The 17th Annual FishBase and SeaLifeBase Symposium transpired recently at the Indian Ocean Research Centre (IOMRC) of the University of Western Australia (UWA) in Perth. It was the first time in history that the FB symposium ran for two(2) whole days, from the 9th to the 10th of September 2019.…
To foster wellness and fitness in the workplace, Q-quatics conducted an in-house seminar on “Desk-friendly Exercises” on the 29th of August 2019 held at the IRRI Gym. Coach Ronald Bernaldez briefly discussed the benefits of exercise to professionals and then led and guided the participating Qq staff to a few…
On the 15th of August 2019, Ms. Emily Capuli, Research Associate and Thematic Group Leader for Taxonomy at Q-quatics, gave a seminar-presentation on “Integrating and Splitting of Species in FishBase: species/distribution updates affecting Qq projects” at the Qq office in Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines to share her work and experience…
Dr. Roger Pullin (former Program Leader of the FishBase Project under ICLARM, now Founding Director of the Irish Sea Centre) meets with Q-quatics (who currently manages FishBase and SeaLifeBase) on 19 July 2019 for initial talks of collaboration between the two centers. The Irish Sea Centre (www.irishseacentre.org), a young and…
Branding expert Ms. Giulia Bottoni led and guided the Q-quatics staff in the development of the Qq corporate identity through graphics design manual in a 3-day training-workshop held last August 2019 at the Qq office in Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. It was participated by Maan Bimbao (Executive Director), Tuttay Luna…
Dr. Todd Miller, Recruitment, Energetics and Coastal Assessment Program Manager at NOAA Fisheries and lead of IsotopeBase, a global database for stable isotopes and trophic levels in aquatic food webs was at Qq headquarters in Los Baños, Laguna (Philippines) on 31 July 2019. Todd met with Josephines ‘Skit’ Barile (IT Thematic…
One of the expressed needs during the Annual Performance Plan (APP) sessions which transpired earlier this year (April 2019) was for an ‘R’ training course for the Qq staff. An ad hoc group composed of Skit Barile, Kathy Reyes, Jenks Espedido, Gelli Parducho and Tuttay Luna was created to brainstorm on…
Dr. Roger Pullin, former ICLARM Program Leader of the FishBase project, now Founding Director of the Irish Sea Centre met with Q-quatics (who currently manages FishBase and SeaLifeBase) on July 19th at the Qq headquarters in Los Baños, Laguna (Philippines) for initial talks of collaboration between the two centers. The…
As a marine science student at Pearson College in Canada, 17-year-old Nadia Vaillancourt was looking to work on a marine conservation-related job while spending her summer vacation in the Philippines. With the help of a common friend between Ma. Lourdes ‘Deng’ Palomares (Q-quatics Science Director) and Nadia’s mom who’s based…
Ma. Josephine France ‘Skit’ R. Barile has been selected as the new Thematic Group Leader for IT effective April 4th, 2019, designated to manage, organize and coordinate IT tasks of Q-quatics. Skit is also expected to assure the progress and completeness of deliverables for projects and Q-quatics activities where IT-related…
