Clara Lim-Sylianco

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Clara Lim-Sylianco

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Clara Y. Lim-Sylianco
Official portrait, National Academy of Science and Technology
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

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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

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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

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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

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^ ^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.

v t e Order of National Scientists recipients
1978	Juan Salcedo, Jr., Nutrition & Public Health Alfredo Santos, Physical Chemistry Gregorio Y. Zara, Engineering & Inventions
1980	Fe del Mundo, Pediatrics Eduardo Quisumbing, Plant Taxonomy, Systematics, & Morphology
1982	Geminiano de Ocampo, Ophthalmology Casimiro del Rosario, Physics, Astronomy, & Meteorology Gregorio Velasquez, Phycology
1983	Francisco Fronda, Animal Husbandry Francisco Santos, Human Nutrition & Agricultural Chemistry Carmen Velásquez, Parasitology
1985	Teodoro Agoncillo, Philippine History Encarnacion Alzona, Philippine History Hilario Lara, Public Health
1986	Julian Banzon, Chemistry Dioscoro L. Umali, Agriculture & Rural Development
1987	Jose Encarnacion, Jr., Economics Luz Oliveros-Belardo, Phytochemistry
1988	Alfredo Lagmay, Experimental Psychology
1989	Paulo Campos, Nuclear Medicine
1994	Pedro B. Escuro, Genetics & Plant Breeding Clara Lim-Sylianco, Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry
1998	Dolores Ramirez, Biochemical Genetics & Cytogenetics Jose R. Velasco, Plant Physiology
1999	Gelia T. Castillo, Rural Sociology
2000	Bienvenido Juliano, Biochemistry
2001	Clare R. Baltazar, Systematic Entomology Benito Vergara, Plant Physiology
2004	Onofre Corpuz, Political Economics & Government
2005	Ricardo Lantican, Plant Breeding
2006	Lourdes Cruz, Biochemistry
2008	Teodulo Topacio Jr., Veterinary Medicine
2010	Mercedes Concepcion, Demography Ernesto Domingo, Internal Medicine/ Gastroenterology Perla Dizon Santos Ocampo, Pediatrics
2011	Raul Fabella, Economics Bienvenido Nebres SJ, Mathematics
2014	Angel Alcala, Biological science Ramon Barba, Horticulture Edgardo Gomez, Marine Biology Gavino Trono, Jr., Marine Biology
2019	Emil Q. Javier, Agriculture
2023	Carmencita Padilla, Medical Genetics/Pediatrics
2024	Romulo Davide, Plant Pathology and Nematology
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