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National Intercollegiate
Genetics Quiz Contest (NIGQC)
The National Intercollegiate Genetics Quiz Contest is open to all undergraduate students from colleges and universities all over the Philippines with a background in genetics (such as but not limited to agriculture, forestry, allied health sciences, and biology).
Brief History
The NIGQC traces its roots from the Luzon-wide Intercollegiate Genetics Quiz Contest first sponsored by GeneSoc in December 1998 at the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) Main Center in Muñoz, Nueva Ecija. This was followed by two more editions in November 2000 (Batac, Ilocos Norte) and October 2002 (Los Baños, Laguna). During these years, the quiz contest was held in conjunction with the biennial National Genetics Symposium organized by the Philippine Society for the Advancement of Genetics (PhilSAGen). However, the intercollegiate quiz contest was discontinued for more than a decade after the organization shifted its strategy on advancing GeneSoc's mission of promoting the science of Genetics in the Philippines by reaching out to secondary school students and high school biology teachers through the annual Genetics Camp.
During the 30th Anniversary of the The UPLB Genetics Society coinciding with the 60th year of the elucidation of the DNA Double Helix in 2013, the NIGQC was revived into a national student competition. NIGQC 2013 was held at Drillon Hall, Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), UP Los Baños and it was participated by 10 universities nationwide – seven (7) from Luzon, two (2) from Visayas and one (1) from Mindanao.
So far, the biggest attendance of the contest was reached in 2014 when the NIGQC was participated by 14 universities – twelve (12) from Luzon, one (1) from Visayas and one (1) from Mindanao.
As of the seventh edition of the NIGQC, the University of the Philippines Manila, University of the Philippines Baguio and Ateneo de Manila University have the highest number of NIGQC championships. Each of the three schools have two top podium finishes - UPM in 2000 and 2002; UPB in 1998 and 2015; and ADMU in 2013 and 2016.
4th NIGQC (2013)
DNA Goes Diamond:
60 years of progressive research and development
5th NIGQC (2014)
6th NIGQC (2015)
Medical Genetics:
Paving the way for Innovations in
Health Sciences
7th NIGQC (2016)
Breed and Transform Genetics and Agriculture towards
Food Security and Sustainability
8th NIGQC (2017)
Mapping Molecular Traces: Decoding Forensic Mysteries through Modern Genetic Breakthroughs
10th NIGQC (2020)
The Battle Against COVID-19:
Securing Genetic Defenses and Building Immunogenetic Barriers
9th NIGQC (2019)
Nourishing the Genome:
Advancing the conditions of Human Health through Nutrigenomics
2020 / 10th National Intercollegiate Genetics Quiz Contest
The Battle Against COVID-19: Securing Genetic Defenses and Building Immunogenetic Barriers
21 NOVEMBER 2020
Online via Zoom and Discord
NIGQC Special Symposium and Past Invited Speakers
About the NIGQC Symposium
2020 Dr. Emilio Villanueva III, MSc, DPSP
Clinical Associate Professor of UP College of Medicine
Biostatistician of UP-PGH
Dr. Marcos Valdez, Jr.
University Research Fellow of Far Eastern University
2019 Mr. Jacus Nacis
Science Research Specialist, Nutritional Genomics Section, Food and Nutrition Research Institute-DOST
2017 Dr. Maria Corazon de Ungria
Head, DNA Analysis Laboratory- Natural Science Research Institute, UP Diliman
2016 Dr. B.P. Mallikarjuna Swarmy
International Rice Research Institute
NIGQC Champions
4th NIGQC (2013)
Ateneo de Manila University
Hadeza Cabaddu, Wrench Chester Canicosa and Antoni Andreu Martija
Prof. Ronald Allan Cruz
5th NIGQC (2014)
University of the Philippines Diliman
Clinton Tang, Andrea Licuanan and Tiffany Grace Uy
Dr. Ian Kendrich Fontanilla
6th NIGQC (2015)
University of the Philippines Baguio
Jerico Vidad, Micah Dolores Dispo
and Roselyn Solomon
Mr. Enrico Jugadora
7th NIGQC (2016)
Ateneo de Manila University
Team Names
Coach
8th NIGQC (2017)
Bulacan State University
Team Names
Coach
9th NIGQC (2019)
Ateneo de Zamboanga University
Ray Joshua Macrohon, Adzhar Tiplani, Najwa Hind Molina
Dr. Jocelyn Partosa
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Photo Gallery
Photos are posted and made available through the NIGQC Facebook Page
NIGQC Steering Committee Heads
2020
2019 Blaire Jazlin de Borja, Batch
2017 Leann Suitton, Batch
2016 Rency Raquid, Riboswitch
2015 Auruella Kristin Hernandez, Phagemids
2014 Kyna Patricia Albert, Transcriptome
2013 Gelina Rose Bambalan, Haplotype
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Interested groups may request the complete contest invitation letter and full registration at genesoc.nigqc@gmail.com
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