His Excellency the Ambassador to Thailand, H E Kitti Wasinondh, visited LSTM on Tuesday 20th January 2009 as part of a two-day visit to Liverpool, hosted by Mr Nicholas Wainwright, Honorary Consul for Thailand. His Excellency met LSTM’s Director of Education Sue Assinder, before proceeding to a presentation on postgraduate teaching, followed by a glimpse at some of the laboratories used by PhD students. His Excellency also had the opportunity to speak to Kwannan Nantavisai and Kamolnat Muangyim, PhD students at LSTM and Sant Muangnoicharoen, Postdoctoral Research Assistant within LSTM’s Molecular Biochemical Parasitology Group.