| Drs. Chu-Yun Lin and Tuan-hua Ho relax before the reception begins.
Associate Director Na-sheng Lin acted as emcee. |
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Several scientists came forward to describe the impact that Dr. Lin and Dr. Ho had had on them. This included Tzyy-Jen Chiou (above) and Ming-Che Shih (left) from the Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center. Meanwhile, several IPMB faculty looked on (bottom; from left to right Ming-Hsiun Hsieh, Bill Chia-Han Chang, Hsiu-An Chu, Oliver Long-Fan Chen, Kevin Long-Chi Wang and Wolfgang Schmidt). |
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| Director Ho also spoke the assembled well-wishers, under the ¡§watchful eyes¡¨ of both Dr. C-Y Lin and his own lab members |
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Both Director Ho and Prof. C.-Y. Lin received a small gift recognizing their large contributions to plant science in Taiwan |
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Director Ho spoke about his new role as ASPB president. |
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Finally, everyone was turned loose on the refreshments |
Some other interesting moments¡K¡K¡K |
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Director Ho samples the ¡§fruits¡¨ of a career in plant science. While he may have been hoping that the ¡§fruits¡¨ of his career would be transgenic, these fruits, unfortunately were not¡K¡K¡K. |
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Dr. C.-Y. Lin learns that now matter how many awards you get, they still talk about you behind your back¡K¡K¡K |
