UPLB and DOST-PCIEERD Collaborate with MSU-TCTO for Seaweed Research in Tawi-Tawi

By: MSU Tawi-Tawi College of Technology and Oceanography

Published: August 21, 2024

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UPLB and DOST-PCIEERD Collaborate with MSU-TCTO for Seaweed Research in Tawi-Tawi

By: MSU Tawi-Tawi College of Technology and Oceanography

August 21, 2024

𝗨𝗣𝗟𝗕 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗢𝗦𝗧-𝗣𝗖𝗜𝗘𝗘𝗥𝗗 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗦𝗨-𝗧𝗖𝗧𝗢 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗮𝘄𝗶-𝗧𝗮𝘄𝗶

A team from the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) and the DOST Philippine Council for Industry, Energy, and Emerging Technology Research and Development (DOST-PCIEERD) visited the University to collect seaweed samples from the MSU-TCTO Seaweed Research and Development Center (SeaRDeC) and seaweed farms in Bongao and Simunul, Tawi-Tawi.

The UPLB team consists of Jey-R S. Ventura (Project Leader), Jaren U. Tulipan (Project Technical Specialist I), Gerald M. Aguilar (Project Technical Specialist I), Engr. Neil Allen Lalusin (Project Manager, DOST-PCIEERD), and Engr. Precious Mae Daniega (Project Manager, DOST-PCIEERD). MSU-TCTO SeaRDec Director Sitti Zayda B. Halun accompanied the team.

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