The iGEM UGM 2023 team, in collaboration with The Research Center for Biotechnology Universitas Gadjah mada, organized the iGEM 2023 Workshop on August 5-6 and 12-13, 2023, intended as training for high school students who will participate in the National Science Olympiad (OSN) 2023 scheduled for August 27.
The Workshop was divided into two parts: an in-person session on August 5-6 and an online session on August 12-13. The in-person activities included practical learning sessions as follows:
- Biochemistry with a training topic on micropipette usage and protein concentration measurement using the Bradford reagent, presented by I Made Rhamandana Putra (Pharmacy 2019).
- Molecular Biology with a topic on PCR and electrophoresis, presented by Melodia Rezadhini (Microbiology 2019).
- Animal Anatomy and Physiology with topics covering vertebrate histology and anatomy of organisms such as crickets, earthworms, and fish, presented by Farrel Alfaza Marsetyo (Medicine 2021).
- Plant Anatomy and Physiology with a focus on leaf and stem anatomy, also presented by Farrel Alfaza Marsetyo (Medicine 2021).
As for the online activities, they were divided into two fields:
- Bioinformatics with an introduction to bioinformatics tools and their usage, presented by Sofyan Maulana (Biology 2020) and Kayla Queenazima Santoso (Biomedical Engineering 2020).
- Biostatistics with topics covering descriptive and inferential statistics, also presented by Sofyan Maulana (Biology 2020) and Kayla Queenazima Santoso (Biomedical Engineering 2020).
This event was organized by the iGEM UGM team and facilitated by The Research Center for Biotechnology Universitas Gadjah Mada. The iGEM UGM team is a representative team from UGM that will participate in the international Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition in Paris from November 2-5, 2023. The team consists of 16 undergraduate students from 7 different faculties.
The aim of this workshop is to provide participants with knowledge and experience that will enable them to achieve outstanding results in the OSN competition. This is in line with the 4th SDG, quality education.
