On November 29, 2019, Acting President, Mahidol University - Prof. Banchong Mahaisaviriya, Former president of Chiba University on behalf of President Takeshi Tokuhisa - Prof. Emeritus Toyoki Kozai, togrther with Dean, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University - Assoc. Prof.Sittiwat Lertsiri presided over the opening of MU-CU Collaborative Research and Training Center in Plant factory (MU-CU PFAL Center) .
The MU-CU PFAL Center is partly funded under the financial support from International Cooperation Development Mahidol University 2019 and Chiba University, which aims to develop human resource together with to promote science and technology and build-up capacity of researchers in the region, those who work in the field of protected horticulture and related areas through staff exchanges and trainings.