Fenny M. Dwivany, PhD
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Genetics and Molecular Biotechnology Research Group
School of Life Sciences and Technology (SITH),
Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB)
Banana group SITH ITB www.thebananagroup.org

SITH-LABTEK XI Ganesa 10 Bandung 40132 Indonesia Phone/Fax: 022-2511575/ 022-2534107
E-mail: fenny@sith.itb.ac.id or fennymd@yahoo.com

Position

Assistant Professor

Other Position Experiences
  1. Member of Research, Community Services, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Commission ITB (2011-present)
  2. Member of Research and Innovation Board Reviewer - ITB (2010-present)
  3. Accreditation Team of Biotechnology Magister Program - SITH ITB (2010-present)
  4. Executive Vice Director of Program Hibah Kompetisi B - SITH ITB (2007-2008)
  5. Person in Charge of Genetics and Molecular Laboratory - SITH ITB (2004-present)
Other activities for community services
  1. L'Oreal-UN ESCO For Women in Science in Indonesia (2010-present)
  2. Indofood Riset Nugraha (2013-present)
  3. Innovative Writing Olympic (OKTI) Indonesian Student Association in France (PPI), France (2010)
  4. Girls Science Camp, L'Oreal Indonesia (2006-present)
  5. Space Seed for Asian Future (SSAF) (team member, 2011-present)
SCIENTIFIC AWARD

Year Award From
2012 The best poster presentation at Hibah Kompetensi National Seminar DIKTI, Indonesia
2012 Research and Technology Award Indonesian Government
2011 Faculty for the Future Award Schlumberger, France
2010 Endeavour Award (Australia Award) Australian Government
2009 The First Winner of HAYATI AWARDS, The Best Scientific Paper, Title:  Isolation of MA-ACS Gene Family and Expression Study of MA-ACS1 Gene in Musa acuminate (AAA Group) Cultivar Pisang Ambon Lumut (with Listya Utami Karmawan and Sony Suhandono) HAYATI Journal of Biosciences
2007 The Best Achievement category- Asosiasi Akademisi perguruan Tinggi seluruh Indonesia (ASASI) Award ASASI (Asosiasi Akademisi Seluruh Indonesia)
2007 International Unesco- L'Oreal for Young Women in Life Science UNESCO and L'Oreal, International, France
2006 Indonesia Unesco- L'Oreal for Women in Science Fellowship UNESCO and L'Oreal Indonesia
2004 Bogasari Nugraha VII PT. Indofood, Indonesia

OTHER AWARD

Year Award From
2010 10 Inspiring Women Clara women magazine
2008 100 Gatra's Indonesian icon women Gatra news magazine
2007 Femina's 35 amazing women Femina women magazine

EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES

Degree University
Ph.D in Biology (2003) The School of Botany, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Funded by QUE-ITB Scholarship
Title: Functional Analysis of The Cellulose Synthase Like C Genes Family from Barley ( Hordeum Vulgare )
M.Sc in Biology (1998) Dept. of Biology, Institut Teknologi Bandung
Funded by ITB Scholarship
B.Sc in Biology (1995) Dept. of Biology, Institut Teknologi Bandung

NON DEGREE TRAINING OR WORKSHOP

Year Title Place
2002 DNA Microarray Monash University, Australia
2004 E-Learning ITB
2006 Bioinformatics ITB
2008 Microarray and Realtime PCR International workshop Univ. Atmajaya, Indonesia
2008 Curriculum workshop ITB
2008 Post Doctoral The Univ of Melbourne, Australia
2009 Post Doctoral Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
2010 Understanding and Communicating Biotechnology using Risk Communication Asia BioBusiness Pte. Ltd. and Indonesian Center for Agricultural Biotechnology and Genetic Resources Research and Development
2011 Post Doctoral Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

