UNAIR NEWS – Universitas Airlangga’s efforts towards internationalization continuously made through various activities and ways. One of them is by inviting scientists from various countries to participate and contribute to science. This time, taking place at the Institute of Tropical Disease (LPT), UNAIR held a 5 Day International Workshop on Structured-guided Design of Drugs for Tropical Diseases SgDD 2018.
The workshop was inspired by various reasons. Drug discovery as a time-consuming and expensive process. In the past, drugs were developed through extensive identification of bioactive compounds from, for example, traditional medicine.
At the moment, the availability of protein 3D structural data has provided a new paradigm in drug discovery. Based on that data, in combination with computational technology, a new methodology has been developed to increase efficiency process.
To update the horizon on latest advances in the drug discovery process, UNAIR organized an international workshop on “Design of Drug-Assisted Drugs for Tropical Diseases (SgDD 2018)”.
Regarding this matter, the Head of Proteomic Laboratory Prof. Dr. Ni Nyoman Tri Puspaningsih, M.Si. said that there is Prof. Wim GJ Hol, PhD (Structural Biologist) as the main speaker. He is a Professor of Biochemistry from Biomolecular Structure Center, University of Washington.
Furthermore, there is also Prof. Paul Michels, PhD. (Tropical Disease Expert) a Visiting Professor from School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Prof. Dr. Siswandono, MS, Apt. (Pharmacist) Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Universitas Airlangga, Prof. Usman Sumo Friend Tambunan, PhD. (Bioinformatician) Professor of Biochemistry, Universitas Indonesia, Imam Siswanto, M.Si. (Computational Chemist) Department of Chemistry, Universitas Airlangga, and Ali Rohman, PhD. (Biochemist) Department of Chemistry, Universitas Airlangga.
“While the lecture sessions cover topics primarily about tropical infection diseases, drug action, drug resistance, and drug design; practical sessions are designed to enable participants to conduct in-silico drug design experiments. In addition, some tips on how to write scientific articles based on in-silico experimental data will also be discussed, ” she explained.
She also added that there are geographical distribution from various regions such as Banda Aceh – 3, Bandung – 3, Bogor – 5, Jayapura – 1, Jember – 1, Kendari – 1, Lamongan – 1, Malang – 3, Medan – 1, Semarang – 2, Sukoharjo – 1, and Surabaya – 19. While the scientific distribution was in Biochemistry -1, Biology – 5, Biomedic – 3, Biophysical chemistry – 2, Chemistry – 5, Computation – 3, Medicine – 10, Pharmacy – 9, and Veterinary medicine – 3.
Author: Nuri Hermawan
