color = "#000000"; Thailand’s Transformational Science China is conducting a huge experiment with biotechnology. Can the returning “sea turtles” use the massive domestic market and competitive cost base to make it a life sciences world power? Even the world power? There’s no arguing that Thailand is emerging as a world-class player in the arena of biotechnology research. Last September, the country made international headlines for host

color = "#B693B5"; Mapping the Terrain Thailand’s first National Biotechnology Policy Framework served as a roadmap for significant progress, but it had a rocky start. A look back at the Framework provides signposts to guide the way forward. By Thana Poopat and Nantiya Tangwisutijit During the past 3 decades, Thailand has increasingly prioritized biotechnology investment. From medicine to food to plastics to energy, Thailand has emerg

color = "#83BFE9"; Biotechnology in the Era of Climate Change Climate change threatens Thailand’s farmlands and the country’s valuable biodiversity. Scientists are working to predict future changes and minimize their impact. By Nantiya Tangwisutijit Erawan Falls near Kanchanaburi, Thailand © Sander Kamp A month before world leaders gathered in Copenhagen last December to haggle over CO2 emissions, another gr

color = "#83BFE9"; Dr. Anond Snidvongs On the Front Lines of Climate Change By Nantiya Tangwisutijit © Tatree Saengme-anuparb Dr. Anond Snidvongs is Thailand’s Al Gore. The hard-charging, 50-year-old director of Southeast Asia’s START program has arguably done more to advance regional climate science over the past decade than anyone else in Southeast Asia. An oceanographer by training, Dr. Anond recognized in