Introduction
The global academic program is a sequence of courses and experiences that prepares students to acquire the necessary knowledge, skills, and perspectives to become globally competent. Using collaborative online international learning, a form of virtual exchange, as a method to internationalize teaching and learning is a cost-effective and accessible use of technology that advances global learning, intercultural skills acquisition, and cross-border collaboration for our students.
The first collaborative learning which will be conducted is a short course on nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics. At the end of the course and after passing the self-assessment tests for each subject, the participant will obtain a certificate with specified credit.
The program will be developed by Doctoral Program in Biomedical Sciences, Faculty Of Medicine Universitas Indonesian in Collaboration with Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Aberdeen and SEAMEO RECFON/PKGR UI from October 2021 to December 2021. Doctoral Program in Biomedical Science would provide an initial draft of modul particularly in the genomic part, whereas SEAMEO RECFON/PKGR UI in the nutrition part. Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, Aberdeen University would serve as a consultant for this course development and provide the facilities for international internship to students during their research activities.
Nutrigenomic and nutrigenetic are sciences to study the interplay between nutrients and gene that could influence an individual health. Nutrigenomic is focused on the role of nutrients and bioactive food compounds in gene expression. While nutrigenetic study the effect of genetic variation on dietary response.
Nowadays, chronic non-infectious diseases, such as vascular diseases, diabetes that are known as metabolic diseases related to food intake, responsible for 35 million deaths. It has been known that susceptibility to suffer from these diseases is different for each person. This response is influenced by individual genetic content
Open Online Lecture Series
Global Academic Program (GAP) also offers Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics online lecture series for the general public. With detail as the following:
- Human Genome
26 October 2021 (10.00 A.M. – 12.00 P.M (WIB)) [Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dra. Asmarinah, MS – Head of Doctoral Program in Biomedical Science – FM UI] - Gene-nutrient Interactions:
How to interpret and exploit these in nutrition studies.
Environmental and nutritional interaction with the genome:
The role of Epigenetics
27 October 2021 (03.00 P.M. – 05.00 P.M. (WIB)) [Prof. Paul Haggarty PhD – The Rowett Institute University of Aberdeen] - Bioavailability of Nutrients
11 November 2021 (09.00 A.M. – 11.00 A.M. (WIB)) [Dr. Ir. Umi Fahmida, MSc – SEAMEO RECFON] - Population and individual nutritional targets for health
The future of personalization in nutrition
15 November 2021 (04.00 P.M. – 06.00 P.M (WIB)) [Prof. Paul Haggarty, PhD – The Rowett Institute University of Aberdeen] - Epigenetics and Gut Health/Microbiome
25 November 2021 (04.00 P.M. – 06.00 P.M. (WIB)) [Dr. Anouschka Ramsteijn – The Rowett Institute University of Aberdeen]
Any interested participants able to register for this online lecture through this link
This online lecture series will provide e-certificate for any registered participants who joined all of the lectures.
Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics Course
Objective of The Course
This course deliver knowledge about interaction between nutrient and gene that could influence health of individual person. This course provides practitioners, reseachers or academic personal not only with information like a nutrition and dietetics course but with an in-depth training in nutrigenetic science.
Curriculum of The Course
Students of PDIB FKUI that are interested with nutrigenomic and nutrigenetic field for PhD research will be given courses 4 SKS (credit point) during their education after research proposal examination, i.e:
- Human Genome and gene (1 credit point = 16 hours)*
Topics: a. The Human Genome.
b. Human Genetic Variability.
- Principle and practice of genetic analysis techniques
d. Genetics vs. Environment à epigenetic
e. Study of genetic bases in complex diseases (i.e. cardiovascular,
obesity, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, cancer)
- Genome and Nutrition Interaction (1 credit point )
Topics: a. Basic Nutrition and nutrient requirement
- Biomarker of nutrition status
- Bioavailability of nutrients
- Nutrigenetic and nutrigenomic: Application of omic technology in
optimization of human nutrition
e. Concept of personalised nutrition.
- Metagenomics: The Microbiome and Nutrition (1 credit point )
Topics: a. The Human Microbiome à Rowett Institute
b. Microbiome and Nutrition Interaction à Rowett Institute
c. Contribution of the microbiome to health and disease.
d. Perspectives.
- Nutrigenomics of complex disease (1 credit point )
Topics: a. Cardiovascular diseases.
b. Obesity.
c. Metabolic syndrome and diabetes.
d. Cancer.
*) Activities: lecture, assignment, presentation, assessment