Ivan Patrick Baquiano Tualla

Forschungsbereich 3: Marine Ökologie
FE Marine Symbiosen

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Raum: 4.510
Phone: +49 431 600-4488
Email: itualla@geomar.de
Mailing address:
Wischhofstraße 1-3, Gebäude 5
D-24148 Kiel

Forschungsinteresse

Fortschritte bei den Hochdurchsatz-Sequenzierungstechnologien und verbesserte Berechnungsmethoden haben die Erforschung der biochemischen Profile von Mikrobiomen ermöglicht, die in extremen Umweltnischen gedeihen. Derzeit konzentriert sich meine Forschung auf die Entschlüsselung der „biokatalytischen Blackbox“ von Mikrobiomen aus Tiefseeschwämmen, um potenzielle Extremozyme für biotechnologische Anwendungen im Meer zu ermitteln. Durch den Einsatz von künstlicher Intelligenz und neuen Algorithmen des maschinellen Lernens werden in silico-Enzymmining-Pipelines für die biologische Entdeckung und Bioprospektion neuartiger Extremozyme aus extremen aquatischen Mikrobiomen zum Einsatz kommen. Darüber hinaus führe ich auch molekulare Klonierung, rekombinante Proteinproduktion und Proteincharakterisierung durch, um enzymatische Aktivitäten in vitro zu verifizieren. Diese Arbeit ist hauptsächlich in dem von der EU mit Horizon finanzierten XTREAM-Projekt verankert. Ich bin offen für wissenschaftliche Kollaborationen, also kontaktieren Sie mich bitte!

Keywords: Metagenomik, Marine Mikrobiologie, Entdeckung von Extremozymen, heterologe Expression, Blaue Bioökonomie

Wissenschaftlicher Werdegang

Seit 2025, Doktorand am ºÚÁÏÊÓÆµ Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Germany

2022 – 2024 International Master of Science in Marine Biological Resources (Magna cum laude) – Ghent University, Belgium, University of Basque Country, Spain, and University of Bergen, Norway.

2022 – University Research Associate II at the Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines Diliman.

Seit 2021, Associate Member of Biological Sciences Division, National Research Council of the Philippines, Department of Science and Technology (NRCP-DOST), Philippines

2019 – 2021 Science Research Specialist I at the Fisheries Biotechnology Center, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute, Philippines.

2019 – Research Intern at the Philippine Genome Center, University of the Philippines Diliman.

2018 – University Research Associate I at the Central Luzon State University, Philippines.

2015 – 2016 Laboratory Instructor at the Department of Biological Sciences, Visayas State University, Philippines.

2014 – Research Assistant at the Graduate School of Integrated Life Science, Hiroshima University, Japan.

2011 – 2015 Bachelor of Science in Biology major in Marine Biology – Visayas State University.

Auszeichnungen, Stipendien und Ausbildungsförderungen

  1. IMBRsea Class of 2024 Best Master Thesis Prize
  2. Erasmus Mundus Scholarship Award 2022 – 2024, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
  3. Best Poster presentation (2nd) – Association of the Systematics Biologists of the Philippines
  4. Best Oral presenter and Best Research paper – Convention of the Federation of Institutions for Marine and Freshwater Sciences
  5. Phi Delta Most Outstanding Bachelor’s Thesis for Physical and Environmental Science – Visayas State University
  6. Leadership Award – Department of Biological Science
  7. Academic Scholarship – Visayas State University
  8. International Summer School on the Mathematics in Chromatin Dynamics Research Center for the Mathematics and Chromatin Dynamics, Hiroshima University, Japan
  9. Young Sustainable Impact 2017 Start-Up Lab, Oslo Science Park, University of Oslo, Norway

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Ivan Patrick B. Tualla and Jayzon G. Bitacura. Effects of Cadmium and Zinc on the Gamete Viability, Fertilization, and Embryonic Development of Tripneustes gratilla (Linnaeus), Scientifica, vol. 2016, Article ID 8175213, 10 pages, 2016. 10.1155/2016/8175213.

Beiträge zu Konferenzen

Poster presentation. Discovery of novel promiscuous enzymes for plastic degradation. 3rd International Poster Competition. Erasmus Mundus Association.

Poster presentation. Plastic-degrading enzymes from extremophilic bacteria at the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridges (AMOR) deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Science by the Sea – Science Seminar 2023 hosted by the Centre for Deep Sea Research, University of Bergen, Norway.

Poster presentation. Yessotoxins in an aquaculture area off the Basque coast: their occurrence in mussels and its potential producers. 20th International Conference on Harmful Algae (ICHA) hosted by Hiroshima University, Japan.

Oral presentation. Molecular-assisted taxonomic studies on some Caulerpa (Bryopsidales, Ulvophyceae) species from Aurora province and Benham Bank, Philippine Rise, Philippines. 40th Association of Systematic Biologists of the Philippines Symposium and Annual Meeting, Philippines.

Poster presentation. Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of Asparagopsis (Bonnemaisoniales, Rhodophyta) from the Philippines. 39th Symposium and Annual Meeting of the Association of the Systematic Biologists of the Philippines.

Poster presentation. Molecular-assisted Taxonomic Studies on Asparagopsis (Bonnemaisoniales, Rhodophyta) from the West Philippine Sea. 14th Kuroshio Science International Symposium, Japan.

Oral presentation. Lecture on Fundamentals of Polymerase Chain Reaction and Application of Bioinformatics tools on Genetic Sequence Analysis. Biotechnology 101: Theory, practices, and applications in aquaculture and fisheries. Philippines.

Oral presentation. Application of Molecular Diagnostic Tool in the Most Important Pathogens in Organic Farming and Liquid Supplement. 31st CLSU In-House Review of Completed and Ongoing R&D Project. Philippines.

Poster presentation. Molecular Detection of Waterborne Pathogens in Monitoring Water Sources Used in Organic Farming. 31st CLSU In-House Review of Completed and Ongoing R&D Project. Philippines.

Poster presentation. Molecular Screening on the Occurrence of the Most Important Pathogens in Organic Fertilizers and Liquid Supplements for a Safe Organic and Sustainable Agriculture. 41st National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) Annual Scientific Meeting.

Oral presentation. Apo Island: A Turtle Hotspot in the Coral Triangle. 38th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation.

Oral presentation. Two Frequently Confused Genera of the Marine Red Algal Flora of the Philippines: Claudea lamouroux and Zellera G. Martens (Rhodophyta: Delesseriaceae). Annual Convention of the Association of Systematic Biologists of the Philippines.

Poster presentation. First Records of Marine Macrobenthic Algae from Limasawa Island, Southern Leyte. 24th Philippine Biodiversity Symposium of the Biodiversity Conservation Society of the Philippines.

Oral presentation. Effects of Cadmium and Zinc in the gamete viability, fertilization and embryonic development of Tripneustes gratilla (Linnaeus). 47th Annual National Convention of the Federation of Institutions for Marine and Freshwater Sciences.