Joel Hassan G. Tolentino, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Director, Philippine Genome Center-Mindanao

Email: jgtolentino3@up.edu.ph

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EDUCATION
COURCES TAUGHT
RESEARCH INTEREST
RESEARCHS
PUBLICATIONS

eDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

PhD, Chemistry (Biological)
Year Graduated: 2008
University of Connecticut at Storrs, Connecticut, USA
BS, Chemical Engineering (cum laude)
Year Graduated:1993
University of the Philippines Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines

COURSES TAUGHT

College/General Chemistry I and II (Lecture and Laboratory) [CHEM 21.1; CHEM 22]
Elementary Organic Chemistry (Lecture and Laboratory) [CHEM 31; CHEM 31.1]
Quantitative Inorganic Chemistry (Lecture) [CHEM 41]
Food Engineering II [FST 131]
Methods in Food Research [FST 192]
Probing the Physical World – Chemistry component [SCIENCE 10]
Cell and Molecular Biology [BIO 100]

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  1. Extraction of Functional Ingredients
  2. Anticancer Drug Discovery
  3. Gene Sequence Elucidation/Omics Studies

RESEARCH PROJECTS

  1. Project Leader; Anti-Lung Cancer Bioactive Hits from Priority Bioactive Extracts; Funded by DOST-PCHRD; Study Duration: 08/01/2019 – 07/31/2022 [completed]
  2. Project Staff; Establishment of Philippine Genome Center – Mindanao Satellite Facility; Funded by DOST-PCHRD; Study Duration: 02/01/2019 – 03/31/2022 [completed]
  3. Project Leader; Potential antioxidant and anticancer functional food components from   various plant sources; Funded by UPMindanao In-house Grant; Duration: 11/01/2018 – 01/31/2020 [completed]
  4. Project Leader; Isolation, Purification and Structure Elucidation of Potential Anti-Cancer Compounds from Bioactive Extracts; Funded by DOST-PCHRD; Study Duration: 01/01/2016 – 12/31/2018 [completed]
  5. Co-Project Leader; Plant Extracts from Plants Endemic in Davao Region for Bioactivity and ADMETox Assay”; Funded by DOST-PCHRD; Study Duration: 10/15/2013 – 07/15/2015 [completed]
  6. Project Leader; Cracking the cDNA Sequence that Encodes the Raw Starch-Digesting Amylase (RSDA) from Saccharomycopsis bubodii 2066”; Funded by UPMindanao-OR;  Study duration: 08/15/2013 – 07/31/2017 [completed]
  7. Project Staff; Cloning and Expression of Raw starch-Digesting Amylase Genes from Saccharomycopsis fibuligera and Saccharomycopsis bubodii for Direct Ethanol Fermentation; Funded by DOST-PCIEERD; Study Duration: 01/2012 – 06/2014 [completed]

PUBLICATIONS

  1. Bonete, D.E.E., Tolentino, J.H.G. and Novero, A.U. 2018. Determination of the cDNA Sequence and In Silico Functional Analysis of a Glucoamylase Gene from Saccharomycopsis fibuligera 2074. Philippine Journal of Science. 147(2):261-273.
  2. Tolentino, J.H.G., Labrador, K.L., Fronteras, J.P., Bullo, L.L.R., Cancio, L.P.M., Anonuevo, J.J.J., Eleria, G.P.G. and Novero, A.U. 2016. Identification of Glucoamylase cDNA Sequence of Saccharomycopsis (Syn. Endomycopsis) bubodii 2066. KIMIKA. 27(2):15-28.
  3. Nair, R.R., Tolentino, J.H., and Hazlehurst, L.A. 2012. Role of STAT3 in transformation and drug resistance in CML. Frontiers in Oncology. 2(30):1-12.
  4. Nair, R.R., Tolentino, J.H., Argilagos, R.A., Zhang, L., Pinilla-Ibarz, J., Hazlehurst, L.A. 2012. Potentiation of Nilotinib-mediated cell death in the context of the bone marrow microenvironment requires a promiscuous JAK inhibitor in CML. Leukemia Research. 36(6):756-63.
  5. Nair, R.R., Tolentino, J., and Hazlehurst, L.A. 2010. The bone marrow microenvironment as a sanctuary for minimal residual disease in CML. Biochemical Pharmacology. 80(5):602-12.
  6. Tolentino,J.H., Burke, T.J., Mukhopadhyay, S., McGregor, W.G., and Basu, A.K. 2008. Inhibition of DNA replication fork progression and mutagenic potential of 1,N6-ethenoadenine and 8-oxoguanine in human cell extracts. Nucleic Acids Research. 36(4):1300-1308.