Volume 4 Numbers 1 and 2 (January to December 2011)

EDITORIAL
Philippine Science Letters – on the move
Eduardo A. Padlan and Gisela P. Padilla – Concepcion, Editors

FEATURES
The Milky Way of a Star Scientist:
Carlito B. Lebrilla
by Ronie J. Calugay

Alfonso Albano:
A Distinguished Scientist
in Measures of Non-linear Dynamics
and An Exemplary Educator
by Manuela Tarroja-Keller

To Find CJ, Make Way
for CJ
by Angel C. de Dios

NEWS

REVIEWS

History of the biodiversity and limno-ecological studies on Lake
Taal with notes on the current state of Philippine limnology
Rey Donne S. Papa and Augustus C. Mamaril Sr.



Development and utilization of
the PhilRice Genebank
Gabriel O. Romero, Roel C. Rabara, Evelyn B. Gergon, Ma. Cristina
V. Newingham, Celia L. Diaz, Marilyn C. Ferrer, and Eric S. Nazareno

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS


ARTICLES

A matrix population model of the "janitor fish" Pterygoplichthys
(Pisces: Loricariidae) in the Marikina River, Luzon island,
Philippines and the possibility of controlling this invasive species
Benjamin Vallejo, Jr. and Kristine A. Soriano


STM and DFT Studies of Anion Adsorption at Well-defined
Surfaces: Pd(111) in Sulfuric Acid Solution
Alnald C. Javier, Youn-Geun Kim, Joseph B. Soriaga, Perla B. Balbuena
and Manuel P. Soriaga


Effect of dry-on, suffocation-based treatment on the prevalence
of pediculosis among schoolchildren in Calagtangan Village, Miag-ao, Iloilo
Adrienne Marrie S. Bugayong, Karla Teresa S. Araneta, Jennifer C.
Cabanilla, Christian Era U. Gayatgay, Ernest Jan T. Nufuar, Krystal
Hope S. Rufino, Mary Ann C. Caro, and Philip Ian Padilla


Effect of pretreatment and geometry on the thermophysical
properties of raw ubi (Dioscorea alata L.)
Cresel F. Noche, Dennis V. Cantre, and Floirendo P. Flores


Effects of engineering charged amino acids in the CH3 domains
on antibody heavy chain dimerization
Maria Aiko Angela A. Diaz*, Eduardo A. Padlan, Ameurfina D. Santos


Factors promoting coral-algal transition in coral
transplantation experiments
Helen T. Yap*, Reverie Alvarez-Molina, Caryl S. Benjamin


Isolation and sequence analysis of the full-length toxR gene of type strain
Vibrio campbellii and use of the toxR gene sequence to evaluate variation
and relatedness with other Vibrio species
Fabini D. Orata and Cynthia T. Hedreyda*


Novel Glycerol-Crosslinked Poly(acrylic acid) Hydrogel for
Encapsulation and Release of Benzocaine
Angela Lisandra S. Lee, Gayzen A. Ordoñez, Soma Chakraborty*


Probiotics from Philippine dairy products are bactericidal for
pathogens with transferable multiple drug resistance
Mary Catherine A. Mercado and Esperanza C. Cabrera*

Total synthesis of dubiusamine C, a plausible minor alkaloid
in Pandanus dubius
Mario A. Tan*, Noriyuki Kogure, Mariko Kitajima,
Hiromitsu Takayama


DNA barcodes of the suckermouth sailfin catfish Pterygoplichthys
(Siluriformes: Loricariidae) in the Marikina River system, Philippines:
Molecular perspective of an invasive alien fish species
Joycelyn C. Jumawan*, Benjamin M. Vallejo, Annabelle A. Herrera,
Corazon C. Buerano and Ian Kendrich C. Fontanilla


Amplification and sequence analysis of the luxA gene in
the non-luminescent type strain Vibrio campbellii NBRC 15631
Cynthia T. Hedreyda* and Fabini D. Orata


Microsatellite and RAPD Analysis of Six Local Wine Strains
of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Zahara Joy A. Guiamal and Cynthia T. Hedreyda*