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  • Thumbnail for the post titled: PaleoConnect: The Past is the Window to the Present and Future

    PaleoConnect: The Past is the Window to the Present and Future

    The Nannoworks Laboratory is inviting its members and its colleagues to a seminar organized by the Biological Research and Services Laboratory of the National Science Research Institute. The talk is […]

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    Happy Geologists Day!

    Geologists’ Day started in the Soviet Union in 1966 as a professional holiday for geologists, geochemists, and geophysicists. It’s traditionally celebrated on the first Sunday of April to mark the […]

  • Thumbnail for the post titled: AAPG Workshop Invitation: The Stratigraphy of Sundaland

    AAPG Workshop Invitation: The Stratigraphy of Sundaland

    The American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) will be holding a virtual workshop on the Stratigraphy of Sundaland: Current Perspectives and Future of the Science from October 5-6, 2021. The […]

  • Thumbnail for the post titled: Christmas Party 2020: Christmas-kerade!

    Christmas Party 2020: Christmas-kerade!

    The laboratory celebrated the holidays by having an online gathering last December 19, 2020. Face masks were decorated following a paleontological theme and were shown off by members during the […]

  • Thumbnail for the post titled: Microfossils and Its Applications with Dr. Ric Jordan

    Microfossils and Its Applications with Dr. Ric Jordan

    Dr. Richard William Jordan from Yamagata University visited the University of the Philippines Diliman from March 7-14, 2020. The purpose of his stay was to teach a graduate course (Geology […]

  • Thumbnail for the post titled: NannoTalks: Oct. 30, 2020

    NannoTalks: Oct. 30, 2020

    There will be a new NannoTalks presentation by Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology Outreach Coordinator and Filipinx paleontologist, Gabriel Santos on October 30, 2020 at 10:00 AM (Philippine Standard […]

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    NannoChats: Oct. 12, 2020

    There will be a new NannoChats presentation to be presented by new NIGS faculty and laboratory member, Meyrick Tablizo. He will present the paper by Dominici and co-workers, published in […]

  • Thumbnail for the post titled: NannoChats: Sept. 28, 2020

    NannoChats: Sept. 28, 2020

    On September 28, 2020, laboratory member Ma. Caezare Mae CariƱo, presented a paper by Ramaswamy and Gaye (2006) on the carbonate and biogenic opal fluxes of foraminifers, coccolithophorids and diatoms […]

  • Thesis Proposal: Justin Jorge Padre

    The thesis proposal defense of Mr. Justin Jorge R. Padre was held on May 21, 2020 and was part of the first colloquium held by NIGS via Zoom during the […]

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    2nd Alternative Learning Sessions on Geology at the NIGS Museum

    From February 19 to 26, 2020, a week-long Alternative Learning Session in Geology was held for its second year at the UP NIGS-UPGAA Geology Museum. A total of 139 participants, […]