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Philippine Men and Women of Science Volume 27 – December 2013 Table of contents Scientists Pages Acedo, Villaluz Z. 5 Agriculture Forestry Ornamental Horticulturemingoa Tissue Culture/Crop Physiology Almira, Ernesto 8 Diabetes Endocrinology Genomics and Proteomics (DNA Sequencing) Plant and Animal Science Alocilja, Evangelyn C. 11 Biomedical Engineering Biosystems Engineering Manufacturing Technology Nanotechnology Ang, Marcelo H., Jr. 17 Compliant Motion and Force Control Computational Intellegence, Neural Networks, Genetic Algorithms, and Fuzzy Reasoning and their Applications to Robotics and Automation Computer Control, Mechatronics and Automation Creativity and Innovation Distributed Autinomous Robotics Systems Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Mobile Robotic Manipulation in Human Environments Robotics and Mechatronics Aurigue, Fernando B. 26 Agriculture and Forestry Horticulture Basit, Supachai A. 29 Governmental, Educational and International Policies Hematology Immunology Microbiology Teaching/Statistics/ Research/ Public Speaking/ Water quality Baylon, Angelica 33 Educational and International Policies Governmental Caoili, Olivia C. 37 Modern Political Analysis Political Development Political Science Public Adsministration Social Sciences Cayabyab, Bonifacio F. 47 Biological Sciences Entomology Plant Pathology Chung, Francisco S., Jr. 50 Biochemistry Cancer Cell Biology and Pharmacology Clinical grade cellular product Cell Biology techniques (FACS, western) HPLC Magnetic Activated Cell Sorting (MACS) for stem cell purification; Medicine Pathology and Molecular Medicine Pharmacokinetics of Drug-drug interactions Drug transporter activity (P-gp) Dalmacio, Leslie Michelle Malaluan 54 Elucidating the composition and role of the Filipino microbiome in health and disease Molecular epidemiology of infectious diseases Molecular Microbiology Use of metagenomics for aquaculture health Use of metagenomics in search of probiotics in Philippine fermented foods David, Fredegusto Guido Panganiban 58 Applied Mathematics (mathematical modeling), Biomechanics (Vision, . Cardiovascular, Bone), Math Finance, Game Theory De Castro, Belinda V. 61 Critical Issues in Basic Education Educational Management Government and International Policies Mathematics Education Nursing Education Philippine Tourism Tourism and Nursing Education Research De Lumen, Benito O. 65 Biochemistry(Agricultural Chemistry) Chemistry Diets and Cancer Gabriel, Alonzo A. 69 Food Defense and Security Food Microbiology Food Processing and Preservation Food Quality and Safety Hurdle/Barrier Technology Microbial Stress Response Garcia, Edgar I. 74 Chemical Enginering Food Science and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Statistics and Mathematics Jiz, Mario Antonio L. II 81 Biotechnology Diseases Immunology Molecular Biology Pathobiology Marcelo, Alvin B. 83 General Surgery (Trauma) Medical Informatics Medical Sciences Merca, Florinia E. 89 Biochemistry and carbohydrate chemistry Chemical Sciences Physico-chemical properties of promising rice varieties 94 Monterola, Christopher P. Biological Physics and Forecasting Computational Physics Modelling Complex Systems Neural Networks Physics Social Networks Nuñeza, Olga M. 99 Agriculture and Forestry Animal Physiology Romero-Paris, Thelma 103 Gender mainstreaming, socio-economics and gender analysis in rice based farming system research, participatory research Labor migration and gender analysis, partnerships Social Ecology Salapare III, Hernando S. 117 Biomaterials Instrumentation Physics Physics Plasma Physics Surface Science Teves, Franco G. 121 Biological Sciences Microbial biotechnology Molecular Biotechnology Molecular genetics Tomboc, Carlos C. 124 Forestry Sericulture Textile Industry Specialization index 132 Author index 135 PHILIPPINE MEN AND WOMEN OF SCIENCE Volume 27 December 2013 Name Villaluz Z. Acedo Gender Male Civil Status Single Home Address PCARRD House No. 4, VSU Compd., VISCA, Baybay, Leyte Organizational Affiliations Associate Professor, Visayas State University, Visca, Baybay City, Leyte Education M.S. in Agriculture, University of the Philippines at Los Baños, College, Laguna 1987 Fields of Specialization Agriculture Forestry Tissue Culture/Crop Physiology Ornamental Horticulturemingoa Association Membership Associate Member, National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP) Honors / Awards Best Research Poster (3rd Place), FCSSP, DAP Tagaytay City 2007 Je 15 Best R and D Poster (Agriculture Category), VICARP 2007 My 25 Exemplary Researcher Award of the Visayas State University, VSU 2009 Ag 11 Best R & D Paper (Basic Research Category), RDE 2009 Jl 7-8 Finalist for Best Paper (Basic Research Category), VICARP-RRDEN-VSU 2009 Ju 2 Trainings Training Workshop on Biotechnology, Biosafety and Social Marketing, VSU, Baybay, Leyte 2008 S 9-10 6th Scientific convention of the Philippine Association for Tissue Culture and Biotechnology, Splash Mountain Resort, Los Banos, Laguna (poster presenter -2 and moderator) 2008 O 26-30 Technoforum on Technologies and Policies for the Development of Rootcrop Bioethanol, VSU, Baybay, Leyte 2008 Mr 26 20th Regional RDE Symposium, Malitbog, Albuera, Leyte 2008 Je 17-18 Good Laboratory Practices, DOST 7, Banilad, Cebu City 2008 F 25-26 GMS Workshop on Economic Analysis of Postharvest Technologies for Vegetables, Goldiana Angkor Hotel, Siem Reap, Cambodia 2008 Ag 19-21 Quality Management in Supply Chains of Ornamentals, Radisson Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand 2007 D 3-6 5 Researches Completed Improvement of techniques for in vitro storage of root crop germplasm (Phase II) (Project and Study Leader of 4 studies) Establishment of micropropagation system for sustained production of disease free root crop planting materials Development of Optimized Tissue Culture Protocols for Dwarf Sensation and other In Demand Crops (LSUHORTONET Collaborative Project) in vitro conservation and genetic diversity assessment of yam and arrowroot germplasm collection Ongoing Optimization of In vitro and Ex vitro Protocols for Purple Yam (Project Leader) Papers Presented Acedo, V. Z., Arradaza, C.C. (2012.Ap 23-28). Development of novel tissue culture-based seed system for year-round production of purple yam (Dioscorea alata L.), 8th Scientific Convention of the Philippine Association for Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology- PAPTCB, Inc., Boracay. Acedo, V. Z., Arradaza, C.C. (2012.Ap 23-28). Development of novel tissue culture-based seed system for year-round production of purple yam (Dioscorea alata L.). Paper presented during the, 8th Scientific Convention of the Philippine Association for Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology-PAPTCB, Boracay. Acedo, V.Z., Valida, I. A. (2012.Ap 23-28). Acedo, V. Z. and Valida, I. A. 2012. Growth of “VU-2” yam (Dioscorea alata L.) nodal explants in culture medium supplemented with different levels of sugar, 8th Scientific Convention of the Philippine Association for Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology-PAPTCB, Inc., Boracay. Acedo, V. Z., Tuyan, W.O. (2012.Ap 23-28). In vitro growth response of selected recommended cassava varieties to fidderent medium formulations, 8th Scientific Convention of the Philippine Association