Episodes
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Ms. Tara Abrina shares her unique journey into marine economics, her research on coral reef valuation and fisheries value chains, and her experiences in citizen science initiatives in coastal communities. The conversation highlights the importance of integrating scientific research with community engagement while exploring effective methods for coral restoration.📚Reference(s): [1] Abrina T.A. and Bennett J. (2021) A benefit-cost comparison of varying scales and methods of coral reef restoration in the Philippines. Science of the Total Environment 799.[2] Abrina, TA. (2022) Going Against the Tide Kapunungan sa Gagmay’ng Mangingisda sa Concepcion (KGMC). UP CIDS Public Policy Monograph Series. https://cids.up.edu.ph/up-monograph/going-against-tide-kapunungan-gagmayng-mangingisda-concepcion-kgmc/🤝Behind The Science Podcast is presented to you by Marine & Earth Science Learning Hub, UP Resilience Institute, and Liknayan Podcast.🌊Follow Marine & Earth Science Learning Hub on @marineearthscience ► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marineearthscience► Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@marineearthscience► Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@marineearthscience🎙️Follow Behind The Science Podcast on► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/btspodcast23► Youtube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg3GZRd-UMScYpWlDj5T3eklUF75XPeLD&si=rg8Qf1i8k4zPnlcp► Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4NTLrSfceKjpFvZWflzBJj?si=dbf094cba38746a0► Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ph/podcast/behind-the-science-podcast/id1753464681📝How to publish your research in the Philippine Journal of Science►https://philjournalsci.dost.gov.ph/author-s-guide-1🦖Join our science community► https://www.facebook.com/groups/scienceenthusiastsph⚛️Learn physics with Pinoy Physicists►https://youtube.com/@liknayan.podcast
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Dr. Lorenzo Halasan, a Postdoctoral Researcher at the National Sun Yat-sen University, shares his research on the population genetics of the yellowstripe scad, Selaroides leptolepis, and showed a microevolution into an Asian and Australian lineage.
Research spotlight:
Halasan LC, Geraldino PJL and Lin H-C (2021) First Evidence of Cryptic Species Diversity and Population Structuring of Selaroides leptolepis in the Tropical Western Pacific. Front. Mar. Sci. 8:756163.
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Engr. Joshua Agar, a Civil Engineering professor from UP Diliman, discusses his expertise in wind engineering and its role in assessing the damage caused by Typhoon Odette. He shares his journey from shifting our from BS Political Science to Civil Engineering and specializing in wind engineering. Engr. Agar talks about his research on estimating typhoon wind speeds, his experience with structural damage analysis, and the challenges of developing accurate models. He also explores the impact of climate change on typhoon intensity and building resilience. ⌛Chapters0:40 Meet Engr. Joshua Agar2:10 I shifted from political science to civil engineering4:12 Civil engineering and wind engineering6:19 My undergraduate thesis on Typhoon Yolanda7:30 Pursuing a master's in civil engineering9:17 What is wind engineering13:00 Outside of doing research, Engr. Joshua also plays billiards professionally18:58 Explain your paper in just one sentence19:45 Overview of Engr. Joshua's master's thesis topic21:00 What happened during Typhoon Odette and what is this research about40:58 Challenges in wind engineering49:16 Impact of climate change52:15 Advice to aspiring researchers📚Reference: Agar, J.C., Acosta, T.S., Barros, A.A., Hernandez, J.Y. (2024). Wind Field Simulation and Wind Damage Assessment of Typhoon Rai in the Philippines. In: Schito, P., Zasso, A. (eds) Proceedings of the XVII Conference of the Italian Association for Wind Engineering. IN VENTO 2022. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 461. Springer, Cham.► https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-53059-3_13🤝Behind The Science Podcast is presented to you by Marine & Earth Science Learning Hub, UP Resilience Institute, and Liknayan Podcast.
