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March 1-15, 2000
BAR funds 3rd APMBC proceedings
by Thea Kristina M. Pabuayon
The Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR),
through its Scientific Publication Grant System, has
agreed to provide the amount of P100,000 for the publication
of the Asia-Pacific Marine Biotechnology Conference
'99 (APMBC) Proceedings.
The grant is included in BAR's fund allocation
for the year 2000. This support is part of BAR's commitment
to strengthen the knowledge management of the NaRDSAF.
Particularly, this is done to provide professional societis
funds for publication of conference proceedings, journals
and manuals. Also, it is expected that this grant will
promote agricultural and fisheries R & D excellence.
The amount will cover the layouting and printing of
250 copies of the said publication.
Since 1995, the APMBC has been conducted
every two years in different Asian countries. This biennial
conference deepens and strengthens the relationships
of marine biotechnology researchers, features the latest
technologies and developments as well as facilitate
interaction with the private sector. As part of the
25th Marine Science Institute Anniversary for the year
1999, the University of the Philippines-Marine Science
Institute (UP-MSI) in cooperation with the Center for
BioMolecular Science Foundation organized the activity
last 28 November 1 December 1999.
The conference featured various research
works on mariculture and algal biotechnology, marine
natural products and marine environmental biotechnology,
marine biochemistry, molecular biology of marine organisms,
marine microbial ecology and physiology, bio-business
and/or bioeconomics of marine renewable resources of
Filipino scientists, which included plenary lectures
and paper presentations.
With this financial support, BAR expects
to promote knowledge exchange and promote research excellence
to the country's agriculture and fisheries development.
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