Scholarships and Graduate School Trajectories
Alumni and former research assistants of the laboratory have been successful at competing for prestigious scholarships and graduate placements abroad. Some have chosen to pursue Medicine in the country's premiere medical schools as well as in Singapore. ​ The logos below will give you an idea of where they went to next and the scholarships they had been awarded.
Jose Lorenzo Ferrer
PhD student, CALTECH
MSc (2018), IMPRS-MB Goettingen
Carmela Rieline Cruz
PhD (2025), IMPRS-MB, Gottingen
MSc (2021), IMPRS-MB, Gottingen
Kenneth Anthony Roquid
PhD (2025), IMPRS-HLR Germany
MSc MBB (2018), UP Diliman
Fidel Emmanuel Serrano
PhD (2023), University of Heidelberg
MSc MBB (2017), UP Diliman
Arlou Kristina J. Angeles
PhD (2019), DKFZ/Heidelberg
MSc MBB (2015), UP Diliman
Jose Paulo Lorenzo
PhD (2021), DKFZ/Heidelberg
MRes (2015), Imperial College London
MSc MBB (2014), UP Diliman
Joseph Neos Cruz
PhD student, IMBA
Austrian Academy of Sciences
MSc (2023), IMPRS-MB, Goettingen
Tiffany Ong
PhD student, NUS
MSc (2020), NUS
Carlo Cristobal
PhD (2022)
Baylor College of Medicine
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J-Ann Marie Lego
PhD student, DKFZ Heidelberg
MSc MBB (2022), UP Dilliman
Bea Demigillo
Joint Master's (Erasmus) 2023
Heidelberg/Groningen
MD-MBA (2019)), ASMPH
Andrea Denise Ong
MPhil Bioscience Enterprise (2020)
University of Cambridge
Arman Ghodsinia
PhD student, University of Cambridge
MRes (2022), University of Cambridge
MSc Radiation Biology (2020), University of Oxford
Liezel U. Tamon
PhD (2023), University of Oxford
MSc (2018), IMPRS-MB Goettingen
Charles Christopher Bataclan
PhD (2024), University of Lausanne
MSc MBB (2018), UP Diliman
Robert Lorenz Chua
PhD (2022), BIH/Charite (Berlin)
MSc (2017), IMPRS-MB Goettingen
Brandon Mitchell Sy
PhD (2019)
University of New South Wales
Martin Daniel Qui
MD candidate, Duke-NUS
PhD (2024), Duke-NUS
MSc (2018), IMPRS-MB Goettingen
Aileen Geobee Uy
PhD student (DKFZ)
Joint Master's (2023), Heidelberg/Uppsala
MSc MBB (2021), UP Diliman
Shela Marie Algodon
PhD candidate , University of Lubeck
MSc MBB (2021), UP Diliman
Jose Antonio Ma. Garrido
PhD cand., Univ. of Nevada Las Vegas
MSc MBB (2021), UP Diliman
Joelle Noriko Galang
PhD student (Radboud)
MSc (2022), Radboud University
Charles John Uy
PhD Student, La Trobe
Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute
MSc MBB (2022), UP Diliman
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Jana Mariel Quismundo
MSc (2021)
(Charite Berlin /Vrije University Amsterdam)
Joshua Miguel Danac
PhD student, University of Cambridge
MRes (2023) University of Cambridge
MSc MBB (2022), UP Diliman
Marian Abigail Manongdo
PhD (2023), ETH Zurich
MSc MBB, UP Diliman (2019)
Joshua Reginald Malapit
PhD (2024), DKFZ/Heidelberg
MSc MBB (2017), UP Diliman
Antoni Andreu Martija
PhD (2022), DKFZ/Heidelberg
MSc MBB (2018), UP Diliman
Jan Vincent Arafiles
PhD (2020), Kyoto Univeristy
MSc (2017), Kyoto University
Andrea Salvador
PhD (2023), University of Virginia
MSc MBB (2015), UP Diliman
Clarissa Garcia
PhD Molecular Biomedicine (candidate)
University of Trieste
MSc Mol Med (2022), St. Luke's
