Pharma GalenX Innovations, Inc. and Department of Science and Technology (DOST) recently launched a cutting-edge 3D bioprinting laboratory in Iloilo City. The lab is the first bioprinting lab in Western Visayas enabling the development of human skin equivalent for studies involving topical formulations.  It is equipped with the latest 3D bioprinting technology such as 3D
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The Department of Science and Technology VI (DOST VI) conducted a gender sensitivity webinar entitled, “Gender Sensitivity: Breaking Barriers through Inclusivity and Understanding Different Forms of Abuse”. Ms. Ana Marie Trabado, GAD resource speaker, led the discussion during the program. She discussed concepts related to gender inclusivity, basic GAD and sexual orientation, gender identity, gender
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As an agency that promotes women empowerment, the Department of Science and Technology VI (DOST VI) along with its six (6) Provincial S&T Offices (PSTOs) joins the 2023 National Women’s Month Celebration (NWMC) with the theme, “WE are all for Gender Equality, WE are all for an inclusive society”. The DOST VI GAD Program led
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DOST Secretary Renato U. Solidum Jr. together with DOST VI Regional Director Engr. Rowen R. Gelonga and DOST Aklan Provincial Director Dyna Rose G. Tibubos visits Filbake Food Corporation (FFC) in Kalibo, Aklan. Sec. Solidum looked into FFC’s operations and discuss the various assistance that DOST has provided to the firm during the visit. Representing
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The Department of Science and Technology VI (DOST VI) through its Provincial Science and Technology Offices (PSTOs) in Aklan, Antique, Iloilo and Negros Occidental assists 4 local products through packaging and labeling assistance. The products provided with assistance are produced by community beneficiaries under DOST’s Community Empowerment thru Science and Technology (CEST) Program. These are
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Yanah Crafts Global Trading based in Malinao, Aklan avails of the Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) fund assistance through the Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program 4.0 Innovation-Enabling Fund (SETUP 4.0-iFund). Yanah Crafts manufactures abaca- and raffia-based products like fibers, hats, bags and slippers. Through SETUP 4.0-iFund, Yanah Crafts aims to scale up production by
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The core team of the Safe, Swift and Smart Passage or S-PaSS Travel Management System is declared as the regional winner of the Civil Service Commission’s (CSC) Presidential Lingkod Bayan Award. Receiving the award are members, namely, Engr. Rowen R. Gelonga, DOST VI Regional Director, Mr. Garry T. Balinon, DOST VI Management Information Systems Unit
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Two of the top food manufacturers in Aklan, namely, Jocyl’s Food Products and Sunshine’s Breadmart, avail of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) consultancy program on Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point or HACCP. The firms requested the HACCP consultancy in view of their expanding market and the need to further improve their food management
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Guimaras State University’s (GSU) prototype research vessel named Voyager was set afloat during a soft launching activity held at MacArthur’s Wharf, Buenavista, Guimaras. Hon. J. Prospero E. De Vera III, Chairperson of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), and also the Chairperson of the GSU Board of Regents, attended the activity. Also present were Buenavista,
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