3 Day Marine Biotechnology Workshop August 6-8, 2012

Semarang, undip.ac.id - This three day workshop will discuss marine biotechnology with a focus on natural product discovery, from field sampling techniques though biological screening and compound identification. In-structors from UNDIP and UCSC will present a short course in marine biotechnology that presents both strategies and methods for marine drug discovery, and highlights these techniques with re-sults from an ongoing collaboration between the two institutions. Participants will learn new tech-niques and tools and engage in team driven problem solving.

Topics will include:

  • Site Selection and Field work
  • Organism Selection
  • Screening
  • Analytical Chemistry and Structure Elucidation
  • Case Studies in Marine Biochemistry

The workshop will be followed by a 2-Day Field Training in marine sample collection at the Teluk Awur Marine Station, August 9 and 10. Topics will include:

  • Field collections
  • Sample documentation
  • Invertebrate Taxonomy
  • Expedition logistics

Details:

Workshop Fee: IDR 1,000,000 (Limited number of fellowships available)
Field Training Fee: IDR 250,000
For more information and to apply, contact:
Ocky Karna Radjasa, Ph.D
Professor of Marine Microbiology
Department of Marine Science
Diponegoro University
Semarang 50275
Phone/Fax: 24-7474698
Mobile: 081-326-331-329
E-mail: ocky_radjasa@yahoo.com

Download :

1.     Flyer of Workshop
2.     Application Form USAID Workshop