Euroinvent Gold Medal 2022 Won by the Faculty of Medicine, Udayana University

Students from the Bachelor of Medicine and Medical Profession Study Program, Faculty of Medicine, Udayana University won gold medals in Euroinvent 2022 which was held in a hybrid manner from Iasi, Romania (25 to 28 May 2022).

 

Euroinvent is a competition and conference activity organized by the Romanian Inventor Forum (RIF) which will become the largest invention exhibition event in eastern Europe in 2021. The election of Indonesian representatives in this event is the result of RIF's collaboration with the Indonesian Invention and Innovation Promotion Association (INNOPA), in publish, select, and recommend representatives from Indonesia to the event.

 

The five outstanding students who won gold medals were on behalf of Aizar Vesa Prasetyo, I Gede Krisna Arim Sadeva, Putu Sinta Elix Wahyuni, I Gede Aswin Parisya Sasmana, and Putri Ayu Wulandari. dr. Desak Made Wihandani, M.Kes., who also serves as Head of the Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Udayana University.

 

The work presented in this event was about the administration of clove leaf essential oil in lowering blood glucose levels through a protective effect on pancreatic cells which was evaluated from pancreatic histopathological changes where an increase in islet and acinar cells was found. It was concluded that clove leaf essential oil has the potential to be a potential therapy for DM mediated by the effect of lowering glucose levels and protecting pancreatic cells.

 

In 2022, this activity will be held from 25 to 28 May 2022 in a hybrid manner, which is attended by more than 500 participants in more than 20 countries in the world.