Dr. Fenny Dwivany is an Associate Professor at The School of Life Science and Technology (SITH) - Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) and specially appointed Associate Professor at Department of Advanced Science and Biotechnology, Osaka University, Japan (2017-now). Her research group called the “Banana Group” focuses on genetic diversity, disease and fruit ripening. In 2011, her group was involved in the team that successfully sent Indonesia tomato seeds to International Space Station (ISS) in Space Seeds for Asian Future program and grown the tomato plants as the first Indonesia space biology experiment. She received the Science and Technology Award 2012 from the President for the Women Researchers category. Dr. Fenny Dwivany is an Associate Professor at The School of Life Science and Technology (SITH) - Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) and specially appointed Associate Professor at Department of Advanced Science and Biotechnology, Osaka University, Japan (2017-now). Her research group called the “Banana Group” focuses on genetic diversity, disease and fruit ripening. In 2011, her group was involved in the team that successfully sent Indonesia tomato seeds to International Space Station (ISS) in Space Seeds for Asian Future program and grown the tomato plants as the first Indonesia space biology experiment. She received the Science and Technology Award 2012 from the President for the Women Researchers category. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx