The Virtual Museum:
A Glimpse of the Storied History of UPCM

Featured Paintings and Gallery Calderon Hall Medical Science Building

ISABELO CONCEPCION, MD

Dr. Isabelo Concepcion was a former head of the Department of Biochemistry during the mid to late 1930s, serving as such until 1940. He is well known for contributing significantly to the first dietary studies in the country. He was also among the primary contributors to a series of studies in the Philippine Journal of Science, which detailed the analysis of the composition of over 2,206 different food samples. He was also involved in studies detailing the vitamin content of food, undertaking a study on the determinations of Vitamin C in fruits as well as in human blood. 

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Due to lack of sources for some paintings, the content of the virtual museum may not always be accurate ,and this will be continually revised as needed. If you have any feedback about the content of the writeups and its accuracy, please email of the Office of the Dean through Lorelie Alcazar (lmalcazar@up.edu.ph)

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