On Friday, 28th of February 2025 at 1-1.30 PM, Gentalk 2 was held in the Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding, Faculty of Biology UGM. This program is targeted for all Formasigen members and Biology UGM students in general. Mrs. Ganies Riza Aristya, S.Si., M.Sc., Ph.D., as Formasigen’s supervisor lecturer, also attended this program. Gentalk is an active discussion and sharing session between alumni or senior student and Formasigen’s member about the undergraduate thesis they are working on. In the second Gentalk of this year, there are 3 speakers, which are Muhammad Ariq Alfito, Muhammad Sena Budiman, Muhammad Fatih. All of them are Faculty of Biology UGM students batch 2021 under the supervision of Mrs. Ganies Riza Aristya, S.Si., M.Sc., Ph.D. for their undergraduate thesis.
This program started with an opening from the Master of Ceremony, Aliyah Syahidah, as a part of the Public Relation of HomeoGenesis Cabinet, followed by an opening speech by Mrs. Ganies Riza Aristya, S.Si., M.Sc., Ph.D. as the supervisor lecturer of Formasigen. In the speech, Mrs. Ganies expressed her hope for this program to be held more consistently and better so that this program can be a vessel for knowledge sharing and discussion for all Faculty of Biology’s students. The next activity is a presentation from all three speakers about “ Phylogenetics of Strawberry”. This presentation contains the history and uniqueness of strawberries that have gone through several evolution processes before being the usual fruit that we eat. Presenters also give insight about the importance of learning about phylogenetics and all the important components of the phylogenetic tree. Another thing being shared is all the steps to produce a good visualisation and interpretation of a phylogenetic tree. After that, is the Q&A session followed by closing from the master of ceremony. With the success of the second Gentalk of this year, we hoped that this could be a good start to be a vessel for an interesting and beneficial discussion. We also hope that this program can give a better understanding about all the research done by all the lecturers and their students in the Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding, Faculty of Biologi UGM. This research also hoped to help actualized the second Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that is no hunger.
[Author: Formasigen]