HumasUPNVJ - UPN Veteran Jakarta (UPNVJ) through the Office of International Affairs (KUI) held a ku public lecture entitled International Guest Lecture: “Versatile High Tra Serine Proteases as Potential Therapeutic Targets in Various Human Diseases”. This activity, which was open to all UPN Veteran Jakarta academics, took place at the UPNVJ Bhineka Tunggal Ika Auditorium, on Friday (27/0919).

The public lecture presented expert speakers from Japan's Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), namely Prof. Masashi Kawaichi Director of Education Development of Nara Institute of Science and Technology Japan (NAIST-Japan). The activity was attended by 270 participants, not only from the UPNVJ academic community, but from other higher education academics such as the University of Indonesia, Jakarta State University, UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta and so on.

On this occasion, Prof. Masashi introduced various facilities and some of NAIST's achievements in research and research. Data from Thomson Reuters, NAIST's most cited papers from 2003-2012 and ranks first in research and education among all national universities in Japan.

Yudhi Nugraha, M.Biomed, PhD, a lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine who is an alumni of NAIST and part of the KUI UPNVJ, said that this activity was a bridge for lecturers and students to create a research program at NAIST. there such as Special Recommendations , Masters and Doctoral programs and student programs where later health or medical students will spend 1 to 2 months making experiments and research experiences," said Yudhi when interviewed.

After this public lecture, later UPNVJ and NAIST will sign a collaboration in the field of research and human resources. The implementation will include Masters, Doctoral, Shortcourse and research collaboration programs at NAIST Japan.

"The initial mechanism is that several lecturers are expected to be able to access and find which laboratory is suitable for their respective research. Then, you can directly contact Prof. Masashi Kawaichi to be bridged with the intended professor. With continued communication, later the lecturer will carry out direct research at NAIST by using the facilities there for free and preparing a place to live for transportation costs, usually supported by Research and Technology," said Yudhi.

Yudhi also said that several programs were focused on lecturers "The program is more focused on lecturers because it is a bit difficult for students because there is indeed too high technology and other tools that are afraid that students will not be able to participate optimally and NAIST won an award in the field of Stem Cell, the technology and tools are sophisticated and rather difficult for students to follow. But we will make sure that the program can also be implemented by students, "he added.

The quota for this program cannot be determined now, for the doctoral selection it will be held for 2 weeks at NAIST and participants who apply will be invited there with a fee fully supported by NAIST. For 2 weeks the participants will see their experimental and research performance and then the final selection will be determined by the final trial.

Not only regarding the program, Yudhi also gave tips to students and lecturers so that their submissions could be followed by selection, namely establishing good communication. the point is that communication must be good, maybe from now on you can directly email the professor, because in Japan loyalty is the main thing, “he explained.

Amalia Shinta Ayunani, a 2016 UPNVJ Faculty of Medicine student, was very interested and grateful for this program. "I am interested in choosing a master's degree at NAIST by majoring in Information Science. and thank you for this event which has bridged the gap between UPNVJ and NAIST,” Amalia said when interviewed.