Ungke Antonjaya

Senior Molecular Laboratory Analyst

Ungke has been involved in numerous virus studies for over 20 years, with main interests in virology diagnostics, emerging viruses, and molecular biology methods.

He contributed as a co-investigator in a number of virology studies, including identifying emerging viruses in West Java, analyzing viral aetiology from febrile patients from various regions in Indonesia, and developing a production series of Chikungunya vírus and Japanese vírus antigens for IgM MAC-ELISA method.

His previous assignment was as Chief of the Molecular Laboratory in the Virology Department, the US-military international biomedical research laboratory in Jakarta.

His thesis explored the construction of recombinant plasmid for Dengue-2 DNA vaccine candidates from Indonesian isolates. He received training in arboviruses diagnostics and H5N1 sequencing techniques from US CDC.

2015

Risbin IptekDok Awards – Ministry of Health

Qualification

Master’s in Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia

Publications

Kartika Saraswati, Ampai Tanganuchitcharnchai, Sirada Ongchaikupt, Mavuto Mukaka, Nicholas P J Day, J Kevin Baird, Ungke Antonjaya, Khin S A Myint, Yora P Dewi, Frilasita A Yudhaputri, Sotianingsih Haryanto, N P Diah Witari, Stuart D Blacksell

Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg

January 11, 2024

DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trad094

Khin S. A. Myint, Arthur H. P. Mawuntu, Sotianingsih Haryanto, Darma Imran, Sofiati Dian, Yora P. Dewi, Ahmad R. Ganiem, Riane Anggreani, Mirna M. Iskandar, Janno B. B. Bernadus, Kartika Maharani, David Susanto, Riwanti Estiasari, Hasna Dewi, Amanda Kristiani, Lidia Gaghiwu, Edison Johar, Frilasita A. Yudhaputri, Ungke Antonjaya, Jeremy P. Ledermann, Reinout van Crevel, Raph L. Hamers, Ann M. Powers

Am J Trop Med Hyg

June 13, 2022

DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.22-0050

Dewi Hawani Alisjahbana, Syndi Nurmawati, Dzulfikar DL Hakim, Mia Milanti, Yora Permata Dewi , Edison Johar, Khin Saw Aye Myint, Jeremy P Lederman, Ann M Powers, Bachti Alisjahbana, Ungke Antonjaya

SAGE Open Med Case Rep

July 23, 2021

DOI: 10.1177/2050313X211034393

Pudjiadi AH, Antonjaya U, Myint KS, Alatas FS.

Infect Chemother

March 1, 2021

DOI: 10.3947/ic.2020.0081

Ma’roef CN, Dhenni R, Megawati D, Fadhilah A, Lucanus A, Artika IM, Masyeni S, Lestarini A, Sari K, Suryana K, Yudhaputri FA, Jaya UA, Sasmono RT, Ledermann JP, Powers AM, Myint KSA

PLoS Negl Trop Dis

July 14, 2020

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008454