Biotechnology UGM – Faculty Fair is one of the routine agendas held by Universitas Gadjah Mada as a forum to introduce the advantages of various faculties and a series of existing work units to the general public. This event ever stopped due to the Covid-19 Pandemic and was only held again on March 18-19, 2023. The venue of this event took place at Grha Sabha Pramana, UGM and free of charge. The target of this activity is all students who want to run for office, as well as active students and university graduates who want to continue their education in the UGM Postgraduate Program.
Bioteknologi UGM – Master of Biotechnology study program at Postgraduate School of Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) has recently received an honour opportunity of a public lecture from PT. Etana Biotechnologies Indonesia that lectured by Andreas Donny Prakarsa, S.Farm., M.Sc. He is working as a Head of Corporate Relationship at PT. Etana Biotechnologies Indonesia. Previously, he obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy at Sanatha Darma University, Yogyakarta, and continued his Master program by taking Medical Biotechnology at Wageningen University, The Netherlands.
Bioteknologi UGM – Master of Biotechnology study program at Postgraduate School of Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) has recently received an honoured opportunity to conduct a public lecture with Prof. Dr. Michael Sauer, Professor and Deputy Head of the Department of Biotechnology, from Universität für Bodenkultur Wien (BOKU University). In this public lecture, he presented a lecture of bioprocess technology and also offered PhD positions for all of Master’s students in Biotechnology at UGM. Previously, he received a Master’s degree in Biotechnology at the ETH Zürich University, Austria, and continued his PhD program in Biochemistry at the University of Vienna, Austria.
Saturday 29 October 2022UGM Postgraduate School Biotechnology study program successfully held a national seminar. The national seminar this time raised the theme ‘Biotechnology for Climate Change and Global Warming Mitigation’. This national seminar activity received sponsorship from Crop Life Indonesia and Science Genetics. The speaker this time is Professor Dr. Ir. Alim Isnansetyo, M.Sc. from Gadjah Mada University, Professor R. Manjunatha Kini from the National University of Singapore and Professor Tatsuo Sato, Ph.D. from Ibaraki University. In addition, this seminar was also attended by 59 speakers from various agencies and universities. Some of the presenters came from Gadjah Mada University, Bandung Muhammadiyah University, Jakarta State University, Lampung University, BRIN, and PT. Great Giant Pineapple.
Master Program student in Biotechnology, Faculty of Postgraduate School UGM, Febri Yuda Kurniawan managed to get the best scientific writing award in the Scientific Paper Writing Workshop held by the UGM Graduate School. The scientific work entitled “Keanekaragaman dan Strategi Konservasi Anggrek Alam di Bawah Pengaruh Antropogenik Kawasan Bukit Dowo, Kulonprogo” (Diversity and Conservation Strategies of Natural Orchids under the Anthropogenic Influence of the Dowo Hills Area, Kulonprogo) became one of the two best works during the workshop. Febri has shown the results of writing that are following the material presented so that the paper is considered worthy of publication.
The Pfizer Biotech Fellowship program which was attended by Lecturers and also several Master of Biotechnology students has been completed and one of the students of the Master of Biotechnology Study Program received a Graduate Education Grants category.
The activities for the Graduate Education Grants category started with the submission of the first proposal and 10 graduate and undergraduate participants were selected who then took part in a series of virtual bootcamp activities that contained material presentations from experts and researchers both from within and outside the country. After the series of virtual bootcamp activities, participants were given time to revise proposals for approximately 14 days and finally produced 5 proposals from graduate programs and 3 proposals from undergraduate programs. From the 5 selected proposals, 1 Grant recipient proposal was announced at the award ceremony on November 23, 2021.
Biotechnology Study Program and Biotechnology Research Center Universitas Gadjah Mada,
proudly present:
Biotech-Webinar Series-3: ZEBRAFISH AS AN ANIMAL MODEL FOR LIFE SCIENCE RESEARCH
Speaker:
Assoc. Prof. Takaaki Matsui
Gene Regulation Research
Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
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Friday, November 26, 2021
13.00-14.40 (GMT+7, Jakarta Time)
at Zoom
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The Biotechnology Masters and Doctoral Study Programs together with the Biotechnology Study Center have successfully held the VII National Seminar on October 23, 2021. This time the National Seminar carries the theme Biotechnology for Mitigation of Climate Change and Global Warming, inviting four keynote speakers, including : Prof. Willfriend Schwab from the Technische Universitait Munchen, Prof. Michael Sauer from the Universitait fur Bodenkultur Wien, Prof. Siti Subandiyah from Gadjah Mada University, and Prof. Chi-Ying F. Huang of National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University.
Biotechnology Study Program and Biotechnology Research Center Universitas Gadjah Mada,
proudly present:
Biotech-Webinar Series-3: ZEBRAFISH AS AN ANIMAL MODEL FOR LIFE SCIENCE RESEARCH
Speaker:
Assoc. Prof. Takaaki Matsui
Gene Regulation Research
Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Save the date!
Friday, November 26, 2021
13.00-14.40 (GMT+7, Jakarta Time)
at Zoom
FREE of Charge + e-Certificate
Join Us and register now at https://bit.ly/RegisterFormBiotechWebinar3
Contact us at (+62) 813-9365-6566 or biotek.sps@ugm.ac.id
The UGM Graduate School Biotechnology Study Program held the first Biotech-Webinar Series with the theme “Promoting One Health with Biotechnology”. This event was held in collaboration with the Center for Biotechnology Studies and the One Health/EcoHealth Resource Center, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia. The event was opened by Prof. Dr. drh. Wayan T. Artama as the coordinator of One Health/EcoHealth Resource Center-UGM and then followed by Dr. Dini Wahyu Kartika Sari, S.Pi., M.Sc. as Head of Postgraduate Biotechnology Study Program at UGM. On that occasion, Dr. Dini said that the Biotech-Webinar Series event is a permanent agenda of the Biotechnology Study Program, open to the public, and is planned to be held regularly every two months as an effort to spread the role of biotechnology in answering various problems in society today. For this reason, the topics chosen will always prioritize the latest techniques and approaches in biotechnology so that they can add insight to researchers in the field of biotechnology and society in general.