Volume 3 Numbers 1 and 2 (January to December 2010)

EDITORIAL
Philippine Science Letters – now on its third year
Eduardo A. Padlan and Gisela P. Padilla – Concepcion, Editors

FEATURES
Bienvenido Ochoa Juliano:
Shaping the world’s evolution
through rice research
by Carla A. Omaga

Rigoberto C. Advincula:
Multi-awarded and Distinguished Filipino
Scientist Making an Impact in Polymers and Nanomaterials
Roderick Borong Pernites

Getting to know Kelvin
Alfredo Mahar Francisco A. Lagmay

National Scientist Lourdes Jansuy Cruz:
From Rice to Conus Research — the Journey
Evelyn Mae Tecson-Mendoza

Oscar H. Ibarra: Computer Scientist Par Excellence
Michael A. Palis

NEWS
The 30th Annual Meeting and Symposium of the Philippine American Academy
of Science and Engineering
Onofre T. De Jesus and Maria Luisa A. Virata-Theimer

REVIEWS

Deforestation, Swidden Agriculture and Philippine Biodiversity
Raul K. Suarez, Percy E. Sajise


SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

DNA barcoding of the White-Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris (Boddaert 1783)
(Alcedinidae) using the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene
by Adrian U. Luczon*, Abdel Hadi M. Mohammad Isa, Jonas P. Quilang,
Perry S. Ong, Ian Kendrich C. Fontanilla


ARTICLES

Selection and design of new primers for multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
detection of transgenes in genetically modified (GM) soybean (Glycine max L.)
Roundup Ready Soybean GTS 40-3-2
by Cynthia T. Hedreyda* and Jennifer L. Roxas



Detecting genes inserted into genetically modified Zea mays L. Yieldgard® MON810,
Roundup Ready® GA21, and Roundup Ready® NK603 using multiplex polymerase chain reaction
by Cynthia T. Hedreyda* and Jennifer L. Roxas



Synergistic in vitro cytotoxicity of adociaquinone B and heptyl prodigiosin against MCF-7
breast cancer cell line
by Zenaida P. Bojo*, Cyril D. Deaño, Sonia D. Jacinto,
and Gisela P. Concepcion



A method for designing molecules for use in directing the antibody response
to a chosen region of a protein antigen
Eduardo A. Padlan



Amplified fragments of ornithine decarboxylase gene, toxR, and an unknown
gene marker could distinguish strains of Vibrio harveyi and Vibrio campbellii
implicated in shrimp disease
Fabini D. Orata and Cynthia T. Hedreyda*



Antibacterial activities of fruticose lichens collected from selected
sites in Luzon Island, Philippines
Krystle Angelique A. Santiago, Jayne Nicholei C. Borricano,
Joecela N. Canal, Denisse Marie A. Marcelo, Myleen Claire P. Perez,
and Thomas Edison E. dela Cruz*



Effects of medium replenishment and acclimatization techniques on growth
and survival of embryo cultured coconut seedlings
Pablito M. Magdalita*, Olivia P. Damasco and Stephen W. Adkins



Analysis of colonic histopathological images using pixel
intensities and Hough Transform
Laurence A. Gan Lim*, Raouf N.G. Naguib, Elmer P. Dadios, Jose Maria C. Avila



Morphogenesis of anisotropic gold nanostructures stabilized the greener
ionic liquid 1-butyl-3- methylimidazolium lauryl sulfate
Judy M. Obliosca, Ian Harvey J. Arellano, Michael H. Huang and Susan D. Arco



A partial expressed sequence tag (EST) library of the economically important
red alga Eucheuma denticulatum (N. L. Burham) F. C. Collins and Hervey
Paulina S. Aspilla, Anna Angela Camille B. Antonio, Giuseppe C. Zuccarello,
Nina Rosario L. Rojas
ERRATA



Zymography-Based Assay for Screening Potential Anti-Gelatinase Agents
using Serratia marcescens Serralysin
Jolleen N. Balitaan, Holger Steinbrenner, and Maria C. Ramos



Cadmium binding ability of the blue-green alga Hapalosiphon
welwitschii
Nägel under controlled conditions
Margaret C. de Guzman, Ernelea P. Cao



Optimization of Failure-Tolerant Workspaces for Redundant Manipulators
Rodrigo S. Jamisola, Jr.



Genotypic differences in morphology and ultrastructures of callus
derived from selected rice varietie
Josefina O. Narciso and Kazumi Hattori



Turris babylonia; re-evaluation of a species complex and description of Turris assyria, new species Baldomero M. Olivera, Romell A. Seronay and Alexander E. Fedosov


Life Cycle Costing Based Design Optimization and Viability Analysis
of the Adoption of the Hybrid Technology in Philippines Tricycles
Jose Bienvenido Manuel M. Biona and Alvin B. Culaba



The Indo-Pacific Gemmula species in the subfamily Turrinae:
Aspects of field distribution, molecular phylogeny, radular anatomy and feeding ecology
Francisco M. Heralde III, Yuri I. Kantor, Mary Anne Q. Astilla, Arturo O. Lluisma,
Rollan Geronimo, Porfirio M. Aliño, Maren Watkins, Patrice Showers Corneli,
Baldomero M. Olivera, Ameurfina D. Santos, and Gisela P. Concepcion



Prevalence of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
from inmates of the Manila City Jail, characterization for SCCmec type and
occurrence of Panton-Valentine leukocidin gene
Esperanza C. Cabrera, Dahlia Teresa Ramirez-Argamosa and Roslyn D.M. Rodriguez