Scientia Vol. 27 Issue No.1 (The Pursuit Issue)

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S R T S P N I E D I R T S R T S E D I R T S R P N I E D I R R T T S S P N I E D I R T R S T S STRIDE IN PRIDE: Demands of Filipino queer scientists

w ri t te n by Nikka Joy Macasa

g r a p hi c s by Hanz Salvacion

Krista is a queer marine scientist focusing on marine biotechnology gene markers in Tridacna gigas or giant clams.

Herald is a bisexual PhD student who, as part of the Modelling and Applications Group, contributed a COVID-19 model to the UP Pandemic Response Team.

Jayson is a trans woman physicist looking into the mechanism of vision in cephalopods and some octopus species.

Mark is a gay mathematician who decomposes matrices for applications in statistics, engineering and sciences.

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