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The Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) mantra, “Agham na Ramdam!” is truly on its way to make science and technology felt by  Zamboangueños and everyone throughout Mindanao with the 2015 Mindanao Cluster Science and Technology (S&T) Fair  slated from December 3-5, 2015.

DOST Region IX will be spearheading the S&T Fair to be held in Palacio del Sur, Marcian Garden Hotel in Zamboanga City, and which carries the theme “Philippines: A Science Nation Innovating for Global Competitiveness.”

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Learning about biotechnology can be fun and exciting. This was demonstrated in the recent seminar held at SM Dasmariñas Event Center, Cavite as part of the celebration of the National Biotechnology Week 2015 spearheaded by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).

The seminar, entitled “Understanding Biotechnology Seminar-Workshop for High School and Elementary Students,” featured activities that engaged the students from Maquiling School, Incorporated, Christian School International, University of the Philippines Rural High School, De La Salle Lipa, Cavite State University, and B. N. Calara Elementary and High School.

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Basic information and updates on the Expanded Newborn Screening (NBS) and Nutrigenomics programs of the government were presented to biotech-affiliated professionals and students at the Health Forum of the 2015 National Biotechnology Week (NBW) on November 23, 2015.

Led by the Department of Science and Technology’s Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD) and the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI), the forum shed light on the progress of implementing the Expanded NBS Program, the trial for which is being conducted in selected hospitals in Metro Manila.

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Monitoring and assessment of water quality in Batangas Province has been given a boost with the launching of the Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) SENTRY, or Sensing Environmental Parameters through Telemetry, during the celebration of DOST IV-A’s 52nd anniversary in Mataasnakahoy, Batangas last November 20, 2015.

SENTRY is a system which deploys devices for real-time automated data acquisition to help avoid fish kill and other adverse effects of poor water quality. These devices are sensors which come in the form of catamaran-type buoys. To be gathered are data on the water’s acidity, turbidity, and total suspended solids or particles larger than two microns

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