College of Science Students Awarded Best Research Paper in National Science Confab

(This article is originally published in Ti Similla, the official newsletter of the academic staff, UP Baguio, Baguio City in June 2011)

A research on the impact of rising ocean temperature on the larval development of sea urchins won for Abigail  Joyce Peralta and Kristine Rose Doringo, BS Biology graduates of UP Baguio, the Best  Undergraduate Paper Award at the 11th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Philippine Society for the Study of  Nature (PSSN), held on 24-28 May 2011 at the UP Open University in Los Baños, Laguna. Entitled “The Impact of Predicted Ocean Temperature and pH Levels on the Development of Sea Urchin (Tripneustes gratilla) Larvae,” the work was among five (5) finalists that were pre-selected by a panel of distinguished scientists. Undergraduate theses submissions came from different academic institutions all over the country. (Read More)