Prof. Skorn Mongkolsuk, Dean Faculty of Science and his team visited Chiba University and witnessed as representative of Mahidol University in the MOU signing ceremony between Chiba University and Mahidol University on 29th October 2008. Prof. Yasushi Saito, the President of Chiba University has expressed his delightful speech for this fruitful agreement. Both institutions have agreed to concretely strengthen their academic and research collaborations. Several activities are on going and planning to set up such as cyber-courses, teleconference, joint seminar/meeting, and joint study program.

During the visiting schedule at Chiba University, Prof. Skorn was invited as guest lecturer to give the presentation on topics of ‘Progressive of Research and Development at Faculty of Science, Mahidol University’ and of ‘Biomedical and Biotechnology Researches on Bacterial Sensing and Responding to Stress’ to staffs and students of Chiba University at Faculty of Pharmacy and at Faculty of Horticulture, where the lecture was also real time - broadcasting through internet to Thai students at Faculty of Science, Mahidol University.