Philippine Society for Microbiology, Inc. - Visayas Regional Chapter

31/03/2026

28/03/2026

That’s a wrap for our Cluster Webinar on Medical and Environmental Microbiology, "𝑯𝑷𝑽 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑫𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒆: 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝑲𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅"!

Thank you to our resource persons, Dr. Erika Joanna V. Caperonce and Ma’am Junally Jerca Mae Layson, for sharing your expertise.

To our participants, thank you for your enthusiasm and interest. Stay tuned for the next cluster webinar…coming soon. 👀

26/03/2026

Please check your email inbox for the meeting link we sent for our upcoming Cluster Webinar on Medical and Environmental Microbiology, "𝑯𝑷𝑽 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑫𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒆: 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝑲𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅".

See you via Zoom and Facebook live this March 27, 2026, 08:00 AM - 01:00 PM

15/03/2026

Thank you for the overwhelming interest in our upcoming webinar! Due to the high number of registrations, 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐙𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 to ensure we can properly accommodate participants.

For those who may not be able to secure a Zoom slot, the webinar will also be streamed live here on our page so you can still join and learn with us.

𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦!

We appreciate your support and look forward to having you with us.

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14/03/2026

🦠 𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐖𝐄𝐁𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑 𝐎𝐍 𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐄𝐍𝐕𝐈𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐋 𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐈𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐘 🌱

The Philippine Society for Microbiology Inc. – Visayas Regional Chapter, in collaboration with Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital, Bacolod City, warmly invites you to a Cluster Webinar on Medical and Environmental Microbiology.

𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒆: "𝑯𝑷𝑽 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑫𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒆: 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝑲𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅"

📅 Date: March 27, 2026
⏰ Time: 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM

🎤 Featured Speakers and Topics

𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐉𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐕. 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐌𝐃
Physician, Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital, Bacolod City
𝑇𝑜𝑝𝑖𝑐: 𝐻𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑃𝑎𝑝𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑟𝑢𝑠: 𝑅𝑖𝑠𝑘𝑠, 𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛

𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐲𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐑𝐌𝐓, 𝐌𝐏𝐇, 𝐌𝐒𝐜
PhD Student & Graduate Researcher, University of Trieste & Fondazione Italiana Fegato
𝑇𝑜𝑝𝑖𝑐: 𝐷𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑒: 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐼𝑡𝑠 𝐹𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐸𝑥𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐼𝑡𝑠 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐻𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝐼𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦

✨ 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝑭𝑹𝑬𝑬 𝒘𝒆𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒓✨

2 𝑪𝑷𝑫 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑴𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔!

Click here to register:
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Join us for an insightful discussion that bridges clinical microbiology, virology, and public health, and learn how microbial science continues to shape disease prevention and control.

28/11/2025

Meet the new PSM Visayas Executive Officers and Division Representatives for fiscal year 2025–2026!

𝐄𝐗𝐄𝐂𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐒

𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩
Alain C. Juayang, RMT, PhD
Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital & Colegio San Agustin Bacolod

𝙑𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩
Francis S. Legario, PhD
Iloilo Science and Technology University

𝘾𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙎𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙮
James Ariel M. Nim, MSc
University of the Philippines Visayas

𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙎𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙮
Jayvee C. Jore, PhD
Central Philippine University

𝙏𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙧
Jilla A. Tornalejo, MA
University of San Agustin

𝘼𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙤𝙧
Jason James P. Lusabia, RMT
Colegio San Agustin - Bacolod

𝘽𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙧
Joval N. Martinez, PhD
University of St. La Salle - Bacolod & Co-Lab Life Sciences

𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙊𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙧
Francis Harry Shone V. Leonora, RMicro
University of the Philippines Visayas

𝙄𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩
Alma Mae S. Torremoro, PhD
Iloilo Science and Technology University

𝙇𝙞𝙖𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙊𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙧
Resurreccion B. Sadaba, PhD
University of the Philippines Visayas

𝐃𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐒

𝘽𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙘 𝙈𝙞𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙞𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮
Yushabel M. Romagos, MPH
Silliman University

𝙈𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙈𝙞𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙞𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮
Adrienne Marrie Bugayong-Janagap, PhD
University of the Philippines Visayas

