Yogyakarta, November 20, 2024 – Pipin Agnesia, a student of the Study Program of Master in Biotechnology at Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), has won the Best Presenter award at the international conference titled Nature’s Blueprint: A Journey toward Sustainable Development through the BCG Economy Model. This prestigious event, held from November 14-16, 2024, at the Krungsri River Hotel in Ayutthaya, Thailand, was organized by King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang in collaboration with the Asian Federation of Biotechnology (AFOB) 2024. It featured leading researchers and academics in the field of biotechnology from various countries. read more

A student of the the Study Program of Master in Biotechnology Universitas Gadjah Mada has won the title of 1^st Winner Oral Presenter at the 6^th International Seminar of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology (ISPST) held by Universitas Padjadjaran (UNPAD) on October 30-31, 2024. The student is Yohanes Surya Jati from batch 2023 who is also a member of the Cancer and Chemoprevention Research Center (CCRC) research group under the Faculty of Pharmacy UGM.

The ISPST seminar was held in conjunction with the 15^th Indonesian Society of Cancer Chemoprevention (ISCC) Annual Conference which was attended by various universities in Indonesia such as UGM, UNPAD, ITB, UNAIR, UII, and others. This seminar brought in many keynote speakers who discussed the development of treatment and research developments related to cancer from various perspectives such as the fields of pharmacy, molecular biology, genetics, bioinformatics, to bring in the Ministry of Health and State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) PT.Biofarma and BPJS Health institutions. read more

Ibaraki, August 29, 2024 – Two students from the Master in Biotechnology Study Program at Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), Class of 2021, Finandya Fatihasari and Klara Kharisma Bunga Chandra, have successfully completed their master’s degrees at Ibaraki University, Japan, as part of the Double Degree Program supported by the Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) scholarship. The students completed their master’s program in 1.5 years, following the resumption of the program after the COVID-19 pandemic. read more

Two students from the Study Program of Biotechnology Universitas Gadjah Mada, Suci Dwi Monda and Naura Paramitha, succeeded in achieving third place in the ANGEL International Innovation Competition which took place at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) on June 10, 2024. Suci Dwi Monda and Naura Paramitha are part of the team Wong Kito Pride Corporation (WKP Crop) together with two other UGM students from the Master of Management Program, Muhammad Eko Andriyansyah and Hendy Gusando (JOG-MBA-83 2023), under the guidance of Rokhima Rostiani, S.E., M.Mgt. read more

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. read more

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. read more

“Hard work will not betray results” seems to be the right term in describing the results of this study. The effort, time, and effort spent to achieve a quality product such as fermented drinks carried out by Prof. Widodo and his team are considered comparable to the results obtained. Hopefully with the presence of this Health product can realize one of the goals of “Sustainable Development Goals” in the aspect of public health. A healthy society can certainly have an impact on the productivity of their daily work and also have an impact on other aspects. read more

One of the agricultural products that can improve the economic system is the export of bananas. The high level of global marketing competition is a challenge for business actors in improving product quality. However, one important aspect that determines the quality of bananas is the health of the tree. Therefore, disease control in banana plants as done by Prof. Siti Subandiyah is a form of active participation in the application of science in better agricultural aspects.

Four UGM students have successfully earned the International Summer Course (ISC) 2018 scholarship from Nagoya University, Japan.

They were selected to participate in a short summer course on marine biology in Nagoya University for five days from July 13-17, 2018.

The students are Basith Kuncoro Adji (Biology 2014), Anggun Cinditya Putri (Biology 2015), Putri Eky Pratiwi (Fisheries 2014), and Surono Dwi Saputra (Master of Biotechnology 2017). Additionally, the program was also joined by 9 undergraduate and postgraduate students from various countries. Some of them are Japan, Vietnam, Singapore, India, Mongolia, Norway, France, the Philippines, and the United States. read more

Klik link: Winter Course Program Ibaraki University

On November 30 – December 6 2019, the two selected students from the 2019 batch, namely Sekar Pelangi Manik Putri @sekarpelangimp and Ignasia Margi @ignasiamargi from the Postgraduate Biotechnology Program UGM have successfully participated in the Winter Course Program for Regional Sustainability which was held at Ibaraki University, Graduate School of Agriculture.

This activity is a program that is held every year and sends a new batch of Biotechnology students. read more