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Study Exchange – Short Course : Innate Immunity and Infectious Disease in Institute Pasteur of Cambodia

Study Exchange – Short Course : Innate Immunity and Infectious Disease in Institute Pasteur of Cambodia

Study Exchange – Short Course : Innate Immunity and Infectious Disease in Institute Pasteur of Cambodia

[:id]Hello, I am Claireta ! I am a final year student in Bandung Institute of Technology majoring microbiology. Microbiology can be applied in many fields, but I have a specific interest in medical field. As a future scientist, we need exploring more knowledge and education. That’s why I surfed the internet and looked for an overseas program to develop my knowledge and education in my field of interest.

Luckily, I found a perfect short course program held by Institute Pasteur. The Institute Pasteur is a private non-profit foundation. Its mission is to help preventing and treating disease, mainly those infectious origin, through research, teaching, and public health initiatives. This institute is located in France, but has many networks across the world. They offer many short course programs on their networks. I found a short course that relates to my field of interest. This course was about “ Innate Immunity and Infectious Disease” and was held in Institute Pasteur of Cambodia. When I saw the program and the speaker, I found out that  this program may enrich my knowledge in my field of interest.

First, I asked to the committee of this program about everything that I need to know. I asked a bunch of questions to have a clear understanding about this course. This course was fully funded. The committee paid the accommodation fee (flight ticket & hotel) and provide food (breakfast, lunch, & dinner). The selection was based on the required documents : Curriculum Vitae (CV), English Proficiency Document, Motivational Letter, and Recommendation Letters. The committee only selected 20 applicants to participate in this program. Luckily, I received an e-mail containing my acceptance letter in this program.

In this program, I met many new friends from Cambodia, France, New Caledonia, Thailand, Australia, and Vietnam. Some of the participants were a bachelor student, but some have gotten their Ph. D and Master degree. The participants have a diverse background : medical student, pharmacy student, research assistant, worker from health institute, and researcher. I was the only participants with a microbiology background.

For 8 days, the participants got many lectures from the experts. The lectures were about innate immunity ( macrophages, mucosal system , neutrophil, Th17, NKT cell, NK cell, innate B cell, innate lymphoid T cell, T-reg cell, cytokines, sepsis, and many more) & infectious disease ( dengue, TB, and many more). We also learnt about the role of non-coding RNA in immunity, nutrition linked to immunity, cancer, and memory innate immunity. I can conclude that I gained many knowledge that haven’t been taught before in my university. Besides the lectures, we also get a lab practice with flow cytometry. It was my first time preparing the cell line samples with antibody, using flow cytometry instrument, and interpreting its result.

I was so grateful in this opportunity, because I could meet new friends with different backgrounds, study overseas for free, and meet many inspirational scientists that are an expert on their field and research of interest. One of my favorite lecture was Prof. Jean Marc-Cavaillon who is an expert in sepsis and cytokines. I was honored to be lectured by him.

After we finished the program, all of the participants were invited to the Gala Dinner at the river side restaurant. It was a wonderful experience to learn new things especially in my field of interest. As a future scientist, we need to encourage ourselves to step out from our comfort zone and explore more!

[:en]Hello, I am Claireta ! I am a final year student in Bandung Institute of Technology majoring microbiology. Microbiology can be applied in many fields, but I have a specific interest in medical field. As a future scientist, we need exploring more knowledge and education. That’s why I surfed the internet and looked for an overseas program to develop my knowledge and education in my field of interest.

Luckily, I found a perfect short course program held by Institute Pasteur. The Institute Pasteur is a private non-profit foundation. Its mission is to help preventing and treating disease, mainly those infectious origin, through research, teaching, and public health initiatives. This institute is located in France, but has many networks across the world. They offer many short course programs on their networks. I found a short course that relates to my field of interest. This course was about “ Innate Immunity and Infectious Disease” and was held in Institute Pasteur of Cambodia. When I saw the program and the speaker, I found out that this program may enrich my knowledge in my field of interest.

First, I asked to the committee of this program about everything that I need to know. I asked a bunch of questions to have a clear understanding about this course. This course was fully funded. The committee paid the accommodation fee (flight ticket & hotel) and provide food (breakfast, lunch, & dinner). The selection was based on the required documents : Curriculum Vitae (CV), English Proficiency Document, Motivational Letter, and Recommendation Letters. The committee only selected 20 applicants to participate in this program. Luckily, I received an e-mail containing my acceptance letter in this program.

In this program, I met many new friends from Cambodia, France, New Caledonia, Thailand, Australia, and Vietnam. Some of the participants were a bachelor student, but some have gotten their Ph. D and Master degree. The participants have a diverse background : medical student, pharmacy student, research assistant, worker from health institute, and researcher. I was the only participants with a microbiology background.

For 8 days, the participants got many lectures from the experts. The lectures were about innate immunity ( macrophages, mucosal system , neutrophil, Th17, NKT cell, NK cell, innate B cell, innate lymphoid T cell, T-reg cell, cytokines, sepsis, and many more) & infectious disease ( dengue, TB, and many more). We also learnt about the role of non-coding RNA in immunity, nutrition linked to immunity, cancer, and memory innate immunity. I can conclude that I gained many knowledge that haven’t been taught before in my university. Besides the lectures, we also get a lab practice with flow cytometry. It was my first time preparing the cell line samples with antibody, using flow cytometry instrument, and interpreting its result.

I was so grateful in this opportunity, because I could meet new friends with different backgrounds, study overseas for free, and meet many inspirational scientists that are an expert on their field and research of interest. One of my favorite lecture was Prof. Jean Marc-Cavaillon who is an expert in sepsis and cytokines. I was honored to be lectured by him.

After we finished the program, all of the participants were invited to the Gala Dinner at the river side restaurant. It was a wonderful experience to learn new things especially in my field of interest. As a future scientist, we need to encourage ourselves to step out from our comfort zone and explore more!

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