About this episode's guest: Daniel Paul Uy is a fifth year Med student in UP Manila. He has a bachelor's degree in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (MBB) from UP Diliman, where he did research for the Disease Molecular Biology and Epigenetics Laboratory (DMBEL).
In this episode we talked about:
- Why Daniel chose MBB as his course in college
- The different topics and laboratories in MBB
- The RNA research being worked inside DMBEL
- The three hallmarks of cancer
- The tools you need to be a successful MBB student/researcher
- The different career paths for an MBB graduate
- How UP Med creates five-star physicians
- How Daniel's background in MBB helps him in Med school
- The differences between working as a researcher and a clinician
- Why doing undergrad before going into Med school is a good idea
- Why high school and college is the time to pursue what you're passionate about
- Why we need more MBB researchers in the Philippines