Friday (11/5/18), a guest lecture by Dr. Ryutaro Akiyama was held discussing “A role of extracellular environment in collective migration of organ progenitors.” Dr. Akiyama is a researcher from the Nara Institute of Science & Technology (NAIST), Japan, and a colleague of Dr. Bambang Retno Aji (Lecturer at the Faculty of Biology). The guest lecture was held at the Auditorium of the Faculty of Biology and attended by lecturers and students interested in animal structure and development. Dr. Akiyama shared his research in identifying environmental factors affecting the organ morphogenesis in Zebra Fish. Soon, the Faculty of Biology plans to develop a Zebra Fish Research Center to facilitate organ development and morphogenesis research.