UST senior high school students garner awards in Capstone confab

University of Santo Tomas (UST) senior high school students from the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) strand won awards in the "1st Senior High School Capstone Experience Conference" held at the University of the Philippines Los Baños in Laguna.

Discovering the inhibiting effects of leaf extracts of the common local plants on unwanted vegetation, the research paper of Arjay Julio, Wynsel Carven R. Tandoc, Hans Daniel D. Tipace, Yannah Franzine Vendivill, and Zyrene Yanesa from Section 12 STEM 27 titled “Allelopathic effect of Lantana Camara and Chromolaena odorata leaf extracts on plant germination” won the award for the Best Paper in Life Sciences category.

The research paper of Leo Bert A. Orpilla, Jamie Marie M. Kalaw, Hannah S. Golpeo, Mary Joy A. Rodriguez, and Jacob M. Casugbo from Section 12 STEM2 24 titled “Optimization of LoopMediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) assay in identification of Fasciola hepatica in goat samples” won the award for the Best Paper in Agricultural Sciences category. Leo Bert A. Orpilla was also awarded as the Best Oral Presenter in the Agricultural Sciences category.