[:id]Makassar 2020, Fakultas Farmasi UNHAS saat ini tengah menyelenggarakan program pertukaran pelajar (student exchange) dengan School of Pharmacy and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Japan. Melalui program tersebut, empat mahasiswa pascasarjana Fakultas Farmasi UNHAS, Ayun Dwi Astuti, Ayu Masyita, Nur Rahma Rumata, dan Budiman Yasir, telah berhasil memperoleh beasiswa untuk menuntut ilmu dan melakukan penelitian selama setahun di dua laboratorium berbeda di Kanazawa University. Beasiswa yang diperoleh berasal dari JASSO (Japan Student Services Organization) dipergunakan untuk membiayai biaya hidup mahasiswa selama di sana dan biaya tuition fee (SPP) digratiskan oleh Kanazawa University.
Dalam program tersebut, keempat mahasiswa ditemani oleh dua orang dosen pendamping yaitu Firzan Nainu, Ph.D., Apt dan Abdul Rahim, Ph.D., Apt. Pada saat yang sama, Firzan Nainu, Ph.D., Apt. melakukan studi postdoktoral di Laboratory of Host Defense and Responses di bawah bimbingan Assoc. Prof. Takayuki Kuraishi, menggunakan skema dana dari AMED-PRIME. Adapun topik penelitian yang dikerjakan terkait dengan elusidasi mekanisme sterile inflammation yang berkaitan dengan penyakit pada manusia menggunakan organisme model lalat buah Drosopila melanogaster. Sterile inflammation merupakan inflamasi yang terjadi tanpa adanya stimulus dari patogen, sehingga seringkali disebut juga sebagai aseptic infllammation. “Jenis inflamasi ini umumnya terjadi akibat adanya ligan endogen sel yang dikenali oleh sistem imun alamiah dan seringkali berkaitan dengan timbulnya penyakit yang dikenal istilah autoinflammatory disease” ungkap Firzan.
Model uji D. melanogaster memiliki kurang lebih 65% gen yang homolog dengan gen-gen pada manusia sehingga penelitian menggunakan model uji tersebut dapat memberikan gambaran luas mengenai gen-gen potensial yang bertanggungjawab terhadap timbulnya suatu penyakit, termasuk sterile inflammation. Saat ini, penelitian yang tengah dilakukan bekerjasama dengan Assoc. Prof. Takayuki Kuraishi telah menghasilkan beberapa publikasi ilmiah di jurnal internasional bereputasi dan diharapkan dapat memberikan kontribusi serta dampak yang signifikan bagi perkembangan ilmu pengetahuan. Saat ini, pihak Kanazawa University sangat terbuka menerima calon mahasiswa dari Indonesia terutama dari UNHAS. “Bagi mahasiswa Fakultas Farmasi UNHAS yang tertarik untuk melanjutkan studi pascasarjana ke laboratorium Assoc. Prof. Takayuki Kuraishi, dapat menghubungi saya. Tentunya dengan profil akademik berupa IPK dan kemampuan berbahasa Inggris yang memadai” tutup Firzan.
[:en]Makassar 2020, the Faculty of Pharmacy UNHAS is currently holding a student exchange program with the School of Pharmacy and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Japan. Through this program, four graduate students of the Faculty of Pharmacy UNHAS, Ayun Dwi Astuti, Ayu Masyita, Nur Rahma Rumata, and Budiman Yasir, have successfully obtained scholarships to study and conduct research for a year in two different laboratories at Kanazawa University. The scholarships obtained from JASSO (Japan Student Services Organization) are used to pay for student living costs while there and tuition fees (SPP) are waived by Kanazawa University.
In the program, the four students were accompanied by two accompanying lecturers namely Firzan Nainu, Ph.D., Apt and Abdul Rahim, Ph.D., Apt. At the same time, Firzan Nainu, Ph.D., Apt. conducted postdoctoral studies at the Laboratory of Host Defense and Responses under the guidance of Assoc. Prof. Takayuki Kuraishi, using a funding scheme from AMED-PRIME. The research topic being carried out was related to the elucidation of the inflammation mechanism associated with human disease using the Drosophila melanogaster fruit fly model organism. Sterile inflammation is inflammation that occurs in the absence of a stimulus from pathogens, so it is often referred to as aseptic inflammation. “This type of inflammation generally occurs due to the presence of endogenous cell ligands recognized by the natural immune system and is often associated with the emergence of a disease known as autoinflammatory disease,” said Firzan.
The D. melanogaster test model contains approximately 65% of genes that are homologous to genes in humans, so research using the test model can provide a broad picture of the potential genes responsible for disease, including sterile inflammation. Currently, research is being carried out in collaboration with Assoc. Prof. Takayuki Kuraishi has produced several scientific publications in reputable international journals and is expected to contribute significantly to the development of science. Currently, Kanazawa University is very open to receiving prospective students from Indonesia, especially from UNHAS. “For UNHAS Faculty of Pharmacy students who are interested in continuing postgraduate studies at the Assoc laboratory. Prof. Takayuki Kuraishi, can contact me. Of course, with an academic profile in the form of an adequate GPA and English proficiency, “Firzan concluded.[:]