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Hi Kalai,
I am guessing that you and Giri
are back to routine. I wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed being in KL and
attending the meeting. Thanks for inviting me. Let me say something about the
meeting itself. It was very informative; I learnt a few things. Besides the
scientific content of the presentations, I noticed and realized that it was very
useful to the Asian students. They were interacting with others. If they come to
the States they are usually shy away, and are frequently intimidated by people.
Thanks to you and Chong Lek for
your extraordinary effort and hard work to make the meeting the way it was - a
grand success. Now about the entertainment part. I have never attended a meeting where attendees are
treated such lavishly. Coming back and eating turkey sandwich lunch helps me
appreciate the food there more. And so much of it.
On a personal note, I cannot tell
you what a good time I had with you and Giri. Being with you was ball. I got to
know you more and realized how nice friends I have. I am sure we will see again.
Hope the very next one in Cold Spring Harbor. Otherwise, we will arrange
something. Please give my best to Giri, and tell him that I will write to him
about his "search". And, Oh yes, the young lady, Damari's (with an
accent on i). I was overwhelmed with her energy and interest in science. I do
not know her email address. But you can tell her to visit us …….. anytime.
How is her camera? Ask her to
send me a sample picture. I want to know how good a camera (wo)man she is. We
got soaked in rain because she wanted to buy a camera.
Regards,
Sankar
Sankar Adhya
Chief, Developmental Genetics Section LMB
Laboratory of Molecular Biology NCI, National
Institute of Health Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Dear Chong Lek,
Thank you for your kind note. I
made it home without any problems. Kalai's suggestion to take Malaysia Airways
worked out great!
I really need to thank you and
Kalai for inviting me to ACT-VII and for organizing such a wonderful meeting. I
greatly enjoyed spending time with all my Asian colleagues and had a wonderful
visit to your beautiful country. My only regret is that I did not have time on
this visit to see more of Malaysia, so I hope to come back someday. Special
thanks for organizing the bus trip. It was a special day for me and one that
provided many fond memories.
Please advise any of your
students that may wish to study in the US someday that I would be happy to
advise them on applying and introduce their applications to program admissions
committees at Penn State and elsewhere.
I will be happy to write to your
sponsors and provide an independent evaluation of the merits of ACT-VII.
With warm regards,
Jerry
Jerry L. Workman, Ph.D.
Paul Berg Professor of Biochemistry
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
306 Althouse Laboratory
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 863-8256
Fax: (814) 863-0099Email: jlw10@psu.edu
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Dear Kalai
Now that I am back in Oxford I
wanted to say how grateful I am for all your help and kindness at the meeting in
KL (and before), and to thank you for inviting me to speak there.
It was a delightful occasion, and I enjoyed the meeting both for its
scientific content and for the opportunity to get to know so many pleasant
people. I hope it will not be long
before we meet again.
With thanks and best wishes
Michael
Professor M D Yudkin
Department of Biochemistry
University of Oxford
South Parks Road
Oxford OX1 3QU
Phone (44) (0) 1865-275302
Fax (44) (0) 1865-275297
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Dear Kalai and Chong-Lek,
Thank you so much for all you did
to make our trip to Kuala Lumpur and ACT VII so wonderful!
We had a great time both scientifically and socially. You did an
excellent job of choosing speakers, scheduling the program, etc. I hope
that you have recovered from what must have been a very stressful and exhausting
month. Great Job!!!!!
Looking forward to seeing you
again soon,
Martha
Martha M. Howe
Van Vleet Professor
Department of Molecular Sciences
University of Tennessee
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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Dear Kalai:
It was indeed great that ACT-VII
meeting went so well. I truly enjoyed the meeting. Once again I would like to
thank you and Chong-Lek for organizing the meeting so well. It was a nice
mixture of science and culture.
The Lakawi trip was also very
good and my family had a nice vacation over there. I am so sorry that I left the
meeting early.
Please find the pictures of you
attached here.
Hope to see you in ACT-VIII
again.
Best regards
Changwon Kang
Changwon Kang, Ph.D.Chairman and
Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
373-1 Kusong-dong, Yusong-gu
Taejon 305-701
Republic of KOREA
Tel: +82-42-869-2628 or -2601
Fax: +82-42-869-2682 or -2610
E-mail: ckang@mail.kaist.ac.kr
Web: http://biochem.kaist.ac.kr
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Dear Prof.Koh and Kalai:
Thank you for the wonderful time
we had at Kuala Lumpur. The meeting organization was indeed excellent,
scientifically and socially. We enjoyed the meeting and visit to KL very much.
The trip to the Firefly park was memorable and meeting old friends is always a
great experience. Thank you. With best regards.
Sincerely
Gopinathan
Professor K.P. Gopinathan,
Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology,
Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore 560012,
India.
Tel: 91 (80) 3092884; 3092545
Fax: 91 (80) 3602697
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Dear Chong Lek, Dear Kalai, Dear
Scorn,
Thank you for all arrangements
for one of the best ACT.
I have tentatively uploaded ACT
page at http://www.nig.ac.jp/labs/BioMech/ACTmeetings/ACTmeetings.html
Nobuo Shimamoto
National Institute of Genetics
Mishima, 411-8540 JAPAN
Tel:+81-559-81-6843
Fax:+81-559-81-6844
labpage<http://www.nig.ac.jp/labs/BioMech/ShimaLab.html>
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Hi, Kalai:
We are back safely from Malaysia.
Thank you very much for putting so much efforts in this meeting.
It was wonderful and definitely would put a lot of pressure on next host
country.
Very nice to meeting you.
Please let me know whenever you visit Taiwan.
Best,
Li-Jung
Professor L.-J. Juan,
President Laboratory,
National Health Research Institutes,
Taipei 115, TAIWAN.
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Dear Kalai,
I have safely return back home
from ACT-VII. I'd like to express my deep appreciation for your excellent
arrangement of the Conference. It was a very wonderful meeting. I also wish to
thank you for your kind, thoughtful, and heartwarming hospitality. I was able to
learn many important matters not only about transcription but also Malaysian
culture.
Warm regards,
Younghoon
Professor Younghoon Lee,
Department of Chemistry,
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology,
373-1 Guseong-dong, Yuseong-gu,
Daejeon 305-701,
Republic of KOREA.