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Dr. Emil Joseph Vergara, a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Oxford, shares his journey from veterinary medicine to vaccine research. With a Ph.D. in immunology, Dr. Vergara discusses his work on improving dengue vaccines and the challenges faced during the pandemic. He also offers valuable advice for aspiring researchers, emphasizing the importance of finding a research niche, collaborating with mentors, and navigating the complexities of vaccine development. Watch to learn more about his impactful work in immunology and vaccine science.⌛Chapters0:00 Meet Dr. Emil Vergara1:29 From veterinary medicine to pursuing immunology4:05 Transitioning to research11:14 Working on the dengue vaccine12:54 Dengvaxia controversy19:20 Improving vaccine formulations26:32 My PhD experience and research collaboration38:26 Advice to aspiring researchers43:12 About the Erasmus Mundus program📚Reference: Kim, M.-Y., Vergara, E., Tran, A., Paul, M.J., Kwon, T.-H., Ma, J.K.C., Jang, Y.-S. and Reljic, R. (2024), Marked enhancement of the immunogenicity of plant-expressed IgG-Fc fusion proteins by inclusion of cholera toxin non-toxic B subunit within the single polypeptide. Plant Biotechnol. J, 22: 1402-1416. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.14275.🤝Behind The Science Podcast is presented to you by Marine & Earth Science Learning Hub, UP Resilience Institute, and Liknayan Podcast.
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Ms. Jessica Legaspi, a PhD student at Kochi University, shares her research on examining the life history of squids captured in Concepcion, Iloilo using ear bones.
Research spotlight:
Legaspi, J. M., del Norte-Campos, A. G., & Campos, W. L. (2024). Age and Growth of the Indian Squid, Uroteuthis duvaucelii: Analysis of Statolith Microstructure and Length Frequency Data. Zoological Studies, 62, e12. Legaspi, J. M., Bagarinao-Regalado, A., Campos, W. L., del Norte-Campos, A., & Okumura, T. (2024). Trace elements and the environmental factors influencing early life-growth of the squid, Uroteuthis duvaucelii. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 79, 103805.#BehindTheSciencePodcast is presented to you by Marine & Earth Science Learning Hub, UP Resilience Institute, and Liknayan Podcast.
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Guest Speaker:
Audrei Anne Ybañez, M.Sc.
Supervising Science Research Specialist
UP Resilience Institute
Ms. Ybañez shares how they produced landslide susceptibility maps downscaled to the community-level for the entire Leyte province using remote sensing, numerical modelling, and GIS.
Research spotlight:
Eco R, Aquino D, Lagmay A et al (2015) Landslide and debris flow susceptibility mapping of Leyte Province, Philippines using remote sensing, numerical modelling, and GIS. J Philipp Geosci Remote Sens Soc 1:53–71
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In Episode 45 of the #BehindTheSciencePodcast, we talked with healthcare professionals about the feasibility of telepsychiatry to improve mental health.👤Guest Speakers:
Mr. Gregorio Candelario is the head of the Data Privacy and Telemedicine Office of the Southern Philippines Medical Center in Davao City. Ms. Cristela Candelario is an assistant professor in the School of Medical Laboratory Science at San Pedro College, Davao City. She is also currently taking her Doctor of Public Health (Major in Health Promotion and Education) at UP Manila. Dr. Reagan Villanueva is a psychiatrist and the Chief of Hospital at the Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation Center in Davao. Dr. Maria Plata is an assistant professor at the Center for Research and Development, College of Medicine, Davao Medical School Foundation. She is also taking her PhD in Development Research Administration. Dr. Ismael Cordero is a psychiatrist at Maxicare Primary Care Center in Davao City.Research Spotlight:
Candelario G et al. 2024. Telepsychiatry Enables Better Mental Health Care Access in a Southern Philippines Hospital: a Mixed Methods Outcome Evaluation. Philipp J Sci 153(4): 1419–1428. Candelario CM et al. 2024. Acceptability of Telepsychiatry among Overseas Filipino Workers in Kuwait. Philipp J Sci 153(4): 1465–1475.#BehindTheSciencePodcast is presented to you by Marine & Earth Science Learning Hub, UP Resilience Institute, Liknayan Podcast, and Philippine Journal of Science.Do you want to share your research? Sign up through this form.
