This talk was given during the 2nd Academic Colloquium: Japan Academic Exchanges at the UP College of Medicine on October 10, 2019. I shared the my research experience at Osaka Women's and Children's Hospital. I also shared the research collaborations of other MD/PhD students with different Japanese institutions.

1. 2nd Academic Colloquium: Japan Academic Exchanges | October 10, 2019 | Buenafe Hall, UP College of Medicine

2. MD/PhD Batch 5 Sakura Exchange Program to
Osaka Women’s and Children’s Hospital (Jan 2015)
The SEED of collaboration was
planted in 2015

4. Itaru Yanagihara MD, PhD
Department of Developmental Medicine
Research Institute
Osaka Women’s and Children’s Hospital

5. Perform experiments,
analyze data and write
the result

6. Fujiwara sensei taught
us how to use circular
dichroism spectroscopy
for analyzing pathogenic
bacterial proteins and
enzymes
Kwansei Gakuin
University
Nozawa sensei taught
us how to perform
genome editing using
CRISPR-Cas9 system.
Kyoto University

7. Wakimoto sensei allowed me to observe in OPD,
LRDR, laparoscopic gynecologic surgeries and
uterine artery embolization.
Tetsu Wakimoto MD, PhD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Osaka General Medical Center

9. Weekend getaway with my
MD/PhD batchmates rotating in
Osaka University and Kobe
University

10. Meeting Filipino professor in
Osaka University
Nirianne Palacpac PhD
Department of Molecular Protozoology
Research Institute for Microbial
Diseases
Osaka University

11. With my foster parents
and Filipino family in
Osaka, Japan

12. Quality Time with the
Yanagihara Lab members

13. Attending
Sunday Service
at Komyo
Christian Church

15. Graduation in the Medical Research
Program of Osaka Women’s and
Children’s Hospital (June – July 2018)
Graduation in the Medical Research
Program of Osaka Women’s and
Children’s Hospital (Jan – Feb 2019)

16. Co-author in research publications

17. First author in research publications

18. My research on gene mutations and
SNPs found in Filipino cervical cancer
patients was featured in MIMS
magazine.

19. Best Oral Presentor
Applied Science and Biotechnology Category
Biological Sciences Graduate Congress
Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Most Outstanding Student Research Publication
Awarded by UPCM Class 1986 and the UPCM
Department of Clinical Epidemiology

21. INAH MARIE C. AQUINO
MD-PhD Student
Prof. Toshihiro Horii PhD
Department of Molecular
Protozoology
Research Institute for
Microbial Diseases
Osaka University
ERIC DAVID B. ORNOS
MD-PhD Student
Norio Sakai MD, PhD
Child Healthcare and Genetic
Science Laboratory
Department of Pediatrics
Osaka University

22. MARY NADINE R. UY
MD-PhD Student
Prof. Yasuko Mori MD, PhD
Division of Clinical Virology
Center of Infectious Diseases
Kobe University
ELOINA FAYE S. GAMPOY
MD-PhD Student
Norio Chihara MD, PhD
Division of Neurology
Graduate School of Medicine
Kobe University
FEDERICO C. DE JESUS II
MD-PhD Student
Hironobu Minami MD, PhD
Department of Hematology &
Oncology
Graduate School of Medicine
Kobe University

23. IAN KIM B. TABIOS
MD-PhD Student
Yuichi Chigusa MD PhD
Dept of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology
School of Medicine
Dokkyo Medical University
Mihoko Kikuchi PhD
Department of Immunogenetics
Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN)
Nagasaki University

24. SHERIAH LANE DE PAZ MD, PhD
MD-PhD Graduate
Takashi Okamoto MD, PhD
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Graduate School of Medical Sciences
Nagoya City University

25. JOHN CARLO B. REYES MD, PhD
MD-PhD Graduate
Shigeyuki Kano, MD, PhD
Department of Tropical Medicine and
Malaria
Research Institute
National Center for Global Health and
Medicine