Dr. Jay Dalet

Dr. Jay T. Dalet is an Associate Professor and Former Chair of the Department of Biology in College of Arts and Sciences in University of the Philippines Manila (UP Manila). He is a Bachelor of Science in Biology in UP Manila. He obtained his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Biochemistry from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the College of Medicine in UP Manila. It is in the same institution where he finished his Master of Science (MSc) in Biochemistry. He currently teaches: Cell and Molecular Biology, Forensic Biology, Conservation Genetics, Living Systems: Concepts and Dynamics and Biological Evolution He was a visiting scholar/scientist to University Strathclyde in Glasgow, UK in 2007. He is a member of UP Manila National Institutes of Health Scientific Review Council (UPM NIH SRC). And a recipient of The ONE UP Professorial Chair Award for Outstanding Teaching and Public Service in UP Manila for 2019 to 2021 and 2022 to 2024. His research work is focused on drug discovery, translational biology, molecular cytogenetics and cellular pathology. Among others, his previous research undertakings include advance chromosomal studies using fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH) and gene expression techniques in Conus magus, a marine invertebrate well known for its omega-conotoxin (ΩMVIIA). Omega MVIIA is a pain killer protein that is non- addictive better than morphine. He is also been into cancer research work that involves in-vitro and in-silico analysis of the effects of natural products against cancer cells.