(ITD-UNAIR) On February 15, 2023, the Institute of Tropical Diseases, Universitas Airlangga received a visit from the D3 Medical Laboratory Technology Study Program, Anwar Medika University. The purpose of the visit to the Institute of Tropical Diseases Universitas Airlangga was to learn about molecular biology in testing specimens of the dengue virus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, and Escherichia coli bacteria.

Participants received demos from Dengue, Tuberculosis, and TDDC laboratory instructors such as DNA/RNA extraction processes, Reverse Transcription, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Electrophoresis, and DNA visualization with a UV transilluminator. (Sucipto TH, 2023)