𝙁𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙈𝙞𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙞𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮
Janice L. Amarante, PhD
Iloilo Doctors’ College

𝙑𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙈𝙞𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙞𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮
Atty. Shenly Marie T. Gazo, MSc
West Visayas State University

𝙈𝙞𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙞𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮 𝙀𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣
Kyle Patrick R. Taruc, MSc
University of St. La Salle - Bacolod & Co-Lab Life Sciences

𝘼𝙜𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙈𝙞𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙞𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮
Cherrylyn M. Macairan, MSc
Central Philippine University

𝘼𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙈𝙞𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙞𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮
Rolando V. Pakingking Jr., RMT, PhD
Central Philippine University

𝙀𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙈𝙞𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙞𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮
Mary Lou C. Arabaca, PhD
University of San Agustin

𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙈𝙞𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙞𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮
Edda Brenda S. Yerro, MA
University of San Agustin

With their leadership and passion for advancing microbiology, we look forward to another fruitful year for the Philippine Society for Microbiology Visayas Chapter.

26/11/2025

The 32nd PSM Visayas Conference Comes to a Close!

The PSM Visayas 32nd Annual Regional Conference and Scientific Meeting was a resounding success, held on October 23–24, 2025, at Iloilo Grand Hotel, Iloilo City.

Theme: Exploring Microbial Diversity: From the Environment to the Laboratory

The event featured inspiring plenary speakers, engaging invited research papers, and dynamic oral and poster presentations, showcasing the latest advancements in microbiology across the Visayas region. Attendees had the opportunity to network, exchange knowledge, and explore cutting-edge research in microbial science.

A heartfelt thank you to everyone, participants, speakers, organizers, and sponsors, who made this conference an unforgettable gathering of minds!

06/11/2025

𝓟𝓪𝓷𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓼𝓽: “𝓦𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓲𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓲𝓰𝓷𝓲𝓯𝓲𝓬𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓼𝓽𝓾𝓭𝔂?”

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗶 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘂𝗺 — 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘁. 🧫

Not only did they conduct great science, but they also shared it with skill and passion. Here are the winners of the oral and poster competitions at the 𝟯𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗦𝗠 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘆𝗮𝘀 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, held on 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟯–𝟮𝟰, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, at the 𝗜𝗹𝗼𝗶𝗹𝗼 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗹, 𝗜𝗹𝗼𝗶𝗹𝗼 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆.

𝗢𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻:
𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲🥇: Rhonali Amador (ISATU)
𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲🥈: Dhina Andre-i (CPU)
𝟯𝗿𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲🥉: Romeo Golez (ISUFST)

𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻:
𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘺 1: 𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘳𝘰
𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲🥇: Vermilah Despi (USLS)
𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲🥈: Louis Cubita (UPV)
𝟯𝗿𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲🥉: Mary Ann Gito (UPV)

𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘺 2: 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭, 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘳𝘰
𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲🥇: Alain Juayang (CSA-Bacolod)
𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲🥈: Demboy Gumboc (WVSU)
𝟯𝗿𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲🥉: Zhenylle Jarloc (ISATU)

𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘺 3: 𝘈𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘳𝘰
𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲🥇: Benjamin Marapon (WVSU)
𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲🥈: Michaela Zaldivar (WVSU)
𝟯𝗿𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲🥉: Maria Theresa Romey (UPV)

03/11/2025

𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘱 ⏳. 𝘙𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴…

𝗡𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲… 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲! 🧫

The 32nd PSM Visayas Annual Regional Convention and Scientific Meeting kicked off with a pre-con Microbiology Olympiad. The best students from six colleges and universities in the region battled it out, and only the fittest prevailed...

𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲🥇: 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘆𝗮𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆
𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲🥈: 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘆𝗮𝘀
𝟯𝗿𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲🥉: 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻

This pre-con activity was in partnership with the Department of Biology and SIHAY Organization of the University of San Agustin.

Photos by SIHAY

24/10/2025

ATM: The spotlight’s on our researchers! ✨️✨️

Excited to hear the innovative ideas and research shared by Mr. Jade Joshua Teodosio, Ms. Jasmine C. Velo, and Mr. Abolais B. Ampa Jr. 🧬📊