Popi Septiani, Ph.D.

Lecturer/Academic Staff
School of Life Sciences and Technology
Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia
Expertise Group : Genetics and Molecular Biotechnology
Email : popi.septiani@itb.ac.id

Overview

Popi Septiani, Ph.D. is a faculty member at the School of Life Sciences and Technology (SITH), Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB). Her research primarily focuses on Genetics and Molecular Biotechnology, where she explores various aspects of genetics and plant molecular breeding, including the application of genomics and bioinformatics tools in agriculture and plant sciences.

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), Indonesia (2008). Major field : Biology

Master’s degree

Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia (2011). Major field : Biotechnology

Doctoral degree

Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy (2019). Major field : Agrobiodiversity (Plant Genetics Resources)

Course Taught

Undergraduate Courses

Introduction of bioinformatics for biologist,
Genetics
Agricultural genetics
Cell and molecular biology project
Molecular Phylogenetics
Breeding Techniques
Plant diseases detection
Quantitative Genetics

Graduate Course

Advance molecular genetics
Molecular breeding
Bioinformatics

Publication

Septiani, P., Pramesti, Y., Ningsih, D.U. et al. Identification of self- and pathogen-targeted miRNAs from resistant and susceptible Theobroma cacao variety to black pod disease. Scientific Report (14): 3272 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-53685-x
Tjia, TOS., Meitha, K., Septiani, P., Awaludin, R., Sumardi, D. 2023. Extracellular self-DNA induces local inhibition of growth, regulates production of reactive oxygen species, and gene expression in rice roots. Biologi Plantarum 67: 9-18. DOI: 10.32615/bp.2022.037.
Tan, MI. Alfarafisa NM., Septiani, P., Barlian A., Firmansyah A., Faizal A., Melani, L., and Nugrahapraja, H. 2022. “Potential Cell-Based and Cell-Free Therapy for Patients with COVID-19”. Cells 11, no. 15: 2319. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11152319
Dwivany, FM., Nugrahapraja, H., Rahmawati, A., Meitasari DP., Putra, AM., Septiani, P., Farah, , Subandiyah. (2020). Data on banana transcriptome in response to blood disease infection. Data in Brief (29): 105133. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2020.105133
Faridl M., Mellyani, K., Khoirunnisa, K., Septiani, P., Giri-Rachman, EA., Nugrahapraja, H., Rahmawati, E., Alamanda, CNC., Ristandi, RB., Rachman, RW., Robiani,R., Fibriani, A. 2022. RNA sequence analysis of nasopharyngeal swabs from asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic patients with COVID-19. Int. J. Infect. Dis (122): 449-460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2022.06.035
Anindita,KS., Septiani, P., Dwivany, FM. (2021) Comparative Genomics Analysis of the Pathogenesisrelated (PR) Genes on Two Banana Genomes (A and B Genomes) in Response to Banana Blood Disease Infection. Ecol. Environ. Conserv (27): 49-58.
Dwivany, FM., Nugrahapraja, H., Rahmawati, A., Meitasari DP., Putra, AM., Septiani, P., Farah, N., Subandiyah. (2020). Data on banana transcriptome in response to blood disease infection. Data in Brief (29): 105133. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2020.105133
Septiani, P., Lanubile, A., Stagnati, L., Busconi, M., Nelissen, H., Pè, ME., Dell’Acqua, M., Marocco, A. (2019). Unravelling the genetic basis of Fusarium seedling rot resistance in the MAGIC maize population: novel targets for breeding. Scientific Report (9): 5665. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-42248-0
Septiani, P. Family farming: The case of Indonesia. Rendiconti Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL Memorie di Scienze Fisiche e Naturali. Italia: 2015. Vol. XXXIX, Parte II, Tomo I, pp. 251-257.
Septiani, P., Suhandono, S., Dwivany, F. Cloning and sequences analysis of Ma-ACS4 gene promoter from Banana (Musa acuminata AAA. Group). Proceeding on International Conference on Mathematics and Natural Sciences. Bandung, Indonesia, November 29-30, 2010.
Septiani, P., Akhmaisyah, Wulansari SA., Juliarni. Field observation on leaf anatomical structures of some plants as adaptation to ecological conditions. Proceeding on International Symposium of Sustainable Agriculture in Asia. Bogor, Indonesia. September 18-21, 2006.

Wokrshop and Conference

International Conference and Workshop on Biotechnology. Konsorsium bioteknologi indonesia dan Universitas Gadjah Mada. July, 2024.
International Seminar on Plant Breeding. Perhimpunan Ilmu Pemuliaan Indonesia, Jawa Barat. Padjajaran University. Bandung, November 2023.
UK Conference of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. Earlham Institute, UK (online Conference). September, 28-30, 2021.
The 2nd International Conference on Bioinformatics, Biotechnology and Biomedical Engineering. Yogyakarta, Indonesia. September 12-13, 2019.
The 60th Annual Maize Genetics Conference, Saint-Malo, France. March 22-25, 2018.
SIBV-SIGA Joint Congress: “Sustainability of agricultural environment: contributions of plant genetics and physiology”. Pisa, Italy. September 19-22, 2017.
The 59th Annual Maize Genetics Conference, Union Station, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. March 9-12, 2017.
Summer school on “Genome-wide association studies: from theory to practice”. Alba di canazei, Italy. July 4-7, 2017.
The 5th Annual meeting of plant genetic and biotechnology network. New breeding techniques: genome editing, cis-genesis and genomic selection. Piacenza, Italy, June 6-8, 2016.
Asia Pacific Industry Affairs and Regulatory Training and Workshop. DuPont Pioneer, China 2014.
Asia Pacific Biotech Affairs and Regulatory Cultivation Training and Workshop, DuPont Pioneer, India 2013.
The 7th PAN-ASIA Farmer Exchange Program, CropLife Asia, Philippines, 2013.
Workshop Confined Field Trial, Program for Biosafety Systems (PBS). ICABIOGRAD and InternationaI Rice Research Institute. Indonesia, 2010.

Research Project

No.	Year	Funding	Research title	Role
1	2024	PPMI ITB	Spatiotemporal microRNA atlas construction from Curcuma longa	Principal Investigator
2	2023	Indofood Riset Nugraha	Comparative study of genome assembler for de novo assembly of Indonesian turmeric genome	Principal Investigator
3	2023	Program Riset ITB 2023	Genome annotation and Construction of SNP molecular marker database from Indonesian curcuma for the development of superior varieties in breeding program	Principal Investigator
4	2022	Indonesia Toray Science Foundation	The Whole genome sequencing of Curcuma Longa L. as milestone for newly improved variety in Turmeric breeding program	Principal Investigator
5	2021	Riset ITB	Small RNA Data Mining and In Vitro Test of the Fungus Phytopthora sp. As an Effort to Develop Small RNA-Based Biofungicides for Sustainable Agriculture	Principal investigator
6	2021	Riset ITB	Metagenomic studies in symptomatic and asymptomatic COVID-19 patients	Co-researcher
7	2021	P3MI ITB	Utilization of antiviral bioactive compounds from indigenous Indonesian plants to increase the potential of miRNAs in exosomes from human stem cells to inhibit the replication of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.	Co-researcher
8	2020	P3MI ITB	Expression Analysis of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) Related Genes in Rice Seeds (Oryza sativa subs Indica) with Extracellular Self-DNA Treatment	Co-researcher