. M., Gamalo, L. E. D., & Murao, L. A. E. (2022). The first complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Cynopterus brachyotis (Chiroptera, Pteropodidae) from the Philippines. Biodiversity data journal, 10, e72768. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e72768

 

Otero, M. C. B., Murao, L. A. E., Limen, M. A. G., Caalim, D. R. A., Gaite, P. L. A., Bacus, M. G., Acaso, J. T., Miguel, R. M., Corazo, K., Knot, I. E., Sajonia, H., de los Reyes, F. L., Jaraula, C. M. B., Baja, E. S., & Del Mundo, D. M. N. (2022). Multifaceted Assessment of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology for SARS-CoV-2 in Selected Urban Communities in Davao City, Philippines: A Pilot Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(14), 8789. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19148789