Preparation for fourth International Plant Tissue Culture Conference

Austin Oct-30-01: Preparation for the 4th International Tissue Culture Conference to commence on the first through 3rd of November, is almost complete. The organizers under the leadership of Professor Syed Hadiuzzaman, President of BAPTC (the Bangladesh Association of Plant Tissue Culture), ably assisted by Professor Rakha Hari Sarker, the General Secretary of the Association and Dr. Imdadul Hoque, the Organizing Secretary, have done an excellent job. The publication part of the conference has been very skillfully handled by Professor M. Mozammel Haque - the veteran and experienced executive editor of the Association's journal, "Plant Tissue Culture".

The 11th September American human tragedy did not dampen the spirit of the organizers and they went on with the arrangements against the wishes of many who advised them to postpone it. Looking at the admirable arrangement, the organizers have made against all odds, it now seems that  the decision they took was well-advised.

 A number of foreign delegates have already arrived on the scene. One of them is Dr. Mohsin Patwary, who arrived from New York to  chair one of the important sessions on    "Transgenic plants for sustainable crop production". Dr. Patwary is one the Department’s brilliant ex-students who has already earned a good name in the USA and Canada for his valuable contribution to genetical research in algae.