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👤Guest Speaker:
Edwin Dumalagan, M.Sc.
Assistant Professor
Mindanao State University at Naawan
In this episode of Behind The Science Podcast, Mr. Edwin Dumalagan shares his research on the spatial variability in benthic assemblage composition in shallow and upper mesophotic coral ecosystems in the Philippines.
Research Spotlight:
Dumalagan Jr, E. E., Cabaitan, P. C., Bridge, T. C., Go, K. T., Quimpo, T. J. R., Olavides, R. D. D., ... & Siringan, F. P. (2019). Spatial variability in benthic assemblage composition in shallow and upper mesophotic coral ecosystems in the Philippines. Marine environmental research, 150, 104772.
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👤Guest Speaker:
Lea Dasallas, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of Canterbury
In this episode, Dr. Dasallas discusses her research on developing a multiscale flood model using variable grid sizes for the Marikina-Pasig River Basin.
Research Spotlight:
Dasallas, L., An, H., & Lee, S. (2022). Developing an integrated multiscale rainfall-runoff and inundation model: Application to an extreme rainfall event in Marikina-Pasig River Basin, Philippines. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 39, 100995.
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👤Guest Speaker:
Regina Martha Lumongsod, M.Sc.
PhD Candidate
Kangwon National University
In this episode, Ms. Lumongsod explains the factors that can contribute to karstification.
Research Spotlight:
Lumongsod, R.M.G., Ramos, N.T. & Dimalanta, C.B. Mapping the karstification potential of central Cebu, Philippines using GIS. Environ Earth Sci 81, 449 (2022).
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Guest Speaker:
Orlando A. Calcetas, PhD
Senior Science Research Specialist
Department of Agriculture
DA-RCPC-IVA-CALABARZON
In this episode, Dr. Calcetas shares how he discovered a new species of leaf beetle in the Philippines and named it Podontia rustiai.
Research spotlight:
Calcetas O, Staines C. 2024. New Species of the Genus Podontia Dalman (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) in the Philippines and Redescription of Podontia flava Baly from Sarawak [Research Note]. Philipp J Sci 153(3): 903–909.
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Guest Speaker:
Gabriel Hildawa
Research Assistant
Br. Alfred Shields FSC Ocean Research Center
De La Salle University
In this episode, Mr. Hildawa shares how he transformed his research on using coral color to measure coral health in Calatagan, Batangas from a college thesis to a full paper published in the Philippine Journal of Science.
Research spotlight: Hildawa G et al. 2024. Coral Health and Benthic Composition of Reefs in an MPA and Open-access Site in Western Calatagan, Batangas. Philipp J Sci 153(3): 865–876.
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👤Guest Speaker:
Dominique Mediodia, M.Sc.
Assistant Professor
College of Fisheries and Ocean SciencesUniversity of the Philippines Visayas
Mr. Dominique Mendiodia shares his experiences in studying fish fossils (Paleoichthyology) in the Philippines.
⌛Chapters00:00 Introduction to the Podcast and Guest
01:57 What got me interested into science
07:13 Why I chose fisheries for college
11:51 Journey to paleoichthyology: from modern to fossil fish
22:18 Research focus: Cenozoic fish fossils in the Philippines
35:13 Scholarship opportunities in Taiwan
43:42 Challenges in doing research
50:25 When did you realize your results are sufficient for publication?
57:00 Advice to aspiring researchers
Research Spotlight: Mendiodia, D., Castro, A., Tablizo, M., Policarpio, D., Calvelo, J., Baguio, J.P., Borja II, A., Lin, C., Fernando, A. 2024. Paleoichthyology in the Philippines: A review of Cenozoic fish fossils with insights on its current status and future opportunities. Geobios.
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Guest Speaker:Jolly Joyce Sulapas, M.Sc.Junior Managing Researcher / Project CoordinatorUP Resilience InstituteMs. Sulapas discusses why the cities of Manila, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, and Legazpi are sinking.
