Asst. Prof. Kriza Faye Calumba received the Young Investigator’s Research Award (Early Career Researcher Category) at The 12th Asian Conference on Lactic Acid Bacteria held at Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, on October 10-13. The award was given by Dr. Sung-Sik Yoon, President of the Asian Federation of Societies for Lactic Acid Bacteria.
Asst. Prof. Calumba presented the study “Probiotic Viability in Marang (Artocarpus odoratissimus) Juice Inoculated with Putative Lactobacillus paracasei C1I12” which was funded by the UP Mindanao in-house research grant.
The co-authors are:
Ms. Carmina Demerey (BSFT alumna)
Asst. Prof. Rovi Gem Villame (DFSC faculty)
Ms. Zarryn Palangga (BSFT alumna)
Assoc. Prof. Jackie Lou Tagubase (DFSC faculty)
Congratulations!
Source: University of the Philippines Mindanao Facebook