LECTURER EXPERIENCES

No. Course Grade University
1 Environmental knowledge Undergrade Institut Teknologi Bandung
2 Molecular Biology Undergrade Institut Teknologi Bandung
3 Biotechnology Undergrade Institut Teknologi Bandung
4 Cell Biology Undergrade Institut Teknologi Bandung
5 Genome Analysis Undergrade Institut Teknologi Bandung
6 Research Design Undergrade Institut Teknologi Bandung
7 Genetics Undergrade Institut Teknologi Bandung
8 Cell and Molecular Biology Project Undergrade Institut Teknologi Bandung
9 Earth System Undergrade Institut Teknologi Bandung
10 Genomics and Proteomics Undergrade Institut Teknologi Bandung
11 Application of Genomics and Proteomics Master Degree Institut Teknologi Bandung
12 Biotechnology Research Design Master Degree Institut Teknologi Bandung
13 General lecturers on Biotech Master Degree Institut Teknologi Bandung

RESEARCH TOPICS

Team Leader:
1. Molecular genetics and genetic engineering study of fruit ripening
2. Molecular genetics study of plant growth at extreme condition (eg: microgravity)
3. Molecular genetics study of plant disease
Team member:
Genetic Engineering of Adrographis paniculata to improve production of andrographollide (anticancer compound)

FUNDED RESEARCHES

No. Year Funding Source Title Role
1 2000 GRDC (Grain Research and Development Corporation), Australia Functional analysis of the barley CSLC gene family PhD Student
2 2004 Fundamental Research- Directorate General of Higher Education, Indonesia (Riset Dasar-DIKTI) Isolation and cloning of OsCESA5 gene in Oryza sativa Team Leader
3 2004 Bogasari Nugraha VII, Indonesia (funded by PT. Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk., Indonesia) The banana ACS and ACO genes isolation and characterization Team Leader
4 2005 ITB Priority Research (Riset Unggulan-ITB) The ihpRNA (silencing) construct for Banana ACS gene Team Leader
5 2006 LOreal-Unesco Indonesia for Women in Science Fellowship, funded by L'Oreal Indonesia Binary vector construction for Banana ACS gene as an alternative method to control fruit ripening Post Doctoral
6 2007 LOreal-Unesco International for Young Women in Life Science Fellowship, funded by L'Oreal International An Alternative Method to Control Banana Ripening by Silencing the Banana ACO gene Post Doctoral
7 2008 KKP3T-Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture MaACO gene promoter from pisang ambon for agriculture application Team Leader
8 2008 International Research Collaboration, Department of Research and Technology, Indonesia (Riset International -RISTEK) Genetic transformation of Phalaenopsis amabilis : soft rot disease resistance, herbicide resistance and glowing in the dark Team Member
9 2009-2011 Competitive Research Grant, Directorate General of Higher Education, Indonesia (Hibah Kompetisi-DIKTI) MaACS1 gene promoter isolation from pisang ( Musa sp . AAA group) and binary vector construction using pCambia Team Leader
10 2009 National Strategic Research Funds, Directorate General of Higher Education, Indonesia (Hibah Penelitian Strategis Nasional-DIKTI) Gene expression analysis during banana vegetative development and fruit ripening: searching useful gene promoters for agriculture application Team Member
11 2009 Inter Institution Research Funds, Department of Research and Technology, Indonesia (Hibah Penelitian Antar Lembaga-RISTEK) Ground Based Experiment to Study the effect of microgravity and physical factor in fruit ripening Team Member
12 2009 ITB Priority Research (Riset Unggulan ITB-PP Bioteknologi) Compatibility study of Agrobacterium tumefaciens dan Agrobacterium rhizogenes as Andrographis paniculata genetic transformation vector Team Member
13 2010-2011 Endeavour Award 2010 (Australia Award) Banana transformation preparation and establishment PCR based method to screen gene copy number in banana transgenic plants Post Doctoral
14 2010 ITB Priority Research (Riset Unggulan Internasional-ITB) Ground Based Experiment to study effect of space environment on fruit ripening related genes Team Leader
15 2010 Inter Institution Research Funds, Directorate General of Higher Education, Indonesia (Hibah Penelitian Antar Lembaga-DIKTI) Ground Based Experiment to study Fruit Ripening Process Team Member
16 2010 ITB Priority Research (Riset Unggulan ITB-PP Bioteknologi) Optimation of hairy root and cell culture of Andrographis paniculata which consists of hygromycin resistance gene Team Member
17 2011-2012 Faculty for the Future Award, funded by Schlumberger, France Alternative method to control fruit ripening using RNA interference technology: banana embryo production for genetic transformation Post Doctoral
18 2012 ASAHI Foundation Characterization of Arabidopsis disease resistant gene Team Leader
19 2013 ITB Research Innovation Developing a New Post Harvest Technology and gene expression study of pisang raja bulu Team Leader

RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS
National

International

  • Balai Besar Bioteknologi dan Genetika Tanaman (BIOGEN), Bogor
  • Queensland University of Technology, QLD, Australia
  • Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) together with Lembaga Antariksa dan Penerbangan (LAPAN), Indonesia

PUBLICATIONS

Handayani R. and Dwivany F (2013) Analysis of MaACS2, a stress-inducible 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid synthase gene in Musa acuminata AAA Group cultivar Pisang Ambon. Journal of Life Sciences and Technology. accepted
Fenny Dwivany, Rizkita Rahmi Esyanti, Jekson Robertlee, Indra Chandra Paramaputra, Rinda Kania (2012) Environment effect on fruit ripening related gene to develop a new post harvest technology. International Conference On Mathematics and Natural Sciences Proceeding. ITB, Bandung. 8-10 November 2012.
Adeline Prapaisie, Rizkita R. Esyanti, Fenny M. Dwivany, Dian M. Hala, Jekson Robertlee, Chunaeni Latief, and Ari Ginaldi (2012) Study of Banana Ripening Process in Microgravity Simulation. International Conference On Mathematics and Natural Sciences Proceeding. ITB, Bandung. 8-10 November 2012.
Fenny M. Dwivany, Rizkita R. Esyanti, Sony Suhandono, Dea Indriani Astuti, Jekson Robertlee, Adeline Prapaisie, Dian M. Hala, Khairurrijal, Chunaeni Latief, and Ari Ginaldi (2012) APRSAF 19. Kualalumpur, 10-14 Desember 2012.
Rizkita R. Esyanti, Fenny M. Dwivany, Maria A, Pijar RA (2012) Evaluation of Growth and Productivity of Planted Spaceflight Tomato Seeds. APRSAF 19. Kualalumpur, 8-14 Desember 2012.
Fenny M. Dwivany, Sony Suhandono, Masriany Musa, Karlia Meitha (2012) The Isolation of Ma-acs1 Gene Promoter from Banana and Analysis of MaACS1 Gene Function for Application in Edible Vaccine Production. ICBS. ITB. Bandung
Yogi Prasetyo Nugroho and Fenny M. Dwivany (2012) Searching for a fruit specific promoter for banana improvement. Bio Edu. Jakarta, 6-8 Juni 2012.
Dwivany F (2012) Isolasi Promotor dan Konstruksi pada Vektor Biner pCambiaGen ACS1 dari Buah Pisang (Musa sp AAA Group). Seminar Nasional Hibah Kompetensi DIKTI, Bandung 24-25 September 2012.
Dwivany F, Esyanti RR, Sra Pratiwi A, Zaskia H (2012) Studi Penyakit Pada Tanaman Pisang. Seminar Inovasi dan Kontribusi Peneliti ITB bagi Masyarakat dan Industri. ITB, 30 Oktober 2012.
Dwivany F (2012) Aplikasi Ilmu Hayati Dalam Menjawab Tantangan Pangan di Abad 21. Orasi Ilmiah PPMB ITB. Sabuga ITB, 28 Juli 2012
Esyanti RR, Dwivany F, Latief C, Handayani RU, Swandjaja LWR, Ginaldi A (2012) Ground Based Study of The Effect of Open and Closed Chamber Condition on Banana Ripening Process. STM Journals vol 2:, 2 August 2012 p 1-9.
Dwivany F, Suhandono S, Musa M, Meitha K (2012) The Isolation of MaACS1 Gene Promoter from Banana and Analysis of MaACS1 Gene Function for application in Edible Vaccine Production. International Conference on Biomedical Sciences. Bandung 27-28 February 2012.  
Suhandono S, Dwivany F, Giri-Rahman E, Pancoro A, Moeis MR (2012) Control of gene expression studies and its application on molecular pharming and metabolic engineering. Joint Symposium of ITB and University of Selangor Malaysia. SITH-ITB, Bandung. 22 March 2012.
