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In the same occasion with the Field Study (BIO390, 30 July - 1 August 2018), some lecturer of the Department of Biology held a meeting with Balai Taman Nasional Gunung Gede Pangrango (TNGGP). In the meeting held at Ruang Rapat Balai TNGGP at 1.30 PM, Wahju Rudianto, S.Pi. M.Si. (head of Balai TNGGP) and some managers welcomed the lecturers and continued to discuss some issues.  Dr. Ir. Miftahudin M.Si. (head of the Department of Biology) explained…

Second-year students of Biology Study Program spent their last week in Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park (30 July - 1 August 2018) to conduct the Field Study (BIO390), a field research course where the student went to the outside of campus to observe, record, or analyze the natural phenomenon related to the biology.  During the study, they stayed in Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park guesthouses located near Cibodas Botanical Garden together…

Students of the Graduate Program in Microbiology and other Study Programs attended a guest lecture event held in Reading Room, Department of Biology (2/8). The lecture was started after opening speech by Prof. Dr. Anja Meryandini MS.. "We are welcoming Dirk Berkelmann, a doctoral student from the Department of Genomic and Applied Microbiology, Goettingen University, Germany, who will deliver essential material in the field of metagenomics and bioinformatics in microbial ecology”, she said.…

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 to a breeding site and from one breeding site to another. Related to the Orangutans, she stated that the Orangutans known as a large…

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 (Pongo abelii) living in the…