2023 ONGOING R&D PROJECTS |
1.Combination Therapy: Lytic Bacteriophages and Plant Extracts against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria |
2. Bioactive Substances from Actinomycetes Isolated from Different Sources Phase 2. Production, purification and characterization of the bioactive substances Phase 3 |
3. Comparative Study Between Standard Methods and Philippine Made PM and CO Measuring Devices |
4. Development of a Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction for Point of Need Detection for African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV) |
5. De novo synthesis of a non-Infective Flaviviridaepseudovirion: Initial development of a template for a safer conduct of Zika-related diagnostics research in the Philippines |
6. Isolation and Purification of Philippine Common Viruses with Medical Importance and Pandemic Potential for Antigen-Antibody Studies |
7. Virtual Screening of Secondary Metabolites Derived from Philippine Medicinal Plants for Potential Antiviral Activity Against Pathogenic Swine Viruses |
8. Computational Design of Multi-epitope Subunit Vaccines for Protection against Pathogenic Swine Viruses |
9. Microbial and Chemical Profile of Kombucha Tea made from Different Symbiotic Colonies of Bacteria and Yeasts (SCOBYs) in the Philippines. Phase 2. Chemical Profile and Antioxidant Activity of Kombucha (Year 2) |
2022 COMPLETED R&D PROJECTS |
1. Cataloging Possible Philippine Strains of Zika and African Swine Fever Viruses and Coconut Cadang-Cadang Viroid through Genome Sequencing |
2. Biofilm inhibitory activity of Talisay (Terminalia Catappa L.) leaf extract against shrimp pathogen Vibrio sp. and its potential as food supplement. Phase 2: Immunomodulatory effects of Talisay Supplemented feed on Vibrio-challenged whiteleg shrimp (Penaeus Vannamei) |
3. Microbial and Chemical Profile of Kombucha Tea made from Different Symbiotic Colonies of Bacteria and Yeasts (SCOBYs) in the Philippines. Phase 1: Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Microorganisms Responsible for Kombucha Fermentation (Year 1); |
2021 COMPLETED R&D PROJECTS |
1. Development of Fermentation Product (Kimchi-Filipino adaptation) from locally-grown vegetables using indigenous LAB isolates as starter culture |
Grants-In-Aid (GIA) projects receives grants from DOST or other Institutions for the implementation of programs/projects identified in the current DOST priorities and thrusts.