PLENARY LECTURE: HEALTH 1
DR. DAY-YU CHAO
Professor National Chung Hsing University Taiwan |
"PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS THROUGH BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY"
Day-Yu Chao received Epidemiology training from National Taiwan University, Taiwan and molecular biology training in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA (US-CDC). With years of field-work experiences and influential publications on zoonotic and vaccine-related work, she has been pointed to several academic and government position, such as Review Editor of “Frontiers in Microbiology”, Top Ten Best Paper with Destructive Innovation” awarded by MOST in 2020, Selected 15 spotlight laboratories in Taiwan by Center for Global Affairs and Science Engagement (GASE), MOST, 2020 and Academic member of Risk Assessment Advisory Committee of Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine (BAPHIQ), Council of Agriculture (COA), Taiwan. Her research interests mainly focus on antigen development for differential diagnosis and vaccine development, discovery of human monoclonal antibodies with various approaches.
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PLENARY LECTURE: HEALTH 2
PROF. PHILLIP A. ALVIOLA
Associate Professor University of the Philippines Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines |
"VIRUSES FROM PHILIPPINE BATS AND AN APPEAL TO PSBMB TO WORK WITH BAT ECOLOGISTS
IN SEARCH OF POTENTIALLY ZOONOTIC VIRUSES" Phillip A. Alviola is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Biological Sciences, University of the Philippines Los Banos, and a bat ecologist with over 20 years experience and a publication track record of more than 40 research articles in scientific journals. He is a recipient of the DOST-NAST Outstanding Young Scientist in 2017, and received a commendation by the Philippine Senate (under House Resolution No. 141) in 2019 as one of the eight Filipinos included in the top 100 scientists in the Asia-Pacific Region. His area of expertise includes Ecology of Philippine Wildlife, Mammalian Ecology and Taxonomy, Cave Ecology, Conservation Biology, and Ecology of Bat Zoonotics. Prof. Alviola conducts bat zoonotic research since 2007 with various international virologists, which resulted in the discovery of several novel virus genotypes including coronavirus, hantavirus, and gammaherpes virus from Philippine bats. Prof. Alviola’s work in mammalian ecology and taxonomy has resulted in publication of 16 scientific papers in international peer-reviewed journals including description of 12 new mammal species in the Philippines. Prof. Alviola holds a Master’s degree in Widllife Studies from UP Los Banos, and is currently a Ph.D candidate in Forest Biological Sciences (by research) with the same university.
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PLENARY LECTURE: AGRI-FISHERIES 3
DR. CHANNARONG RODKHUM
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand |
"MOLECULAR ASPECTS OF EMERGING BACTERIAL AND VIRAL DISEASES OF
TILAPIA AND BARRAMUNDI CULTURED IN ASEAN COUNTRIES" Channarong Rodkhum currently work at the Department of Microbiology and Fish Infectious Diseases Research Unit (FID RU), Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University. Dr. Channarong's research is emphasized on fish infectious diseases especially bacterial pathogens of fish such as Streptococcus spp., Flavobacterium columnare, Flavobacterium indicum, Taenecibaculum spp., Franciscella orientalis, Aeromonas hydrophilla and Aeromonas veronii. The current project is "Development of vaccine for potentially used for prevention of bacterial and viral diseases outbreaks in Tilapia and Barramandi".
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PLENARY LECTURE: ENVIRONMENT 1
DR. FRANCIS DELOS REYES
Professor and University Faculty Scholar, North Carolina State University, USA |
"WASTEWATER-BASED SURVEILLANCE FOR SARS-CoV-2: PROMISE, PROGRESS, AND PROBLEMS"
Wastewater represents a pooled sample from a community- where everyone in the sewershed contributes fecal samples to the wastewater/sewage. Wastewater and virus researchers have hypothesized that this pooled sample can be used to determine the quantity of SARS-CoV-2 in the community, and in turn be used to determine COVID19 prevalence, track trends in infection, determine hotspots, or determine changes in virus strains. In this talk, I will summarize the approaches being used by researchers around the world, the associated potential and challenges, and the current state of research in wastewater-based surveillance for SARS-CoV-2.
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PLENARY LECTURE: ENVIRONMENT 3
DR. KOZO WATANABE
Professor, Molecular Ecology and Health (MEcoH) Laboratory, Ehime University, Japan |
"MOLECULAR GENETIC APPROACHES TO THE ASSESSMENT OF DAM IMPACT ON STREAM MACROINVERTEBRATES AND DENGUE VIRUS SURVEILLANCE OF VECTOR MOSQUITOES"
Dr. Kozo Watanabe is Professor of Molecular Ecology and Health (MEcoH) Laboratory at the Center for Marine Environmental Studies (CMES), Ehime University, Japan. He has wide international research alliances with Southeast and South Asian countries especially with the Philippines. Currently, MEcoH laboratory has 4 Filipino PhD students and a postdoc, and 2 forthcoming Filipino PhD students. He is appointed as the Director of Ehime University Satellite Office Philippines at De La Salle University Philippines (currently updating to EU-DLSU International Collaborative Research Laboratory), Head of Research Unit for Environmental and Health Studies in Southeast Asia of Ehime University, Head of Endowed Chair “Eco-epidemiological Control of Mosquito-borne Disease in Southeast Asia”, Ehime University. He is also serving as a Visiting Professors of De La Salle University, Philippine and Yamagata University, Japan and also an Executive Board Member of Benthological Society of Asia (BSA). His research specialties are use of molecular genetic technique such as Next-generation sequencing (NGS) for population genomics, phylogenetic analysis and detection of pathogens (virus and bacteria) in the areas of freshwater ecology and tropical eco-epidemiology (mainly Dengue vector mosquito). For both research areas, he mainly uses insects (stream insects and insect vectors) as study organisms in combination with environmental analysis such as climate modeling and landscape analysis. He has 85 publications in prominent journals in the areas of Ecology and tropical eco-epidemiology. Dr. Watanabe has independently raised approximately 150 Million PHP in research funds for his academic research. Currently, he has 7 ongoing PI-projects and 5 Co-PI projects with total badge of approximately 80 Million PHP
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