Chemistry Unit, DPSM, CAS, UP Manila

SPOTLIGHT!: BS Biochemistry students recently investigated the effect of varying material composition and density on the shielding efficiency against radiation ☢️ from various metal radioisotopes through a Geiger-Müller (GM) Counter.

This experiment is part of the Nuclear Chemistry module of the Chem 111 (Inorganic Chemistry I) course for our 1st Year BS Biochemistry students.

Extended call! Join the Chemistry Unit team~! 🧑‍🏫👩‍🏫👨‍🏫

Teach with us! Join the Chemistry Unit team! 👩‍🏫🧑‍🏫👨‍🏫

Congratulations to the UP Manila Team! The Chemistry Unit is proud of you! 👏🍾🏆

UP Manila wins 2nd runner-up in PACSiklaban 2024 – Department of Physical Sciences and Mathematics BS Biochemistry students of the University of the Philippines Manila won 2nd runner-up in PACSiklaban 2024 held last May 5, 2024 at the Plenary Hall of the Henry Sy building of the College of Medicine. This intercollegiate quiz competition is part of the National Chemistry Student’s Congress (NCSC...

[UPM CAS ALUMNI NETWORK DATA REGISTRY AGENDA (CASANDRA)]

Call for responses: Batch 2022 Graduates

Mabuhay, distinguished alumni of the University of the Philippines Manila's biggest and most dynamic unit, the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)!

CAS, under the leadership of Dean Maria Constancia Carrillo, through the Office of Alumni Affairs (OAA), is in the process of digitizing our alumni registry, primarily to streamline our communication strategies and records management. Dubbed UPM CASANDRA, the CAS Alumni Network Data Registry Agenda aims to jumpstart re-tracking, connecting to, and maintaining a more interactive relationship between you and the college for more sustained communication and collaborative partnerships in research, academics, and public service. This project began in 2020 under the leadership of then Dean Leonardo R. Estacio.

We are calling for responses from the alumni of the college specifically those who graduated in 2022. Graduates from other batches who have not accomplished the form are encouraged to send their responses as well.

To ensure that you receive a copy of your responses after filling out this form, you are required to enter your active e-mail address below. This will also be your official e-mail address on record that we will use primarily for communication, but only if you grant us consent as you move along this survey form (https://forms.gle/b3HbN83dRmX3oTTU9).

Kindly disseminate. Thank you and keep safe.

Teach at the Chemistry Unit, DPSM, CAS, UP Manila~!

(1) Full-time Chemistry Faculty Position open. Apply now! ⚗

The Chemistry Unit, DPSM, CAS, UP Manila is hiring!

(1) Laboratory Manager Position open! Details below. Apply Now! 🧪

🎬 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬. ✨

The UP Biochemistry Society is finally back with “𝐊𝐞 𝐊𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐦𝐚,” 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐳 𝐛𝐞𝐞 🏆 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐔𝐏 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐚’𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬. Witness the 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜, 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙗𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙂𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙊𝙧𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙘 𝘾𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙮 ⚛️ on 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟗, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 (𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲) 🗓️ 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟗:𝟑𝟎 𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝟓:𝟎𝟎 𝐩𝐦 ⏰!

Certainly, the UP Biochemistry Society would also like to provide opportunities for all UP Manila students who are 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙪𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 🧬🥼 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙙𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 🤩! “𝐊𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐲 𝐊𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐚”, 𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 🎯 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐔𝐏 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, will be held on 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟑, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 (𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲) 🗓️ 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟒:𝟎𝟎 𝐩𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝟕:𝟎𝟎 𝐩𝐦 ⏰!

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫? 𝙔'𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙣𝙤𝙬!
🔗 𝗞𝗲 𝗞𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗺𝗮: bit.ly/KeKelekema2023
🔗 𝗞𝗶𝗺𝗺𝘆 𝗞𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗮: bit.ly/KimmyKelema2023

✨ Don’t miss out on 𝐊𝐄𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐔𝐏 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐌! ✨

𝐂𝐨-𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬:
UP Vector
UP Manila CPH Student Council

𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬:
UP-MOrg
UP Manila Belle

𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬:
UP Biological Sciences Society
UP Biology Majors Association
Organization of Area Studies Majors