Dwivany F (2011) Space Fruit for Asian Future Proposal. Asia Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum 18. Singapore 6-9 December 2011.  
Rizkita RE, Dwivany F, Latief C, Djamaludin T, Handayani RU, Prahesti AS, Swandajaja LWP, Ginaldy A, Hermawati D (2011) Recent Progress of Ground Based Experiment to Study Fruit Ripening. Asia Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum 18. Singapore 6-9 December 2011.  
Dwivany F (2011) Molecular Genetics Study of Fruit Ripening. Penerbit ITB, Bandung.  
Dwivany F, Suhandono S, Esyanti RR, Astuti DI and Mariani TS (2011) Understanding the molecular genetic and physiology aspects of banana fruit ripening. 2011 Indonesian-American Kavli Frontiers of Science. Bogor. July 9 th -11 th 2011.
Dwivany (2010) Plant genetic improvement through fruit ripening study in Indonesia. INDONESIAN ACADEMIC OF SCIENCES : LOKAKARYA ILMUWAN MUDA INDONESIA , Jakarta. October 13 th 2010.
Dwivany F, Yulia D, Burton RA, Shirley NJ, Wilson SM, Fincher GB, Bacic A, Newbigin EJ and Doblin MS (2009) The CELLULOSE-SYNTHASE LIKE C (CSLC) family of barley includes members that are integral membrane proteins targeted to the plasma membrane. Molecular Plant 2009 2(5):1025-1039; doi:10.1093/mp/ssp064.  
Karmawan L U, Suhandono S and Dwivany F (2009) Isolation of MA-ACS Gene Family and Expression Study of MA-ACS1 Gene in Musa acuminata cultivar Pisang Ambon Lumut. Journal Hayati of Bioscience16 (1), 35-39.
Dwivany F, Suhandono S, Rahmi RE, Handayani RU. Ground-based experiment to study the effect of a space environment on the expression of fruit ripening associated genes. The School of Life Science and Technology Institut Teknologi Bandung. JSBSS. Tsukuba, Japan. 2-5 October 2009.
Dwivany, F. The journey of Indonesian Women Scientists. The School of Life Science and Technology Institut Teknologi Bandung. JSBSS. Tsukuba, Japan. 2-5 October 2009
Meitha K and Dwivany F. ACC Synthase 1 (ACS1) Gene Promoter from banana for Application in agriculture and other field. International Conference on Biotechnology for Sustainable Future. Universitas Udayana, Bali. 15 – 16 September 2009.
Hermawaty D , Sundari S, Marwani D, Dwivany F . Transfer of pbinSRNAlcS plasmid into Musa acuminata (AAA group ) cv. pisang ambon plant tissues using Agrobacterium t umefaciens. School of Life Science and Technology . International Conference on Biological Sciences. UGM, Yogyakarta. 16 – 17 October 2009.
Handayani RU and Dwivany F. Expression Analysis of Genes Encoding 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate Synthase (ACS) and 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate oxidase (ACO) in Pisang Ambon (Musa sp. AAA group). BIOMASS PRODUCTION Conference. ITB, Bandung. 25-26 November 2009.
Karmawan LU, Dwivany F, Suhandono S (2008) Identification of MA-ACS Gene Family and expression study of MA-ACS1 Gene in Musa acuminata (AAA group) cultivar pisang Ambon lumut fruit based on real time pcr (qPCR). The 2nd ICMNS. Bandung. 28-30 October 2008.
Dwivany F, Utami R. Sundari S, Hermawaty D. Transfer the ACC Sintase Gene RNAi Construct into Pisang Ambon (Musa sp AAA Group) Leaf Tissue Using Agrobacterium tumefacicas GV 301. The 2nd ICMNS. Bandung. 28-30 October 2008.
