Medical school holds science week<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: The University of Indonesia's school of medicine is
\nholding its annual science week from Tuesday through to Sunday.<\/p>\n
The event, which highlights the research achievements of the
\nuniversity's faculty and students over a year, is meant to
\nencourage and instill a culture of research at the school.<\/p>\n
Prizes are awarded for the top three scientific papers and
\nposters, with students and faculty being judged separately.<\/p>\n
To kick off the five-day event, faculty members presented the
\nresults of studies as diverse as how tomato juice effects male
\nsmokers, the reaction of rabbits to green tea, and gene analysis
\nin congenital glaucoma.<\/p>\n
Of the faculty research, a total of 37 posters and 28 research
\npapers were selected to be showcased. The faculty posters will be
\non display until Thursday, when the top three winners will be
\nannounced.<\/p>\n
Seven of the 28 papers have been published in international
\njournals, with six being the results of collaborations between
\nscientists at the university's faculty and researchers from other
\ncountries. Among the three papers already awarded prizes, two
\nwere joint studies.<\/p>\n
A workshop on how to generate research topics, make research
\nproposals, and get papers published, which will be open to the
\npublic for a fee of Rp 25,000, will be held on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Researcher Ichramsjah Rahman, who delivered the keynote
\naddress, said \"research work must continue and grow stronger in
\norder for the university to be a true world class institution\".
\n-- JP<\/p>",
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