Confocal Microscope Workshop Held by FF UNAIR as Part of UNAIR Open House Activities

In order to support the development of bioproducts and strengthen research collaboration, Universitas Airlangga held the PUAPT-HA 2025 Open House & Workshop. The activity was open to academics, researchers, and practitioners who wanted to deepen their insight and skills in the fields of Diagnostic Kits, Vaccine Development, and Drug Discovery.

The Faculty of Pharmacy UNAIR (FF UNAIR) certainly also contributed fully to the success of the PUAPT-HA 2025 Open House & Workshop. On that occasion, FF UNAIR held a Drug Discovery Workshop: "Exploring Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy" as part of the series of events.

The workshop, which was successfully held on May 21, 2025, was attended by participants from various agencies and campuses in Indonesia. This activity was held at the Nanizar Zaman Joenoes Building.

The speakers who were appointed at this workshop were Mrs. Firli Rahmah Primula Dewi, Ph.D. who is a UNAIR Biology Lecturer and Mr. Shafi Fauzi Rahman, S.Si. from Nikon company that produces Confocal Microscopes.

In the first session, Mrs. Firli Rahmah Primula Dewi, Ph.D. explained the material on "Immunofluorescence Exploration & Confocal Microscope for Biomedical Research". While in the presentation of the material in the 2nd session entitled "Introduction to Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope and Instrumentation Component" was delivered by Mr. Shafi Fauzi Rahman, S.Si.

The participants seemed very enthusiastic and seriously listened to all the materials presented by the two speakers. This was clearly seen especially during the discussion session when many participants asked questions.

After the presentation session was over, the agenda continued with a hands-on on the use of a confocal microscope. The participants were invited to visit the laboratory in the Nanizar Zaman Joenoes Building which has a confocal microscope and then given a detailed explanation by Mr. Shafi Fauzi Rahman, S.Si. Participants were also allowed to bring samples to be used as test materials during the hands-on activity.

As an additional activity, participants were given the opportunity to do hands-on using an inverted microscope in a different laboratory but still located in the Nanizar Zaman Joenoes Building.