Meity Mardiana, S.Farm., M.Sc., Ph.D.

Research Interest

Bacteriophage therapy
Antimicrobial resistance
Recombinant protein expression and purification

Biography

Dr. Meity Mardiana holds a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from Universitas Sumatera Utara, Indonesia. She obtained her master’s degree in Microbiology and Immunology and Ph.D. in Medical Sciences from Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan. Her doctoral research focused on bacteriophage therapy as a novel strategy to combat Acinetobacter baumannii infections.

Following the completion of her Ph.D., Dr. Mardiana conducted postdoctoral research at the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), where she investigated the therapeutic potential of bacteriophages against Klebsiella pneumoniae and explored temperate phages in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Her current research interests are centered on the utilization of bacteriophages from environmental sources and the gut microbiome, with an emphasis on their potential as alternative therapies to address antimicrobial resistance.

Award

Year	Award/Grant Name	Source of Award
2025	Riset dan Inovasi Untuk Indonesia Maju (RIIM) Kompetisi	BRIN
2023	Best Presenter	The 2nd Lawang Sewu International Symposium on Health Sciences: Medical Laboratory Technology
2022	3rd place in poster presentation	The 4th Tzu Chi-Academia Sinica International Forum for Biomedical Sciences

Research Activity and Highlighted Project

Year	Title	Partners (if any)
2025	Eksplorasi protein faga spesifik K. pneumoniae penghasil ESBL sebagai agen antibakterial infeksi AMR	BRIN

Selected Publication

Dongoran, R. A., Mardiana, M., Huang, C.-Y., Situmorang, J. H. (2024). Boosting NAD+ levels through fasting to aid in COVID-19 recovery. Frontiers in Immunology, 15, 1319106.
Mardiana, M., Teh, S.-H., Tsai, Y.-C., Yang, H.-H., Lin, L.-C., Lin, N.-T. (2023). Characterization of a novel and active temperate phage vB_AbaM_ABMM1 with antibacterial activity against Acinetobacter baumannii infection. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 11347.
Mardiana, M., Teh, S.-H., Lin, L.-C., Lin, N.-T. (2022). Isolation and characterization of a novel Siphoviridae phage, vB_AbaS_TCUP2199, infecting multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii. Viruses, 14(6), 1240.