Today, we commemorate the 5th Death Anniversary of our founding director, Dr. Edgardo D. Gomez. Rest in peace, Sir Ed. Always remembered. EDGARDO D. GOMEZ November 7, 1938 – December 1, 2019

Congratulations, JM! 🥳

Give credit where credit is due. 😊 Dr. Santiañez recently outlined the case for the attribution of authorship of the name of the brown #seaweed family Scytosiphonaceae to Ardissone & Strafforello. For details, check out tinyurl.com/Ardissone-Stra… #PHmarinescience #algae

#PAMS18 Day 2. Our lab ended the day with oral presentations from two of our MSc students, Fraulein Jan O. Calumpiano and Christine Marie M. Lazaro. Both of them presented works related to their thesis: Frau on the tribe #Laurencieae and CM on the #Ulvales.

More than research! UP MSI is beaming with pride as Dr. Gizelle A. Batomalaque and Dr. Wilfred John E. Santiañez are the newly-elected members of the Board of Trustees of the Association of Systematic Biologists of the Philippines!