UNAIR NEWS – Universitas Airlangga semakin gencar untuk meningkatkan partisipasinya dalam berbagai forum ilmiah. Itu dibuktikan melalui keterlibatan sejumlah akademisi pada kegiatan konferensi di tingkat lokal dan internasional guna meningkatkan kemampuan serta memberikan wadah bagi akademisi untuk melakukan pengembangan riset.
Kali ini Prof. Dr. Nyoman Tri Puspaningsih, M.Si., salah seorang dosen dari Fakultas Sains dan Teknologi (FST) UNAIR berkesempatan untuk menghadiri 4th Green & Sustainable Chemistry Conference di Dresden, Jerman, pada 5-8 Mei lalu. Dalam pertemuan tersebut, dia memaparkan penelitiannya mengenai pengolahan biomassa dari limbah pertanian.
”Presentasi saya berjudul Research Based Learning on Biomass Acting Enzymes to Develop Human Resources for Green Technology Competency in ASEAN Countries,” jelas Prof. Nyoman saat membuka percakapan via surel pada Rabu (8/5/19) kemarin.
Menurut Prof Nyoman, pengolahan biomassa dari limbah pertanian tersebut dapat menghasilkan bahan alami yang lebih bermanfaat. Di antaranya, pupuk organik, pakan ternak, dan pengolahan kertas bekas. Sebelum menjadi bahan alami, pengolahan terhadap biomassa akan melalui proses pendegradasian dengan enzim yang disebut excelzyme.
Excelzyme merupakan enzim konsorsium yang bekerja untuk memaksimalkan limbah pertanian. Itu merupakan hasil riset dari Prof. Nyoman bersama tim Pusat Riset Rekayasa Molekul Hayati UNAIR selama hampir dua dekade. Menariknya, Excelzyme juga telah memperoleh hak paten serta diakui dalam GenBank dan Protein Data Bank (PDB).
”Selain conference, saya juga mengikuti Workshop di hari pertama dengan tema ‘Be an entrepreneur! – A Workshop for Curious Scientists’. Di sini, kami mendiskusikan proses hilirisasi produk riset menjadi produk komersial agar dapat bermanfaat bagi masyarakat,” imbuh alumnus UNAIR yang juga guru besar bidang biokimia itu.
Prof. Nyoman menuturkan bahwa dalam konferensi tersebut, dirinya banyak bertemu dengan orang-orang hebat. Mereka saling berdiskusi dan memberikan masukan satu sama lain. Salah satunya mengenai cara untuk mengubah hasil riset menjadi bisnis yang potensial.
”Mereka memberikan saran untuk tidak mem-publish produk sebelum dipatenkan. Selain itu, kita juga harus bisa meyakinkan stakeholder jika produk kita ini sangat bagus dan memiliki harga yang kompetitif. Harus yakin bisa komersial,” tegas peraih Satyalancana tersebut.
Promosikan Program Internasional UNAIR

Sebagai Direktur Eksekutif Airlangga Global Engagement (AGE), momentum konferensi di Jerman itu dimanfaatkan betul oleh Prof. Nyoman untuk mempromosikan Academic Mobility Exchange for Undergraduate at Airlangga (AMERTA). Yakni, sebuah program kuliah internasional selama satu semester yang diikuti oleh mahasiswa lokal, juga mahasiswa asing dari Thailand, Myanmar, Brunei, Filipina, Malaysia, dan Kamboja.
”Kebetulan dalam Program AMERTA, terdapat mata kuliah yang saya ampu yaitu Enzymology. Selain berlangsung di ruang kelas, ada kuliah lapangan serta praktik di laboratorium proteomik pada Pusat Riset Rekayasa Molekul Hayati UNAIR,” terangnya.
Selama proses perkuliahan, mereka akan belajar untuk mengeksplorasi mikroorganisme termofilik dari sumber air panas. Kemudian menyeleksinya hingga menghasilkan enzim pendegradasi biomassa yang potensial. Melalui kelas Enzymology, mahasiswa diharapkan mampu mendesain penelitiannya terkait, isolasi, seleksi, karakterisasi, dan produksi enzim-enzim pengolah biomassa sehingga akan ikut menjaga kelestarian alam.
”Saya dan tim juga menyempatkan diri untuk mengadakan temu alumni dengan mahasiswa AMERTA asal Jerman. Kami berharap mereka dapat menjadi duta dalam mempromosikan program internasional UNAIR,” pungkasnya. (*)
Penulis: Nabila Amelia
Editor: Feri Fenoria
Sumber: UNAIR News
{:}{:en}UNAIR NEWS – Universitas Airlangga is intensifying its participation in various scientific forums. It can be seen from academics’ involvement at conference activities at local and international level to improve their knowledge. The conferences can also be a forum for the academics to carry out research development.
This time Prof. Dr. Nyoman Tri Puspaningsih, M.Si., a professor from Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) UNAIR had the opportunity to attend 4 th Green & Sustainable Chemistry Conference in Dresden, Germany, on 5-8 May. In the conference, she presented her research on processing biomass from agricultural waste.
“My presentation was Research Based Learning on Biomass Acting Enzymes to Develop Human Resources for Green Technology Competency in ASEAN Countries,” explained Prof. Nyoman in her e-mail on Wednesday, May 8, 2019.
According to Prof. Nyoman, processing biomass from agricultural waste can produce more useful natural ingredients, such as organic fertilizer, animal feed, and used paper processing. Before becoming a natural ingredient, biomass processing will go through biodegradation process with an enzyme called excelzyme.
Excelzyme is a consortium enzyme that maximizes the use of agricultural waste. It is the result of Prof. Nyoman’s research with the team of UNAIR Biological Molecular Engineering Research Center for nearly two decades. Excelzyme has also obtained patent rights and is recognized in the GenBank and Protein Data Bank (PDB).
“Besides attending conferences, I also took part in a workshop on the first day, ‘Be an entrepreneur! – A Workshop for Curious Scientists’. We discussed about the downstream process of research products into commercial products so that they benefit the community,” said the professor of biochemistry.
Prof. Nyoman said that at the conference, she met many great people. They had a great discussion and gave input to each other, such as on how to change the research results into a potential business.
“They gave me an advice not to publish products before they were patented. Furthermore, we must also be able to convince stakeholders if our products are very good and have competitive prices. We have to be sure it can be commercialized,” said Satyalancana winner.
Promoting UNAIR International Programs



As Executive Director of Airlangga Global Engagement (AGE), the conference in Germany was used well by Prof. Nyoman to promote Academic Mobility Exchange for Undergraduate at Airlangga (AMERTA). It is a program attended by local students, as well as international students, such as from Thailand, Myanmar, Brunei, Philippines, Malaysia and Cambodia.
“In AMERTA Program, there were also courses that I taught, Enzymology. Besides taking place in the classroom, there are field lectures and practices in proteomic laboratories at UNAIR Biological Molecular Engineering Research Center, ” she explained.
During the lecture process, they will learn about thermophilic microorganisms from hot springs, then select it to produce a potential biomass degrading enzyme. Through the Enzymology class, students are expected to design their research related to isolation, selection, characterization, and production of biomass processing enzymes so that they will also preserve the nature.
“The team and I also took the time to hold an alumni gathering with AMERTA students from Germany. We hope they can become ambassadors in promoting UNAIR’s international programs, ” she concluded. (*)
Author: Nabila Amelia
Editor: Feri Fenoria Rifa’i
Source: UNAIR News
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