Acknowledgements

The committee of the The fourth International Conference on Biological Sciences and Biotechnology (ICBSB 2018) would like to express our gratitude to Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU) and Biology Department USU and PT Shafera Enviro Laboratory for supporting us through financial aids to this conference. We also would like to sincere thanks to the honorable keynote speakers: Dr. Abraham Kabutey from Dept of Mechanical Engineering, Czech University, Prof. Dr. Hunsa Punnapayak, from Dept of Botany, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. Dr. Intan Zarina Zainol Abidin, from School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, University Kebangsaan Malaysia. Prof. Toshiki Uchiumi, PhD, from Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, Japan. In addition, we would like to express our gratitudes to all participants and presenters across disciplines in the field of Environmental Biology, Biomedical Sciences, Microbiology and Biotechnology. Plants and Animal Biosciences for their participations and efforts to join this conference as well as to everyone which we definitely cannot mention one by one that supported the process from the beginning until the end of the conference. Finally, we are looking forward for your participation in the next ICBSB. Warmest Regards, Chairman