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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. "I am also inviting Dr. Rika Indri Astuti S.Si. M.Si. as the moderator…

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…

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…

"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…

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 Aji, in this…