Kimberly Quililan
PhD student, The Francis Crick Institute
MSc (2022), IMPRS-MB, Goettingen
Ryan Timothy Yu
MSc (2021), IMPRS-MB, Gottinegen
Andrei Philip David
MSc/PhD student, IMPRS-MB Goettingen
​MSc MBB (2024), UP Diliman
Krizelle Mae Alcantara
Researcher, Ohio State University
MSc MBB (2017), UP Diliman
Jose Gabriel Hilario
Master of Biotechnology (2020)
University of Queensland
Ryonne Solon
PhD student, Academia Sinica
Alvin Bello
PhD , Chung-Ang University (Korea)
Kim Hao Lin
Incoming MSc-PhD student
IMPRS Neurosciences, Gottingen
Kolin Echano
Incoming MSc student
Erasmus Mundus MemBioMed
Mary Elizabeth de Guzman
Incoming MSc student
University of Lausanne
James Allen de Borja
MSc MBB (2024), UP Diliman
Maxine Beatrice Faminiano
MSc MBB (2024), UP Diliman
Kevin Kent Vincent Canlas
PhD candidate, Chung-Ang University (Korea)
Kim Dominic Aguilar
MSc student (Ghent)
Rafael Ambag
Incoming PhD student
Washington University in St. Louis
MSc MBB (2025), UP Diliman
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Timothy Daniel Lee
Incoming MSc-PhD student
IMPRS-MB, Gottingen
Kimberly Cabral
Incoming MSc student
(Sustainable Drug Discovery)
Erasmus Mundus
Jose Edgardo Balucio
MSc MBB (2024), UP Diliman
UP Diliman
Dominique Mickai Leaño
MSc MBB student, UP Diliman
Arjelle Agupitan
PhD candidate, PMcCC (Melbourne)
MSc Oncol (2017), Oxford University
Marie Isabelle Viola
MSc MBB (2018), UP Diliman
Jose Paolo Aguilar
Incoming PhD student
Washington University in St. Louis
MD (2018), University of Santo Tomas
Lance Andrei Esteban
Incoming MSc-PhD student
IMPRS-MB, Gottingen
Janica Lising
Incoming MSc student
Technical University of Denmark
Mae Kimberly Gattoc
MSc MBB (2024), UP Diliman
Sidney Allen Chua
MSc MBB student, UP Diliman
AP Limpot
MSc MBB student, UP Diliman
Amino Domado
MSc MBB student, UP Diliman
Alexandra Ang
MSc MBB student, UP Diliman
Teo Comentan
MSc MBB student, UP Diliman
Aleq Andresan
MSc MBB student, UP Diliman
Xandrei del Rosario
MSc MBB student, UP Diliman
LAB MEMBERS WHO PURSUED/ARE PURSUING A MEDICAL DEGREE
Larielyn Aggabao-Rodriguez
MD (2017), UP College of Medicine
Sarah Coralde
MD (2021), UP College of Medicine
Jian Kenzo Leal
MD (2021), UP College of Medicine
Martin Daniel Qui
MD-PhD candidate, Duke-NUS
MSc (2018), IMPRS-MB Goettingen
Charles Adrian Manalo
Medical Student
UP College of Medicine
Jann Adriel Sy
MD (2017), Duke-NUS Medical School
Jonathan Chan
MD (2022), UP College of Medicine
Cherry Joy Tumampo
MD (2020) / PhD Mol Med (2022)
UP College of Medicine
Kate Allison Co
Medical Student
St. Luke's College of Medicine
Diego Angelo Llamzon
Medical Student
UP College of Medicine
Pixie Dale Alvarez
MD-MBA (2018)
Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health
Andrea Estuart
MD-MBA (2021)
Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health
Daniel Paul Uy
MD (2022), UP College of Medicine
Mariko Galvez
Medical Student
UP College of Medicine
Sadao Mejares
Medical Student
UP College of Medicine
Abigail Mary Claire Ablang
Medical Student, UST FMS
Lance Harvey Go
Medical Student, UST FMS
Feliz isabel Licup
MD-MBA student, ASMPH
Ryan Timothy Yu
Medical Student, ASMPH
PHOTO CREDIT: Gabriel Villamil
