Quicmapp Facility

17/04/2026

𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗭𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝗕𝗜𝗢𝗧𝗔@𝟲𝟬! 🌊

We’re facilitating a workshop that equips biology educators with citizen science tools to tackle marine plastic pollution. Teachers will learn macroplastic quantification through manual methods and the 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗭𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗽𝗽, bridging the gap between classroom learning and real-world conservation.

By bringing place-based learning into the curricula, we’re empowering the next generation to help fill critical data gaps in plastic monitoring.

See you there! 🛠️📱

01/04/2026

𝗕𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗭𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗽𝗽 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀! 📱🌊

Our citizen-science app is almost ready for the Google Play Store, and we need 𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 to help us finalize it.

If you’re an Android user and want to make a real impact, we want you on the team! Your feedback will directly shape the future of our environmental monitoring efforts.

📝 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: 👇👇
🔗https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfYZ3XR4AwWBcGgJaVzqVCA3GEQIW4RFVF8RqXveaTr1MgBfg/viewform

Join the mission.
Beat plastic pollution.
𝗕𝗲 𝗮 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗭𝗲𝗻! 🤝🇵🇭

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05/06/2025

QuICMaPP head appointed OIC Chair of UP Intelligent Systems Center Data Science Division.

The QuICMaPP Facility proudly congratulates Dr Paul Samuel P. Ignacio for his appointment as Officer-in-Charge of the Division Chairperson - Data Science Division, University of the Philippines Intelligent Systems Center.

Dr. Ignacio is the founding head of the QuICMaPP Facility established through the collaboration of Dr. Ignacio and Dr. Deo Florence Onda of the Microbial Oceanography Laboratory (UP MSI) for the DOST-funded project PlastiCount Pilipinas.

Congratulations, Dr. Ignacio! We are excited to see you share your passion for , , and .

11/02/2025

We are HIRING!!!

Be part of our team and contribute in advancing !

See poster below for details.

22/11/2024

Today is the last day of our PReMIERS Fellows at the QuICMaPP Facility!

But before they complete their remaining tasks at the facility, the fellows enjoy a quick visit at Museo Kordilyera, UP Baguio’s ethnographic museum. We thank Museo Kordilyera for welcoming our PReMIERS Fellows with a guided tour of the museum!

This afternoon, the fellows will be performing their final round of AI deployment to their field data to generate counts and classification of both macro- and microplastics. Tomorrow, they will head back to the Microbial Oceanography Laboratory where they will start the analysis of their initial results and write their reports about their work!

19/11/2024

The QuICMaPP Facility congratulates its student assistant, Mark James Canilang for being a recipient of the prestigious 2024 Global Undergraduate Exchange (Global UGRAD) Program scholarship in the United States administered by World Learning and the Philippine-American Educational Foundation (Fulbright Commission in the Philippines)!

He is one of only eight successful nominees from more than a thousand applicants for this coveted award. The Global UGRAD Program, funded by the US Department of State, grants students a semester-long non-degree academic, cultural, and leadership exchange in the USA. Jas will be attending Endicott College in Massachusetts, USA, as an international exchange student to pursue Applied Mathematics courses for the Spring 2025 semester.

Congratulations, Jas! 🥳
We are super proud of you!!! 🤩❤️

15/11/2024

See you all at 10:00 AM today for our mini-symposium on “Data-driven Explorations in Plastics Pollution Research”!

For onsite participants, please proceed to the Science Research Center at the College of UPB College of Science complex.

For online attendees, please standby for the live stream feed at the Quicmapp Facility page.

WE HEAR YOU!!!

Due to popular demand, our mini-symposium on "Data-driven Explorations in Plastics Pollution Research" with Dr. Deo Florence L. Onda and the PReMIERS Program Fellows will now be LIVE STREAMED on the Quicmapp Facility page!

This mini-symposium is brought to you by the QuICMaPP Facility, in partnership with the UP MSI Microbial Oceanography Laboratory and the UPB College of Science Lecture Series Committee, as part of the celebrations for this year's National Science, Technology, and Innovation Week!

For onsite attendance, register in advance at https://tinyurl.com/27kdbewa or scan the QR code in the poster! Like and follow our page for updates!

See you there!!!

13/11/2024

WE HEAR YOU!!!

Due to popular demand, our mini-symposium on "Data-driven Explorations in Plastics Pollution Research" with Dr. Deo Florence L. Onda and the PReMIERS Program Fellows will now be LIVE STREAMED on the Quicmapp Facility page!

This mini-symposium is brought to you by the QuICMaPP Facility, in partnership with the UP MSI Microbial Oceanography Laboratory and the UPB College of Science Lecture Series Committee, as part of the celebrations for this year's National Science, Technology, and Innovation Week!

For onsite attendance, register in advance at https://tinyurl.com/27kdbewa or scan the QR code in the poster! Like and follow our page for updates!

See you there!!!

12/11/2024

The QuICMaPP Facility is excited to be part of this year’s celebration of National Science, Technology and Innovation Week!

11/11/2024

MINI-SYMPOSIUM ALERT!!!!

The QuICMaPP Facility, in partnership with the UP MSI Microbial Oceanography Laboratory and the UPB College of Science Lecture Series Committee, invites you to a pre-NSTW mini-symposium on

Data-driven Explorations in Plastics Pollution Research

with the 2024 PReMIERS Program Fellows and Dr. Deo Florence L. Onda, Associate Professor, UP Scientist III, and Associate Dean for Research, Innovation, Development and Enterprise at the College of Science, UP Diliman!

Register in advance at https://tinyurl.com/27kdbewa or scan the QR code in the poster!

See you there!!!

11/11/2024

QuICMaPP Facility welcomes the 2024 PReMIERS Program Fellows!!!

The Plastics Research Methods Internship and Educational Research Stay Program is a comprehensive training and internship program for graduate students pursuing their thesis or dissertation related to plastics research. It includes an all-expenses paid two-month research visits to the Circular Explorer, the MicroQUIB Facility at the Bolinao Marine Laboratory, and the QuICMaPP Facility at UP Baguio. The fellows also receive focused mentorship from a core group of advisers.

At the QuICMaPP Facility, the PReMIERS fellows are scheduled to complete their hands-on training on finetuning, evaluating, and deploying AI-based models to detect and classify both macro- and microplastics on various datasets.

The PReMIERS Program is made possible through the partnership of the UP Marine Science Institute Microbial Oceanography Laboratory, UPB College of Science through the Quicmapp Facility, the Circular Explorer and Holcim Inc.