IC-OMICS 2026

The event will be held on 8 – 9ᵗʰ July 2026
at Institut Teknologi Bandung, West Java, Indonesia

Keynote Speakers Profiles

Budi Gunadi Sadikin
Ministry of Health of The Republic of Indonesia, Indonesia

Budi Gunadi Sadikin serves as the Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia for the 2024–2029 term under the Merah Putih Cabinet. With a professional background in banking and corporate leadership, he previously held the same position from 2020 to 2024. He earned his degree in Nuclear Physics from Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) and has played a key role in advancing Indonesia’s national health transformation initiatives.

Profile link:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/budi-sadikin-80920914

Prof. Tamas Dalmay
University of East Anglia, United Kingdom

Prof. Tamas Dalmay is a Professor of RNA Biology at the School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom. His research focuses on RNA biology, particularly RNA silencing and microRNAs, investigating their roles in gene regulation across plant and animal systems.

He has led extensive research on small RNAs and gene expression, contributing to advances in molecular biology, genomics, and biotechnology. Throughout his academic career, he has held several leadership roles, including Director of Research and Head of School, and has published widely in the fields of genetics and RNA biology.

Profile link:
https://research-portal.uea.ac.uk/en/persons/tamas-dalmay/

Invited Speakers Profiles

Prof. Tsung-Lin Liu
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

Prof. Tsung-Lin Liu is a Professor in the Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Sciences at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan. His research focuses on bioinformatics, next-generation sequencing (NGS) data analysis, and metagenomics, particularly in exploring microbial communities and their implications for human health. Integrating computational biology and genomics approaches, his work contributes to microbiome research, immune repertoire analysis, and biomarker discovery for precision health applications.

Profile link:
https://dbbs.ncku.edu.tw/p/404-1153-258523.php?Lang=en

Prof. Tan Boon Chin
Universiti Malaya, Malaysia

Prof. Dr. Tan Boon Chin is an Associate Professor at the University of Malaya, Malaysia, and Director of the Centre for Research in Biotechnology for Agriculture (CEBAR). His research focuses on plant molecular biology, transcription factor regulation, and omics-based approaches to improve crop resilience and sustainable agriculture. His work also explores plant-based production of bioactive compounds and recombinant proteins for biotechnology applications.

Profile link:
https://umexpert.um.edu.my/boonchin

Prof. Fenny Martha Dwivany
Bandung Institut of Technology

Dr. Fenny focuses in plant molecular biology and deepsea omics. Her recent research interests include fruit ripening process to further improve postharvest biotechnology, plant-disease interactions in developing biological control technology, as well as genomics, transcriptomics, and functional genomics.

Profile lInk:
https://sith.itb.ac.id/dr-fenny-martha-dwivany/

Dr. Muhammad Yasir
Quadram Institute, United Kingdom

Muhammad Yasir is a researcher specializing in microbial molecular mechanisms, with expertise in antimicrobial resistance, bacterial pathogenicity, stress adaptation, and bacterial genomics. He began his research career studying antimicrobial resistance during his master’s studies before pursuing a Darwin Trust PhD studentship at the University of Birmingham, where he investigated gene expression regulation in pathogenic Escherichia coli and demonstrated how alterations in virulence gene regulators can influence bacterial pathogenicity. Currently serving as a research scientist at the Quadram Institute, he focuses on the development and application of advanced functional genomics technologies, particularly TraDIS-Xpress, a genome-wide sequencing approach used to study bacterial responses and adaptation under various stress conditions, including within the food chain.

Profile link:
https://quadram.ac.uk/people/muhammad-yasir/

Dr. Dwi Susanti
BiomEdit, United States

Dr. Dwi Susanti is a microbial physiologist and metabolic biochemist with interdisciplinary training in microbiology, biochemistry, and genomics. Her research focuses on microbial metabolism, molecular biology, and biotechnology applications, contributing to the understanding of microbial systems and their roles in health and industrial innovation. She has professional experience in international research environments and holds academic training from Virginia Tech

Profile link:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dwi-susanti/

Ernawati Arifin Giri-Rachman, Ph.D.
Bandung Institut of Technology

Dr. Ernawati Arifin Giri-Rachman is an Assistant Professor in Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology at the School of Life Sciences and Technology, Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), Indonesia. Her research focuses on molecular biology, microbiology, and virology, with interests in biotechnology applications related to infectious diseases and microbial systems. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Bristol, United Kingdom, and actively contributes to national and international scientific communities in molecular biology and microbiology.

Profile link:
https://sith.itb.ac.id/ernawatiarifingirirachman/

Kazuo Harada, Ph.D
The University Of Japan, Osaka

Kazuo Harada, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Osaka, Japan. His research integrates analytical chemistry, metabolomics, forensic toxicology, and metabolic engineering to address challenges in pharmaceutical, environmental, and public health sciences. His work focuses on developing advanced analytical and metabolomic approaches for the evaluation of natural products, detection of drugs and toxic substances, investigation of poisoning mechanisms, and monitoring of environmental contaminants. Through interdisciplinary research, he also explores microbial and biochemical processes that contribute to biotechnology innovation and human health. His contributions have been widely recognized through numerous publications in forensic toxicology, pharmaceutical sciences, and metabolomics.

Profile link:
https://rd.iai.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/8f2fbf2e42fdd2c5.html

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