Volume 1 Number 1 (July to December 2008)

EDITORIAL
Proud of our science – and our scientists
Eduardo A. Padlan, Editor-in Chief

FEATURES
The impact of Ed Gomez
Miguel Azcuna

Jose B. Cruz, Jr.: Excellence in Engineering Design of Complex Systems
Joeriggo M. Reyes

Asuncion K. Raymundo: Peering into microbes and pioneering molecular
microbiology in the Philippines
Ediwn N. Camaya and Evanjill Alcantara

NEWS
The 28th Annual Meeting of the Philippine American Academy of Science and Engineering
Leah M. Tolosa and Maria Luisa A. Virata-Theimer

REVIEWS
NANOTECHNOLOGY
Visualizing and modifying objects at the nanometer length scales
Romel D. Gomez

BIOPHYSICS
Time series analysis, or the quest for quantitative measures of time dependent behavior
Alfonso M. Albano, Peter D. Brodfuehrer, Christopher J. Celluci, Xenia T. Tigno,
and Paul E. Rapp

ARTICLES
BIOMOLECULAR/BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
De-antigenization of immunodominant epitopes: A strategy for designing vaccines
against constantly mutating pathogens and other applications
Eduardo A. Padlan

TAXONOMY
A new species of Gemmula, Weinkauff 1875; Evidence of two clades of Philippine
species in the genus Gemmula
Baldomero M. Olivera, David R. Hillyard, and Maren Watkins