“16-bit microprocessor-

based calculator”

The first single-chip graphical user interface

DIOSDADO BANATAO accelerator that made computers work a lot faster.

The 16-bit
microprocessor-based
calculator is really a big This invention has allowed computer user to use
help in our society. graphics for commands and not the usual typed
Because of its function, commands in older computers.
it helps us to make our
work easier and faster
and helps to manage our
time appropriately. It allows data processing to be a little faster using
very little space.
 “It’s not that I’m so
smart, it’s just that I
Diosdado Banatao is known for his rags
stay with
to riches story. problems
He used to walk
barefooted along with the dirt road of
his hometown longer.”
just reached his primary
school.

- ALBERT EINSTEIN
 “Philippine Plant Breeding”

He developed plant breeding into a blossoming

science as its first head in 1948.

DIOSCORO UMALI

Because of his He improved the abaca resistance to diseases and

contributions, he increasing pulp and paper quality by cross-breeding
helps society it to abaca relatives.

especially the
Filipino farmers
who are planting
rice, corns and He improved rice and corn and altered corn to suit
abaca. Philippine conditions and produced 14 excellent rice
types and 5 corn hybrids.
 He spearheaded the development of different
varieties Mussaenda philippica.

He developed the local fruit germplasm as well as

the local food.

DIOSCORO UMALI

Plant breeding He also showed a particular fondness for the

genetics and production of makapuno, the
increases the endosperm mutant of the coconut.
Philippine food
production and
improves the
agricultural sector He also established the Philippine Seed Board and
of our country. the Rice and Corn Production Coordinating
Council of the Philippines and involved in the
creation of International Rice Research Institute.
 “Doubt whom you will
Dioscoro Umali was known to be a great
buttonever
colleague many. doubt
He helped his
classmates who had a hard time
yourself.”
completing an assignment and even
preparing for an exam. Ironically, he
missed graduating with honors because
- CHRISTIAN BOVEE
he was busy doing other things as a
student assistant or as a friend.
 “Conotoxins”

These molecule led to a breakthrough in a study

of ion channels and neuromuscular synapses .
BALDOMERO OLIVERA

His research
about conotoxins He initiated the characterization of predatory
encourages every cone snail venoms that is use for neuroscience.
students to
explore local
biodiversity and
This research brings honour not only to the UP
cultural community but to the whole country as well.
traditions.
“I’m not telling you it is
going to be easy. I’m
Baldomera Olivera was Harvard 2007
telling you it’s going to
“Scientist of the Year” and he is the
one who be worth
discovered it.DNA
E.coli ” ligase.

- Art Williams
 “Nuclear Medicine”

Construction of the first (radioisotope) laboratory in

the Philippines.
PAULO CAMPOS

Nuclear medicine
helps to treat
diseases like goiter It was made to conduct such procedures as the basal
metabolism test and radioactive iodine theraphy
that is common
medical problems in
the Philippines. It
gives hope to every
Filipinos who are He conducted a research on goiter where he found
suffering on that out iodine intake deficiency thought to be the main
kind of disease. cause of goiter.
“We can’t become what
we need to be by
Paulo Campos graduated as valedictorian
remaining
of his elementary what
and high we are.”
school class
and enrolled at University of the
Philippines.
- MAX DEPREE
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