A POTENTIALLY groundbreaking study that could place the Philippines on the global map as a source of green fluorescent protein from coral reef to track the growth of cancer cells in the human body bagged the much-coveted �Best Project of the Year� title in the 2008 BPI-DOST Science Awards held January 18, 2008 in Makati City.The winning project was developed by Carla Gisela Ysabel P. Concepcion, a graduating BS Molecular Biology and Biotechnology student from the University of the Philippines (UP) in Diliman.

A joint undertaking of the BPI Foundation, Inc. and the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), the �Best Project of the Year� Awards aims to recognize and provide incentives to graduating students in selected colleges/universities who excel in specialized fields of science, namely: mathematics, physics, chemistry, engineering, computer science and biology.

The winning project was chosen for its relevance and impact to knowledge advancement, its viability for commercial production and marketability, the originality and uniqueness of the study, and its adherence to scientific soundness.

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By Maria Suzette M. Dizon

Here’s another creative way to record life’s odds and ends for posterity

ONE day all the things we know and all the people we know will change forever, if not disappear. We just don’t know when it will happen. But worry no more as the craft of creating scrapbooks comes to the rescue.

Through scrapbooking, all those sleepless gimmicks with one’s buddiess, ant-attracting dates with one’s honeys, and all the funny encounters during family reunions could be recorded and preserved. Taking photos is just not enough to reminisce all those side-splitting or heartbreaking memories.

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By Alex M. del Mar

The artist made this painting on a Holy Week using pastel.

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By Alex M. del Mar

The artist sculpted this clock using cement.

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By Alex M. del Mar

This painting is the artist’s second oil attempt inspired by his passion for basketball.

For more of the artist’s artworks….visit his website

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