UNAIR NEWS – Understanding the need of new innovations on early disease detection, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Universitas Airlangga held an international conference entitled “Biotechnology Strengthens Biomedical Science and Veterinary Medicine.” The conference took place on July 12-13 at Tandjung Adiwinata Hall, FKH UNAIR.

The meeting between young scientists from various countries discussed various topics in the field of animal health to solve problems related to human health.

There were 17 renowned speakers from various countries from three continents, Asia, Europe and Australia. It was an event of collaboration and synergy in improving research for academics in Indonesia, especially UNAIR. There were researchers from the Netherlands, Japan, Germany, Australia, Thailand, and Indonesia.

Vice Dean I FKH UNAIR Prof. Dr. Fedik Abdul Rantam said that not only lecturers are required to make new innovations, but also the students. At least lecturers and students make paper published internationally.

“Conference like this is also to familiarize the students mentally so they won’t give up easily in doing research, especially if it is at international level,” explained Prof. Fedik who also acts as Head of the committee of The Veterinary Medicine International Conference 2017 .

The conference was opened with a remo dance, followed by about 200 participants consisting of lecturers, researchers, and students. From Indonesia, participants come from UNAIR, Gadjah Mada University, Hasanuddin University, and Bogor Agricultural University.

On the first day, after the presentations from eight speakers from Asia and Europe, there was exposure of research results from 24 parallel speakers. They are divided into four clusters, including Biomedical Science, Reproduction, and One Health.

Eight of these materials include Wild Infection / Fever, Skin Stem Cell Resource Potential for Peripheral Nerve Repair, Aplication of Metabolomics in Biomedical and Related Science, Avian Influenza Virus Circulation in Environment, 21st Century Diseases Threat and Epidemiology, Molecular characterization of Hepatitis Virus in Indonesia and New Adjuvant and Vaccine Technology.

On the second day, the event continued with the presentations from nine speakers from Asia and Australia. The outcomes of this conference are Scopus indexed journals and papers discussing animal and human health issues in the world. (*)

Author: Disih Sugianti

Editor: Binti Q. Masruroh