Students get look at research life

Students get look at research life

BOGOR: Cosmetics company PT L'Oreal Indonesia and the
Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) hosted on Tuesday a study
tour of LIPI's biotechnology research center in Bogor for high
school students.

Twenty-five students from five Jakarta high schools were
selected to take part in the tour through an essay competition.
The students were required to write essays explaining why
scientific research is important for resource-rich countries like
Indonesia.

PT L'Oreal Indonesia staff member Richele Maramis Sung said
the tour was part of efforts to encourage students to enter a
career in scientific research.

The French-based company has also worked with the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNSECO) to encourage female students to pursue research careers.

Indonesian Ines Atmosukarto received the L'Oreal-UNESCO
Fellowship for Women in Sciences this year. She was honored for
her research on endophytes, a family of fungi that has the
potential to produce antibiotics, and anticancer and antifungal
drugs. -- JP