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Thailand BIOTEC Executive Director visit to promote NARO-NSTDA collaboration

A delegation from Thailand's National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC) headed by the Executive Director, Dr. Somvong Tragoonrung visited the NARO Headquarters on February 5, 2018 and met with Dr. Akihiro Sasaki (NARO Senior Vice President), Dr. Nori Kurata (VP for Research Promotion II), Dr. Toshio Ohtani (VP for Research Promotion III), Dr. Masahiro Yano (Director-General of Inst. of Crop Science) and Dr. Takashi Nagai (Head of International Relations Office) to promote collaboration between Thailand's National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) and NARO. BIOTEC is one of the 5 research organizations under NSTDA. The delegation also visited the NARO Genebank and held discussions with researchers from the Genetic Resources Center, Inst. of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS) and Inst. of Vegetable and Floriculture Science (NIVFS). The BIOTEC delegation included Dr. Sithichoke Tangphatsornruang (Director of Genome Technology Research Unit) and Dr. Chalermpol Kirdmanee (Head of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry Laboratory).


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