Collaboration Discussion with Faculty of Biology and Faculty of Medicine Gadjah Mada University

​ICRL EU-UNPAD Team activity on second day visit to Yogyakarta on July 29th 2025 was resumed with Collaboration Discussion with Faculty of Biology Gadjah Mada University. Representative from Entomology Laboratory Faculty of Biology, Dr. Sukirno and Dr. Hari Purwanto, gave presentation about profile of their laboratory. The research fields of the entomology lab largely focused on insect pathology and controls. These research fields have great ooportunity to create collaboration in the future with ICRL EU-UNPAD.

The discussion moved to Faculty of Medicine building to meet with Prof. dr. Eggi Arguni team on Faculty Medicine, Community Health and Nursing. Prof. dr. Eggi presented their group work on developing mosquito mitigation in Indonesia. Their work also collaborating with Yogyakarta Health Administrator and Insectarium in UGM Technopark to create and release Wolbachia mosquito. The evaluation of Wolbachia mosquito release in the Indonesian region would hava to be performed. Process and results of the evaluation could open more collaboration with ICRL EU-UNPAD.