SU hosts Conservation Genomics Colloquium 2025

Silliman University (SU), in collaboration with the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) and the Philippine Genome Center (PGC), hosted a press conference on April 15, 2025, unveiling the draft whole genome sequence of the Visayan Spotted Deer (Rusa alfredi)—an achievement by an all-Filipino research team completed in under a year. Hosted by SU’s Angelo King Center for Research and Environmental Management (SUACKREM) and the Biology Department, the event gathered over a thousand participants both online and onsite.

READ MORE about the Conservation Genomics Colloquium 2025 here:
https://su.edu.ph/su-hosts-colloquium-on-groundbreaking-conservation-genomics-project-for-visayan-spotted-deer/

Ma. Carmel F. Javier, Albert C. Noblezada, Persie Mark Q. Sienes, Robert S. Guino-o II, Nadia Palomar-Abesamis, Maria Celia D. Malay, Carmelo S. del Castillo, and Victor Marco Emmanuel N. Ferriols comprised the team of scientists who made the draft genome of R. alfredi possible. Access their journal article here: https://gigabytejournal.com/articles/150.