Clara Lim-Sylianco
Clara Y. Lim-Sylianco | |
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Born | (1925-08-18)August 18, 1925 Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental, Philippine Islands |
Died | 23 July 2013(2013-07-23) (aged 87) |
Nationality | Filipino |
Alma mater | Silliman University (B.S., 1949) University of the Philippines (M.S., 1953) University of Iowa (Ph.D., 1957) |
Occupation | Chemist |
Known for | Organic Chemistry Biochemistry |
Clara Y. Lim-Sylianco (18 August 1925 – 23 July 2013[1]) was a Filipino chemist who was granted the title of National Scientist of the Philippines in 1994. Lim-Sylianco's research focused on mutagens, antimutagens, and bio-organic mechanisms. She has published articles, books, and monographs in organic chemistry, biochemistry, genetic toxicology, and molecular nutrition. Also an educator, Lim-Sylianco has written books that are used as reference texts in college chemistry courses in the Philippines.
Education
Lim-Sylianco received an associate degree for the pre-medicine program at Silliman University in 1947. However, she switched out of the Medicine track shortly after to pursue a bachelor's degree in chemistry, where she graduated as magna cum laude in 1949.[1] Lim-Sylianco then pursued a master's in Chemistry at University of the Philippines in 1949. There, she worked as a research assistant until 1951 and later took on an instructor role until she graduated in 1953.[1] After receiving a Fulbright scholarship, she went to the United States to pursue her doctoral studies in biochemistry and organic chemistry at the University of Iowa.[2] She was a research assistant in the university's Department of Pediatrics from 1953 to 1955 and a research fellow in the Department of Biochemistry from 1955 to 1957.[1]
Career and research
Lim-Sylianco moved back to teach at the chemistry and biochemistry departments of the University of the Philippines in 1957. From 1970 to 1973, she served as a consultant for the National Institute of Science and Technology.[1] Lim-Sylianco was a prolific researcher, making contributions to several fields such as environmental mutagens and anti-mutagens, biochemical nutrition, bioorganic mechanisms, and mutagenicity of Philippine medical plants (trilaurin, trilinolein, etc.).[2] In 1989, she became a member of the International Advisory Committee on Anti-mutagens. She was also dedicated to chemical education and wrote textbooks on organic chemistry and molecular biochemistry that were adopted nationally. These include: Principle of Organic Chemistry, 5th ed., 1975; Modern Biochemistry, 1976; Monograph Series on Molecular Biochemistry: Nucleic Acids, Protein, Carbohydrates, Lipids, 1974; Laboratory Manual in Organic Chemistry, 1965; and Laboratory Manual in Biochemistry, 1961.[1]
Awards and recognition
In 1958, she became a Fellow of the Royal Society.[2]
In 1977, she received the Gregario Y. Zara Award.
From 1974 to 1977, she was the University of the Philippines Endowment Professional Chair in Chemistry.
She was recognized as a National Scientist of the Philippines in 1994.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Academy News Vol. 2 No. 2 (PDF). Philippines: National Academy of Science and Technology. p. 3.
- ^ a b c "National Scientist: Clara Lim-Sylianco". National Academy of Science and Technology.
- ^ "Briefer on the Order of National Scientists". Official Gazette. Archived from the original on 2020-11-17. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
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- Juan Salcedo, Jr., Nutrition & Public Health
- Alfredo Santos, Physical Chemistry
- Gregorio Y. Zara, Engineering & Inventions
- Fe del Mundo, Pediatrics
- Eduardo Quisumbing, Plant Taxonomy, Systematics, & Morphology
- Geminiano de Ocampo, Ophthalmology
- Casimiro del Rosario, Physics, Astronomy, & Meteorology
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- Francisco Fronda, Animal Husbandry
- Francisco Santos, Human Nutrition & Agricultural Chemistry
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- Jose Encarnacion, Jr., Economics
- Luz Oliveros-Belardo, Phytochemistry
- Alfredo Lagmay, Experimental Psychology
- Paulo Campos, Nuclear Medicine
- Pedro B. Escuro, Genetics & Plant Breeding
- Clara Lim-Sylianco, Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry
- Dolores Ramírez, Biochemical Genetics & Cytogenetics
- Jose R. Velasco, Plant Physiology
- Gelia T. Castillo, Rural Sociology
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- Benito Vergara, Plant Physiology
- Onofre Corpuz, Political Economics & Government
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- Lourdes Cruz, Biochemistry
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- Raul Fabella, Economics
- Bienvenido Nebres,SJ, Mathematics
- Angel Alcala, Biological science
- Ramon Barba, Horticulture
- Edgardo Gomez, Marine Biology
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- Emil Q. Javier, Agriculture
- Carmencita Padilla, Medical Genetics/Pediatrics
- Romulo Davide, Plant Pathology and Nematology
- Retired