🎨: Azis Hadji Haron
✍️: Cleyanne Viñas

🎬 𝘖𝙆𝘢𝘺, 𝘨𝙐𝘺𝘴! 𝙒𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘾𝘬! 😏

Did you miss us? 🤔 Because we missed you! 😁 Stay tuned 📺, because 𝘸𝘦'𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯! 👀





🎨: Gian Capule
✍️: Belle Nasol

𝐊𝐮𝐝𝐨𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥! ✨️🧪

Fellow Biochemistry and lab students alike, let us 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 🥳 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘂𝘁𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 👏 𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝘂𝘆𝗮 𝗡𝗮𝗻𝗶 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝟮𝟬 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 as our laboratory aide. 🥰 Truly, 𝗞𝘂𝘆𝗮 𝗡𝗮𝗻𝗶 𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 "𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲" 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗲 as he shows his dedication, enthusiasm, and smarts to help the laboratory students in need. ⚛️💙




🎨: Belle Nasol
✍️: Cleyanne Viñas

Are you ready to immerse yourself in the complex yet fascinating world of membrane protein biochemistry? 👨‍🔬🔬

The Office of the Associate Dean for Research and Public Service of the College of Arts and Sciences, in collaboration with the UP Manila Biochemistry Society, gladly invites you this October 18, 2023 (Wednesday) to the CAS Invited Talk entitled “Demystifying Membrane Proteins: Journey from Disease to Cure” with Dr. Geoffrey C. Li. The event will be held via ZOOM, 10:00 AM to 12:00 NN.

If you are interested, you can scan the QR code or register through this link: https://tinyurl.com/DrLiReg

See you! 🤩

𝙃𝙞 👋 , 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣, 𝙄'𝙢 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 🤩 ! 𝙇𝙚𝙩'𝙨 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝘼𝙎𝘼𝙋 💬

Chemical hype crew 🧪💥, did you miss us? Because 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 🫵🥰

Catch us 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 👀 for our 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰, 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐇 𝐋𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐲! Now, don't be super shy 🙈 to visit our booth, so we can take you to the sky ☁️ with our serotonin-booster activities ✨ and blockbuster Isomerch 🌟!






🎨: Claude Naco
✍️: Belle Nasol

𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 👀 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 ✨🧪 c𝐡e𝐦i𝐜a𝐥 𝐡y𝐩e b𝐨y𝐬 𝐚n𝐝 𝐠i𝐫l𝐬 🧑‍🔬✨!

If you see 👁️ this on your Facebook feed 📱, this may be for 🫵. I did not ✨𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑡✨ for you to see this so if you ever come across this post, 𝑡h𝑖s m𝑎y b𝑒 𝑦o𝑢r s𝑖g𝑛 𝑡o p𝑙a𝑐e y𝑜u𝑟 𝐈𝐬𝐨𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐡 o𝑟d𝑒r𝑠 𝑛o𝑤! 🔮

So ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑦 𝑢𝑝 🏃 and place your orders 𝐴𝑆𝐴𝑃 ⌚ because new 𝐈𝐬𝐨𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐏𝐫𝐞-𝐎𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 will only be accepted 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰, 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟗 𝐚𝐭 𝟏𝟏:𝟓𝟗 𝐏𝐌. 🛍️

bit.ly/IsoMerch2023
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🎨: Claude Naco
✍️: Michelle Castro

The Chemistry unit makes history by welcoming Professor Todd L. Lowary as adjunct faculty. He currently teaches the CHEM 197 elective course on Special Topics in Chemistry. His research interests are in glycobiology and glycochemistry.

This is a significant step towards a world-class quality education provided by our BS Biochemistry program.

but better than never!

Sir Kriel Muñez and Ms. May Bernardo represented the Chemistry Unit in the following events:

SIGMATECH INC - "Science on Wheels" Seminar
BU Technology under DKSH Market Expansion Services Philippines, Inc. - LabTEC, the annual event

held last June 2023. There they learned about new and emerging technologies in advanced analytical chemistry and spectroscopy.

The Chemistry Unit continues to support these opportunities for the improvement of our BS Biochemistry program.

but still proud!

The Chemistry Unit is proud of Dr. Julius Andrew Nuñez who graduated with a PhD in Materials Science last 22 June 2023 from the Université Grenoble Alpes. Doc Julius's research interests are in materials science, biomaterials, and X-ray and neutron diffraction.