Judul: Karakterisasi Enzim Endonuklease Restriksi dari Bakteri Fotosintetik Anoksigenik MW5
Abstrak: Enzim endonuklease restriksi adalah enzim yang dapat mengenal urutan (sekuen) tertentu pada DNA utas ganda dan memotong kedua utas tersebut. Enzim ini dihasilkan oleh bakteri dan umumnya bersifat spesifik untuk setiap bakteri penghasilnya. Indonesia yang kaya akan plasma nutfah berpotensi menghasilkan berbagai jenis enzim restriksi baru maupun isoschizomer dari enzim restriksi komersial yang telah ada. Salah satu contohnya adalah bakteri fotosintetik anoksigenik MW5 mengandung enzim restriksi yang diduga merupakan isoschizomer dari enzim komersial Pstl (Juliana, 1996).
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Judul: Screening Awal Enzim Endonuklease Restriksi Spesifik dari Bakteri
Abstrak: Enzim endonuklease restriksi tipe II adalah enzim yang mampu mengenali dan memotong sekuens nukleotida tertentu. Kerja enzim yang spesifik ini berperan penting dalam perkembangan bioteknologi, termasuk di dalamnya bioteknologi pangan yang telah memberikan hasil nyata, seperti varietas pangan yang dimodifikasi secara genetik. Enzim ini dihasilkan oleh setiap bakteri yang tersebar luas di alam, dan dalam penelitian ini isolat bakteri tongkol jagung diteliti potensinya dalam menghasilkan enzim restriksi. Penelitian bertujuan untuk screening keberadaan enzim restriksi yang memiliki situs spesifik. Penelitian dimulai dengan screening bakteri dari tongkol jagung busuk. Dari 16 macam isolat bakteri mesofilik, diambil 10 macam isolat kemudian masing-masing isolat ditumbuhkan untuk kemudian diambil pelet selnya dan diekstrak enzim restriksinya. Selain bakteri isolat tongkol jagung, juga diambil ekstrak enzim dari beberapa bakteri koleksi Laboratorium Mikrobiologi dan Biokimia, yaitu Bacillus pumillus Y1, B. licheniformis MB2, Pseudomonas syringae, P. fluorescens, dan beberapa strain dari Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. glycines (Xag R8, Xag YR58, Xag YR63, dan Xag YR69). Tahap ekstraksi enzim restriksi meliputi pemecahan sel bakteri dan ekstraksi enzim dengan metode sistem dua fase. Pemecahan sel menggunakan metode sonikasi diskontinu (4 dan 6 × 30 detik). Ekstraksi enzim dua fase menggunakan polimer PEG 8000 28,4% dan dekstran T500 7,1% yang akan memisahkan enzim resktriksi dari asam nukleat bakteri.
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Judul: Thermal Characteristics and Dynamics of Tropical Cyclone over Western North Pacific Ocean: A Case Study of Typhoon Songda (Chedeng) 2011
Abstrak: The frequent occasion of Tropical Cyclone (TC) over Western North Pacific (WNP) Ocean lies from 10˚N to 26˚N and 121˚E to 170˚E. Sources of TC development come from warm ocean temperature where latent heat is released during condensation processes and subsequently concentrated in the boundary layer. Relative humidity at 850-700 hPa is responsible to produce the most intense storm. Meanwhile, weak vertical wind shear between 850-200 hPa is one of the dynamical factors that lead to the development of TC. Pressure level of 850-200 hPa is chosen to minimize the thermodynamic effect in the lower troposphere. Typhoon Songda (Chedeng in the Philippines) or TSC lasted from May 18th to 30th, 2011 and strengthened into powerful Super Typhoon stage between May 24th and 27th. Long curving track and the exhibition of all sequences of TC life cycle, TSC is then considered as an ideal case of TC. The objective of the study with case of TSC is to investigate the role of thermal characteristics and dynamics on TC intensity. The research is carried out by using Advanced Research of Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRF ARW model) version 3.3. Two domains are employed in the model. The first domain situate from 02˚N to 40˚N and 118˚E to 149˚E and cover spatial resolution () of 33.1 km. The second domain situate from 09˚N to 27˚N and 119˚E to 132˚E with of 11 km. Timestep of the model () is 120 seconds. The model is supported by the following physical parameterization, i.e., Yonsei University Scheme (YSU) in the boundary layer, Kain-Fritsch scheme (KF) in the cumulus, and WRF Single-Moment 3-class scheme in the microphysics. Initial meteorological condition prior to the formation of the cyclone is generated using WRF ARW standard-release model. Sensitivity of the model output is obtained from a selected single-parameter change scenarios, namely, 10 % to 20 % decrease and increase of wind shear initial data at 850-200 hPa, and by 10 % to 20 % decrease of relative humidity initial data at 850-700 hPa. The result showed that the negative correlations between wind shear and intensity are found in wind shear scenarios. Wind shears of 10 ms-1 which lead to strengthening of the wind intensity in the early period of Typhoon development are found in wind shear scenarios. The effect of wind shear changes on wind intensity is statistically significant in the 20 % wind shear scenarios. During mature stage, weak wind intensity occurred when wind shear increase as given in the WRF standard-release and the 20 % decreasing scenario. Different situation is found in the 20 % increasing scenario where wind shear tend to weak and lead to strong wind intensity at this stage. Meanwhile, the reduction of moisture supply at 850-700 hPa resulting from 20 % decreasing relative humidity play a major role in the weakening of wind intensity and reduces mechanical energy of the cycle process as much as 300 J kg-1.
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