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DE JESUS, Ma. Sheila M.

DE JESUS, Ma. Sheila M.

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UST, CYCU-Taiwan hold 2nd joint symposium on chemical sciences

UST, CYCU-Taiwan hold 2nd joint symposium on chemical sciences

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Assoc. Prof. Ma. Sheila M. de Jesus, PhD, RMT, M(ASCP), PAM

Department of Biological Sciences

mmdejesus@ust.edu.ph

Academic Qualifications

Research Highlights

Research Interests

Academic Qualifications

Degrees

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Biological Sciences, University of Santo Tomas – Manila, Philippines
  • Master of Science in Microbiology, University of Santo Tomas – Manila, Philippines
  • Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology, University of Santo Tomas – Manila, Philippines, 1985

Research Highlights

  

Research Interests

  • Molecular Basis of antimicrobial resistance
  • Crowdsourcing of antibiotic producing and antibiotic resistant bacteria in selected areas
  • Anti-HIV activity of selected alkaloids

Courses Handled

Major Recognitions

Professional Activities

Courses Handled

  • General Microbiology
  • Medical Microbiology
  • Laboratory Management
  • Laboratory Medicine (Elective)
  • Virology
  • Microbiology-Parasitology for 1st year Nursing Students

Major Recognitions

  • 2016 Foreign Scholarship For Graduate Studies (SGS)-Sandwich Program-CHED & Nagoya City University-Graduate School of Medical Sciences (4 months)
  • 2015 Travel Grant by Yale University Center for Scientific Teaching to attend the Workshop on Crowdsourcing Antibiotic Discovery-Small World Initiative (5 days)
  • 2013 BCDA-PCIEERD Short Training Travel Grant, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Nagoya City University Graduate School for Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan. (2 weeks)
  • 1999 Research Fellowship Grant, Department of Science and Technology
  • 1997 Research Paper Award, PCHRD/PAMET

Professional Qualifications

  • Associate Member, Medical Science Group – National Research Council of the Philippines
  • Member, Philippine Association of Medical Technologist (PAMET)
  • Life Member, Philippine Society for Microbiology
  • Specialist Microbiologist, Philippine Academy for Microbiology
  • Registered Microbiologist, American Society of Clinical Pathologist
  • Member, American Society for Microbiology
  • Life Member, Philippine Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (PSBMB)

Selected Publications

Selected Publications

  • de Jesus, M. S. M., Macabeo, A. P. G., Ramos, J. D. A., de Leon, V. N. O., Asamitsu, K., & Okamoto, T. (2022). Voacanga globosa spirobisindole alkaloids exert antiviral activity in HIV latently infected cell lines by targeting the NF-κB Cascade: In vitro and in silico investigations. Molecules, 27(3), 1078.
  • Justin Paolo B. Abengaña, Irni Mark C. Gemzon, Jonathan Mark S. Leung, John Carlo A. Mamauag, Jose C. Nolasco Jr., Ma. Sheila M. de Jesus, & Donna May D.C. Papa. Comparative treament of Pseudomonas aeruginosa burn wound infection using bacteriophage MB08 and antibiotics.  Acta Manilana 60 (2012), pp. 77–81
  • Montoya, Jaime C., Maria Sheila Magalonzo-De Jesus, Gloria Reclusado, Lydia Sombrero, and Concepcion F. Ang. “Characterization of Rifampicin Resistance in Philippine Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Mutation of the rpoB Gene.” Philippine Journal of Science 136, no. 2 (2007): 147-153
  • Ma. Sheila Mangalonzo-de Jesus, RMT, et.al, The Rapid Detection of Rifampin-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the Philippines Using Polymerase Chain Reaction-Heteroduplex Formation (PCR-HDF) Assay, Phil J Microbiol Infect Dis 1997; 26(4):156-158)