Judul: Cloning Method of Pest Resistance Gene from Sengon (Paraserianthes falcataria).
Abstrak: Sengon is one of fast growing trees species, which is widely cultivated in plantations forest in Indonesia due to its multipurpose nature, and easy to grow. The plantation, however, faces serious problem of stem borer (Xystrocera festiva) attack, which was reported could destroyed sengon plantation. Meanwhile, several studies have reported the role of trypsin inhibitors (TI) and alpha-amylase inhibitor (AAI) in resistance in trees to insects. This research aimed at cloning a possible pest resistance gene from sengon. Sengon genomic DNA was isolated using CTAB buffer combined with binding columnn of GenElute plant Genomic DNA Miniprep Kit. Designed primer pairs did not generate amplicon. PCR products were obtained from published degenerate primers as two amplicons, with predicted size of 350 bp and 550 bp for AAI gene, and 600 bp and 800 bp for TI gene. Cloning with pGEM-T Easy vector resulted in several white colonies. Sequencing from selective colonies with long and short amplicon of AAI and TI sequences with 693 nucleotide, 278 nucleotide and 832 nucleotide, 278 nucleotide, respectively. BLASTN and BLASTX the sequences did not confirm that the inserts were AAI and TI genes. Further research is still needed to identify pest resistance gene in sengon tree.
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Judul: Pengembangan Metode Kloning Gen Penyandi Trypsin Inhibitor Sengon (Falcataria moluccana Miq.)
Abstrak: Kendala utama pengembangan hutan tanaman sengon (Falcataria moluccana Miq.) adalah serangan hama boktor (Xystrocera festiva). Secara alami, sengon memiliki mekanisme pertahanan biokimia terhadap boktor, salah satunya yaitu trypsin inhibitor (TI). Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengembangkan metode untuk isolasi dan kloning DNA penyandi TI asal tanaman sengon. Percobaan meliputi tiga tahap yaitu ekstraksi DNA sengon, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) dengan primer penyandi TI dari tanaman lain, dan kloning hasil PCR. Ekstraksi DNA dari daun sengon dilakukan dengan metode CTAB I, CTAB II dengan modifikasi kit Purelink®, kit Purelink® Plant Total DNA purification, dan Qiagen® DNeasy plant miniprep kit yang ditambahkan PVP 26%. Hasil terbaik dari Qiagen® DNeasy plant miniprep kit dengan konsentrasi DNA 100 ng/μL. Reaksi PCR dilakukan dengan GoTaq® PCR Core Systems, PCR Supermix Invitrogen, GoTaq® DNA Polymerase, dan Platinum® Taq DNA Polymerase, dan yang berhasil memunculkan pita amplikon PCR menggunakan primer BTIw1 yaitu GoTaq® PCR Core Systems dengan konsentrasi hasil PCR 438 ng/μL. Kloning dilakukan dengan tiga metode yaitu heat shock CaCl2, heat shock Transformation buffer, dan Thermoscientific® InsTAclone PCR cloni
Keyword: cloning, method, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), sengon, trypsin inhibitor

Judul: Hamiltonian formulation for linear waves motion in two layers fluid
Abstrak: The surface wave could be considered as a wave that separates two fluids, namely water and air. Based on this assumption, it is introduced the interfacial wave, a wave between two layers of fluid with different density. The formulation of interfacial waves motion begins with deriving the base equation of irrotational ideal fluid. Furthermore, according to irrotational fluid assumption, the base equation can be stated in velocity potential. In this derivation, the fluids domain is assumed to be restricted by rigid lid boundary conditions, both at the upper and lower limit. Therefore, the interfacial waves motion can be explained in a hamiltonian formulation. In the hamiltonian formulation, total energy is defined as the sum of kinetic and potential energy. The hamiltonian system is obtained from reduction of kinetic energy by using the Dirichlet Neumann Operator. The resulted kinetic energy equation is nonlinear. Therefore, this form is linearized by first part of the Taylor expansion. This linearization gives a dispersion relation of linear wave. Based on this dispersion relation, the phase speed of the linear wave depends on the density ratio of the two layers fluid.
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