Dwivany F , Suhandono S, Marwani Erly, Sundari Saripah, Syavitri Riyanti W. and Resnanti Utami H. Transformasi tanaman pisang ambon ( Musa sp. AAA group) dengan Agrobacterium tumifaciens. Seminar Biologi Nasional Proceeding. UPI Bandung. May 2007.
Dwivany F , Suhandono S, Sadjuri A.S, Karmawan L U, Britanto DW, Ramondrana D. The design of ihpRNA constructs to silence the expression of pisang ambon ACS and ACO genes as an alternative solution to control fruit ripening. International Conference On Mathematics and Natural Sciences Proceeding. ITB, Bandung. 29-30 November 2006.
Dwivany F ; Suhandono S, Sadjuri A.S, Karmawan L U. Vector construction for regulating ACS synthase and ACO oxidase gene expression as an alternative ripening control in pisang ambon (Musa sp., AAA group). International Conference On Mathematics and Natural Sciences Proceeding. ITB, Bandung. 29-30 November 2006.
Dwivany F , Suhandono S, Sadjuri A S, Karmawan L U. Pembuatan Konstruk RNAi gen ACS dan ACO untuk pengontrolan pematangan buah pisang ambon ( Musa sp. AAA group). Seminar Nasional Bioteknologi 2006 “Capturing Opportunity through Biotechnology”. LIPI Bioteknologi, Serpong. 15-16 November 2006.
Dwivany F, Suhandono S, Karmawan LU. The design of ihpRNA construct to silence the expression of pisang ambon ACC synthase (ACS) gene as an alternative solution to control fruit ripening. Buku Penelitian ITB 2006.
Dwivany F , Suhandono S, Ramondrana D, Wicaksono B W. Isolation and expression analysis of the ACC oxidase and ACC synthase genes from Pisang ambon. The 7 th Asean Science Technology Week Proceeding. Jakarta. 2005.
Bacic A, Burton R, Doblin M, Dwivany F , Gatford K T, Medhurst A, Harvey A, Shirley N, Newbigin E, Fincher G. The Cellulose Synthase ( CESA ) and Cellulose-Synthase-Like ( CSL ) Gene Families of Barley. 227th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society: ACS Cellulose and Renewable Materials Division. Anaheim, California USA. March 28-2 April 2004.
Dwivany F. (2003) Functional Analysis of Cellulose Synthase Like ‘C' Genes Family. PhD Thesis. The University of Melbourne Australia.
Dwivany, F ., Yulia, D., Medhurst A, Burton R, Campbell R, Wilson S, Shirley N, Fincher G B, Newbigin E and Bacic A. Functional Analysis of the Barley CSLC Gene Family (2003) Combio 2003 Combined Conference. Melbourne, Australia. 28 September-2 October 2003.
Medhurst A, Dwivany F , Burton Campbell R, Wilson S, Shirley N, Yulia D, Fincher G B, Newbigin E and Bacic A. Cellulose Synthase-Like (CSL) Genes of Barley. Combio 2003 Combined Conference. Melbourne, Australia. 28 September-2 October 2003.
Dwivany F, Burton R, Fincher G, Bacic A, Newbigin E. Functional Analysis of The Barley CSLC Gene Family. 13 th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research. Sevilla Spain. 28 June- 2 July 2002.
Dwivany F, Burton R, Gibeaut G, Medhurst A, Kamachu E, Fincher G, Newbigin E, Bacic A. Cell Wall Biosynthesis in Barley Suspension Culture and Coleoptiles. Proceeding of the 10 th Australian Barley Technical Symposium. Canberra, Australia16-20 September 2001.