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Borongan City Invites UP NIGS for Their Cultural Mapping and Geological Assessment: An Attempt to Find a New NGM Site
By Toby L. Vergara From left to right: Dom Pagay (BS Geology Student), Miguel Villanueva (URA), Dr. Allan Fernando (Lab Head), Hon. Ralph Evardone (Governor), Mr. Mark Cortado (LGU) and…
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Nannoworks Researcher conducts Osmium Isotope Analysis of Umbria-Marche Basin limestones at Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
From October 1 to December 19, 2025, Jester F. Cleope, a graduate student from the Nannoworks Laboratory, completed his osmium isotope analysis and training at the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth…
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Members of the Nannoworks Laboratory in Ilocos Region for a Research on Pliocene Sediments and Miocene Allodapic Limestones
From December 7 to 15, 2025, the graduate students of the Nannoworks Laboratory, Toby L. Vergara, Jyll Radbert P. Botardo, and Kirsty Mary D. Camba, led by Dr. Allan S.…
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2025 Geology 120 Class Fieldwork successfully conducted in Ilocos Region
By Raphael Francis E. Dequilla and Dr. Allan Gil S. Fernando From November 28 to December 1, 2025, third-year undergraduate students of the National Institute of Geological Sciences (UP-NIGS) participated…
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Nannoworks Laboratory in Pili Paninap GeoMuseo
by Toby L. Vergara From left to right: Kirsty Camba (MS Student), Jyll Botardo (URA), Miguel Villanueva (URA), Toby Vergara (URA), Miriam Coronel-Ferrer and Anthony Ferrer (owners), Allan Fernando (lab…
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Nannoworks and the Geology 252 Class in Ilocos Region
From November 13 to 16, 2025, Dr. Alyssa Peleo-Alampay, Dr. Allan Gil Fernando, Dr. Sandra Catane, and Dr. Leopoldo de Silva, Jr. led the 12 MS Geology students of the…
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A Field Guide to the Natural World of Nanno: Nannoworks 2025 Sem Starter
On November 3, 2025, the Nannoworks Laboratory held its annual Semester Starter (Welcoming Party) at the National Institute of Geological Sciences Lecture Room 015. The 2025 Sem Starter was organized…
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Nannoworks Receives Microscope and Books from UP B.S. Geology Batch 1978 Alumnus
On March 10, 2025, the Nannoworks Laboratory received a donation of one polarizing microscope and a collection of 102 books, research articles, and essays from Alex Carlos, an alumnus of…
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NIGS Lecture Series October 3, 2025: Dr. Mairin Francesca A. Balisi
By Toby L. Vergara NIGS Lecture Series publicity material for the talk of Dr. Mairin Francesca A. Balisi on “Finding the Ice Age in Your Backyard.” For the fourth quarter…