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3 Vietnamese Alumni Get Promoted
Dr. Nguyen Tuan Son and Dr. Mai Thanh Cuc of Hanoi University of Agriculture (HUA) and Dr. Bui Dung The of Hue University have been promoted by the government of Vietnam to being Associate Professors.
Dr. Son is presently Associate Dean of HUA’s Graduate School. He obtained both his MS and PhD in agricultural economics from the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) in 1997 and 2002, respectively, as a SEARCA scholar. Likewise, Dr. Cuc obtained through SEARCA’s support his Master of Management and PhD in community development from UPLB in 1995 and 2002, respectively. He is with HUA’s Department of Rural Development, Faculty of Economics and Rural Development. Dr. The is with the Department of Agricultural and Environmental Economics, Hue University. He pursued his PhD in agricultural economics in UPLB also as a SEARCA scholar from 1996 to 1999.
Sukendah Applies for Patent Rights
Two research results of Dr. Sukendah, a coconut genetics researcher and faculty member of UPN “Veteran” University in Surabaya, Indonesia, have been registered for patent rights with Indonesia’s Directorate General of Intellectual Property.
Her inventions are titled: (1) Clonal Propagation Method of Kopyor Coconut through Somatic Embryogenesis and (2) Early Detection of Kopyor Coconut Using Specific Molecular Marker α-D Galactosidase Gene.
Kopyor coconut is a mutant that cannot be propagated by conventional technique. Dr. Sukendah wrote, “after graduating from UPLB almost 10 years ago, I have been consistently conducting coconut research and developing in vitro Kopyor (similar to the Philippines' Makapuno) coconut seedling. (She obtained her MS in plant genetic resources and management from UPLB in 2001 through a scholarship program of SEARCA in cooperation with the International Plant Genetic Research Institute, now called Bioversity International).
Her paper titled Isolation and Analysis of DNA Fragment of Genes Related to Kopyor Trait in Coconut Plant (Sukendah, Hugo Volkaert, Sudarsono) was recognized as Best Original Paper by the Journal of Indonesian Biotechnology in December 2009.
Dr. Sukendah completed her doctorate in August 2009 from Institut Pertainian Bogor (IPB) in Indonesia; her dissertation was In Vitro Propagation and Molecular Analysis of Kopyor Coconut. She conducted some portions (e.g., molecular analysis) of her dissertation research at the Center for Agricultural Biotechnology of Kasetsart University in Thailand in September 2008-January 2009 with funding from the Directorate General of Higher Education of Indonesia.
She is currently working on the development of Kopyor dwarf coconut as a new germplasm source by apical meristerm splitting and somatic embryogenesis, with a grant from the Directorate General of Higher Education of Indonesia also. Moreover, an agreement has been signed by her university, IPB, and Indonesian Coconut and Palms Research Institute to further develop Kopyor coconut. The project focuses on in vitro propagation, molecular analysis, and breeding.
Dr. Sukendah poses with a Kopyor farmer when she collected samples in Jember East Java Indonesia.
Dyah Ismoyowati Heads UGM Center
.bmp) Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia has appointed Dr. Dyah Ismoyowati as Director of the Center for Rural and Regional Development Studies (PSPK UGM) effective from 1 January 2010.
Dr. Dyah is with UGM’s Faculty of Agricultural Technology. She obtained her MS and PhD in agricultural economics from UPLB (1994) and UGM (2004) as a SEARCA scholar.
“I do hope our Center … will have an opportunity to build cooperation with SEARCA and SEARCA-related networks in the near future since we have a common interest in rural and regional development…,” wrote Dr. Dyah.
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