CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
Project: Spatio-Temporal Monitoring and Rehabilitation Technology of Coral Reefs (SMaRT-Corals)
Proponent: Victor S. Ticzon (Project Leader)
Duration: 1 February 2020 – 1 January 2022 (2 Years)
Funding Agency: Department of Science and Technology (DOST) – Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD)
Project: Seven Lakes Assessment and Monitoring Program: Strategies Towards Sustainable Lake Ecosystems (7 LAMPS)
Proponents: Vachel Gay V. Paller (Program Leader)
Project 1: Macrobenthos community dynamics in the tropical volcanic lakes of San Pablo, Laguna
Emmanuel Ryan C. De Chavez (Project Leader 1)
Ma. Claret L. Tsuchiya (Project Staff)
Project 3: Emerging Waterborne Parasites in Surface Waters of the Seven Lakes of San Pablo, Laguna
Vachel Gay V. Paller (Project Leader)
Duration: 15 January 2019 – 14 January 2022 (3 Years)
Funding Agency: Department of Science and Technology (DOST) – National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP)
Project: ZOOTRIP (Zoonotic Transmission of Intestinal Parasites): Implications to Control and Elimination
Proponents: Vachel Gay V. Paller (Project Leader)
Mary Grace B. Dacuma (Project Staff)
Modesto Z. Bandal, Jr. (Project Coordinator)
Duration: 3 January 2019 – 2 January 2021 (2 Years)
Funding Agency: Newton Aghan Programme (Newton Fund, UK) through Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD)
Project: Assessment and Implementation of Control and Management Strategies for the Invasive Knifefish (Chitala ornata) in Laguna de Bay
Proponent: Ma. Vivian C. Camacho (Program Leader)
Duration: 1 June 2018 – 31 May 2020 (2 Years)
Funding Agency: Department of Science and Technology (DOST) – Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD)
Project: Basal Expression and Response of Nile tilapia, Orechromis niloticus, CYP mRNAs Exposed to Contaminants from the Wild
Proponent: Maria Claret L. Tsuchiya (Principal Investigator)
Duration: 1 April 2018 – 31 March 2019 (1 Year)
Funding Agency: Leading Academia in Marine and Environment Pollution Research (LaMer) – Center for Marine Environmental Studies (CMES)
Project: Development Master Plans for the 8 clusters of River Basins; Cluster 1. Amburayan, Baroro, Bauang River Basins, Region 1 CAR, and Cluster 2 Malaking Ilog, Iyam River Basins Region 4A
Proponent: Victor S. Ticzon (Technical Specialist)
Duration: May 2018 – September 2019
Funding Agency: Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
Program: FRESH Farms: Food Risk and Safety Analysis in Agricultural Farms towards Improvement of Control Strategies for Food Safety
Project: Parasite Contamination and Transmission in Selected Agricultural Farms in Laguna and Quezon Provinces towards the Improvement of Control Strategies for Food Safety
Proponent: Vachel Gay V. Paller (Program Leader)
Modesto Z. Bandal, Jr. (Project Staff)
Duration: 1 July 2018 – 30 June 2020 (2 Years)
Funding Agency: National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP)
Project: Manila Bay Sustainable Development Master Plan
Proponent: Victor S. Ticzon (Technical Specialist)
Duration: January 2018 – December 2020 (2 Years)
Funding Agency: Dutch Government
Project: RNA1-based Oral Vaccination for Innate Stimulation of Tilapia from Lake Virus
Proponent: Maria Claret L. Tsuchiya (Study Leader)
Duration: 17 September 2018 – 16 September 2021 (3 Years)
Funding Agency: Department of Agriculture – Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA-BAR)
Project: Spatial Ecology and Diseases of Common Palm Civets (Paradoxurus philippinensis, Jourdan 1837) and Domestic Cats and Dogs in Mt. Makiling Forest Reserve
Proponent: Desamarie Antonette P. Fernandez (Study Leader)
Anna Pauline O. De Guia (Co-Study Leader)
Duration: 1 January 2019 – 1 December 2019 (1 Year)
Funding Agency: UP Los Banos Basic Research
Project: Macro Land Snails of Mount Banahaw, Luzon Island, Philippines: Diversity and Ecological Patterns
Proponent: Emmanuel Ryan C. De Chavez (Study Leader)
Duration: 1 January 2018 – 1 December 2018 (1 Year)
Funding Agency: UP Los Banos Basic Research
Project: Effect of predation risk on the behavior of territorial damselfish and roving herbivores
Proponent: Maria Eleanor Aurellado (Study Leader)
Victor S. Ticzon (Co-study Leader)
Duration: 1 January 2017 – 30 June 2018 (1.5 Year)
Funding Agency: UP Los Banos Basic Research
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