iBiotech 2008 roadshow to hit four ciries in Indonesia

"iBiotech 2008 will hold interesting interactive biotechnological experiments for 7th and 12th grade pupils, spokesman for iBiotech 2008 Hosea S. Handoyo said in a press release in Jakarta on Friday.

The four cities are Jakarta on March 3 at the Rawamangun Lab School, di Bandung on March 5 at the Taruna Bakti Complex, Jl. Riau, in Yogyakarta on March 7 Maret at the Pharmaceutical Facultry of Gajah Mada University, and in Surabaya on March 10 at the Medical Faculty of Airlangga University.

Hosea said that actually bioteknologi has now become an interesting topic of discussions in the world of science in the last few decades. Through biotechnology the human race derived various benefits like in discovering new medical drugs and superior fruits.

Unfortunately, he said, in Indonesia the people has yet to be familiarized with biotechnology although Indonesia has abundant biotechnological resources. In the meantime, Indonesia has yet to properly apply modern biotechnology like enzyme technogology and DNA manipulation.

However, generally people in Indonesia are already quite familiar with traditional technological products like soybean curd or tofu (tahu), fermented soybean cake (tempe), and soy cause (kecap), he said.

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