MUSC Successfully Organized “Joint Symposium on Frontier Research in |
| Biodiversity and Agricultural Resources”, 6-7 November 2014 |
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| The Faculty of Science, Mahidol University (MUSC), in collaboration with local |
| universities and regional academic partner institutions – the University of Sussex, UK, |
| Chiba University, Japan and the University of Surabaya, Indonesia, successfully held the |
| “Joint Symposium on Frontier Research in Biodiversity and Agricultural Resources”, |
during 6-7 November 2014 at MUSC, Phayathai, Bangkok. |
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| The symposium covered contemporary issues in biodiversity, including biodiversity towards |
| natural resources, biodiversity and sustainable environments as well as frontier research in plants, animals, |
| insects and aqua biotechnology. This symposium offered a great opportunity for scientists, researchers, |
| lecturers and students to present research findings, discuss, share current thinking and develop productive |
partnerships in the regions. There were approximately 100 participants from MUSC, local universities, |
| partner universities in Asia together with a number of invited speakers from abroad in attendance. |
| A keynote lecture was “Hornbills and their role in regenerating and sustaining forest ecosystem”, |
| interestingly delivered by Professor Emeritus Pilai Poonswad, a Thai Conservation Scientist who is widely |
| recognized as an outstanding researcher for her excellent researches in ornithology, wildlife ecology and |
| parasitology(Avian diseases). Fourteen oral presentations and thirty-four poster presentations were |
presented respectively. |
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| This Joint Symposium is one of the visible potential strategies of the Faculty of Science that tended to |
| promote its research findings and academic services among national and international communities,through |
| a variety of public communications. Knowledge sharing is one of the most effective activities that has long been |
| driving and put MUSC into the forefront, also considered as a crucial factor responding to social responsibility |
to be an international learning organization in this 21st century. |
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