Skip to main content

My Research Internship in Dengue Lab

 

This is my short story about my research internship almost two years ago in Dengue Lab, Institute of Tropical Disease Universitas Airlangga.

When I was a child, I was a Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) survivor. Thenceforward, I’ve had more thinking about biology also I've always felt fascinated in life science phenomena, i.e. how our bodies can regulate metabolism, how our bodies use our immune system to defend us from viruses or other organisms, and so on. That's why, I took major in Biology.

Nowadays, Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) is a global health problem in tropical and subtropical regions, also endemic diseases in 110 countries around the world. Indonesia is one of the largest country in dengue endemic regions. In 2010, Indonesia became the first ranked country in ASEAN by the highest number of cases in DHF and hyperendemic predicate. 

During my undergraduate studies, I received a research grant from Indonesian government for vector control research, exploring plant extracts from the Rutaceae family against 3rd instar larvae of Aedes aegypti and Culex fatigans. In the early 2015, I did a research internship in Dengue Lab, Institute of Tropical Disease Universitas Airlangga. I did my research internship with the topic of detection of dengue virus serotypes from patients suspected DHF in Surabaya. I did my research internship for 5 weeks and published a research article after finished my research internship.

Thanks to Institute of Tropical Disease Universitas Airlangga for research internship opportunity in the Dengue Lab. Also, to all members of Dengue Lab and researchers from Kobe University, Japan.  

Cell culture

Dengue Lab

Dengue Virus (DEN-V) serotype 3, isolated from Surabaya

Cell culture
My publication in a research journal
Labels:

Comments

  1. Aleisha26/03/2020, 07:15

    Mangagaw or tawa-tawa is the best herbal plant to cure dengue patient. Its scientific name is Euphorbia Hirta. Several cases have been cured already because this plant has the ability to increase platelet count at the highest level. Using this medicinal plant is one of several ways to increase platelet counts which is best in treating dengue illness. Also another known herbal cure for dengue is the flower of the male papaya. It is said that its effect is next to mangagaw and it is often practiced in oriental countries.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Thank you!

Popular posts from this blog

Adakah Kota 'Ad Dan Iram Sebenarnya???

A l-Qur'an mengisahkan sekian banyak peristiwa masa lampau. Harus diakui bahwa sebagian dari kisah-kisahnya tidak atau belum dapat dibuktikan kebenarannya hingga kini, tetapi sebagian lainnya telah terbukti, antara lain melalui penelitian arkeologi. Kendati terdapat sekian banyak kisahnya yang belum terbukti, namun tidaklah wajar menolak kisah-kisah lain tersebut hanya dengan alasan bahwa kisah itu belum terbukti. Karena apa yang belum terbukti kebenarannya juga belum terbukti kekeliruannya. Sungguh mengherankan misalnya jika ada ynag menolak kebenaran suatu kisah hanya karena membaca atau mendengar rincian kisah yang aneh atau sulit diterima akal. Kalau Al-Qur'an misalnya menginformasikan bahwa suatu negeri dihancurkan Tuhan dengan gempa atau angin ribut karena penduduknya durhaka terhadap nabi yang diutus Tuhan kepada masyarakatnya, maka serta merta kisah kehancuran tersebut mereka tolak, sambil menolak keberadaan kota yang diceritakan oleh Al-Qur'an. Mereka tida...
1 comment
Read more

Bioteknologi Modern

S eiring dengan perkembangan ilmu pengetahuan, para ahli teknlogi mulai mengembangkan bioteknologi dengan memanfaatkan prinsip ilmiah melalui penelitian dan berupaya menghasilkan produk secara efektif dan efisien. Bioteknologi tidak hanya di manfaatkan dalam industri makanan, tetapi telah mencakup berbagai bidang seperti rekayasa genetika, penanganan polusi, penciptaan sumber energi dan lainnya. Dengan adanya penelitian serta perkembangan ilmu pengetahuan dan teknologi, maka bioteknologi makin besar manfaatnya untuk masa yang akan datang. Berikut beberapa penerapan bioteknologi yang akan di bahas: A. Rekayasa Genetika Rekayasa genetika merupakan suatu cara memanipulasikan gen untuk menghasilkan mahluk hidup baru dengan sifat yang diinginkan. Rekayasa genetika disebut juga pencakokan gen atau rekombinasi DNA. Dalam rekayasa genetika digunakan DNA untuk menggabungkan sifat mahluk hidup. Hal itu karena DNA dari setiap mahluk hidup mempunyai struktur yang sama, sehingga dapat direkom...
23 comments
Read more

Aeroponics

W hy Aer oponics? Aeroponics is a growing method where the plant roots are suspended in the air with a fine mist of nutrient solution applied either continually or intermittently over the root surface. While we tend to think of aeroponics as a recent development in the hydroponics field, it has actually been in use since the 1940’s, although largely as a research tool rather than as an economically feasible method of crop production. In the last decade however there has been the development of a number of aeroponics systems both for use commercially and as small ’hobbyist’ systems. The reasons for the interest in aeroponic technology stem from the fact that using traditional hydroponics systems (media, NFT and flood and drain), has often made controlling conditions in the root zone difficult, particularly where growers are battling a tropical climate. And for this reason much of the large scale commercial development of aeroponics has occurred in countries such as Singapore where tempe...
3 comments
Read more