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Olivia Wassmer spent several months to observed bands of unflanged Sumatran orangutans moved around in North Sumatera.  She conducted the observation of this critically endangered species as part of her research to understand their dispersal pattern. In biological sciences, dispersal is defined as both the movement from a birth site…

Tom Roth, a master of science student in Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, the Netherlands, came to the Department of Biology to broaden the knowledge of the Department students in the field of animal biosciences. In the guest lecture event held at Reading Room (Ruang Baca) of the Department of Biology (June 25, 2018), he explained the aggregation behavior of Sumatran orangutans…

"More than 600 million tons of waste plant materials are generated worldwide nowadays. People reuse it only for home gardening or composting." Lin said it as an introductory speech. "Our preliminary studies suggested that it could be an excellent source of phytochemicals, high-value one, for cosmetics application." He added.  Chung-Ho Lin Ph.D. is one of an expert of the…

In the third times of his participation, Siswadi Aji Hutomo got his first gold medal of 'Olimpiade Nasional Matematika dan Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam - Perguruan Tinggi (ONMIPA-PT)', a National Olympiad in Mathematics and Natural Sciences for University Students, in the field of Biology (7/5/2018). The medal completed his collection of bronze medals as a reward from the same competition in 2016 and 2017. As the completion of…

On January 17, 2018, the education staff of Department of Biology FMIPA IPB joined in an event named education staff gathering in Melrimba Garden, Puncak, Bogor. The event aims to provide a place and time to gather all of the education staff in a fun and relaxing activity as well as to get some knowledge of ornamental plants.  The staff has a…