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00:00 Introduction to the Podcast and Guest
02:02 How I got into science
07:16 Research focus: ground subsidence in major Philippine metropolitan cities
14:27 Research funding and challenges in doing research
32:33 Advice to aspiring researchers
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Research spotlight:
Sulapas JS, Ybañez AB, Milcah K, Marie J, Mahar A. 2024. Ground subsidence in major Philippine metropolitan cities from 2014 to 2020. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 133:104107–104107.
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Guest Speakers:Joseph Basconcillo, PhDPhilippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (DOST-PAGASA)Dr. Basconcillo sheds light on the increase in occurrence of Christmas typhoons in the Philippines in recent years.
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00:00 Introduction to the podcast and guest
03:14 What got me into science
06:11 Things you need to know about the climate map of the Philippines
14:05 How I became a climatologist and joined DOST-PAGASA
17:46 Research focus: Christmas typhoons in the Western North Pacific
40:52 Research funding, publication fees, challenges, and future plans
57:10 Advice to aspiring researchers
1:00:16 Join the Philippine Meteorological Society
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Research spotlight:
Basconcillo J, Moon I-J. 2021. Recent increase in the occurrences of Christmas typhoons in the Western North Pacific. Scientific Reports. 11(1).
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Guest Speakers:
Lala Calle, Dana Manogan, Paolo Co, Mary Rose Gabuyo, Bryan Casauay
Research assistants from the University of the Philippines - Marine Science Institute share their experiences of doing research studies in the Pag-asa Island Research Station in the West Philippine Sea.
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Guest Speaker: Jeffrey Perez, M.Eng.
This episode highlights the research of Mr. Perez on the prehistoric earthquakes from the Surigao segment of the Philippine Fault.
Mr. Jeffrey S. Perez is a licensed geologist and a Supervising Science Research Specialist at PHIVOLCS. He is a graduate of BS Geology from the UP Diliman and gained a Master of Engineering Major in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Saitama University, Japan. He has also taken graduate school units at Kyoto University, Japan. He was a recipient of the 2017 Outstanding Young Scientists Award by the National Academy of Science and Technology, Philippines (NAST, Ph) and the DOST International Publication Award (2015, 2018, 2021 and 2023). In 2018, he was one of the eight (8) Filipinos who were part of the Asian Scientist 100 list. Currently, he supervises the Disaster Risk Reduction Research and Development Section of PHIVOLCS.
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Research spotlight:
Perez JS, Tsutsumi H. 2017. Tectonic geomorphology and paleoseismology of the Surigao segment of the Philippine fault in northeastern Mindanao Island, Philippines. Tectonophysics. 699:244–257.
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👤Guest Speaker: Raquel Felix, PhD
This episode highlights the work of Dr. Raquel Felix on modelling the tsunami scenarios in Lombok and Bali, Indonesia.
Dr. Felix is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Coastal Lab at the Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. She completed her PhD in 2023 at NTU, within the Asian School of the Environment (ASE). Her research focuses on tsunami hazard assessment through modeling and the development of user-friendly applications for tsunami modeling. Raquel holds a BSc and MSc in Geology from the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman. During her Master's studies, she worked as a Science Research Specialist in the Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards Project (Project NOAH) at UP.
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Felix, R. P., Hubbard, J. A., Bradley, K. E., Lythgoe, K. H., Li, L., and Switzer, A. D., 2022: Tsunami hazard in Lombok and Bali, Indonesia, due to the Flores back-arc thrust, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 22, 1665–1682.
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Guest Speaker:
Iris Mabanta
MS Marine Science Student
UP Marine Science Institute
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Guest Speaker:Kevin Garas, PhDSenior GeologistMines and Geosciences Bureau - DENR---Research spotlight:
K.L. Garas, T. Watanabe, A. Yamazaki (2023) Hydroclimate seasonality from paired coral Sr/Ca and δ18O records of Kikai Island, southern Japan: evidence of East Asian monsoon during mid-to late Holocene. Quat. Sci. Rev., 301 (2023), Article 107926
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