It is with great pleasure that we announce the appointment of Dr. Ta Van Thanh as the IFCC Publications and Distant Learning Coordinator. Dr Thanh is currently Vice Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Director of Center for Gene-Protein Research at the Hanoi Medical University, and Deputy Director of the Department of Science and Training at the Ministry of Health, Hanoi.

Dr Thanh received his medical degree form the Hanoi Medical University with a specialty in Obstrics and gynecology in 1987. He pursued graduate studies in the Department of Applied Biology of the Kyoto Institute of Technology where he obtained his PhD. He then went on to perform 2 Postdoctoral fellowships, one at the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Delaware and the other at the Department of Medical Chemistry and Molecular Biology of the Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine. Dr Thanh received several honors and awards throughout his training. He has extensive experience in carbohydrate chemistry, protein characterization as well as molecular biology techniques.

Dr. Thanh is a member of Executive Board of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Association of the North Vietnam. And of the Molecular Biology Association of Vietnam.

We welcome Prof Thanh to the IFCC Communications & Publications Division and look forward to his contributions.