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Applied Malacology Center
The Malacology Unit has long been one of the working units of the Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand. It was established in late 1970 with the Mekong Committee under AID Contract Grant, but working on snails of medical importance had been enhanced almost a decade prior to the establishment. In 1978, with an Institution Strengthening Grant from the World Health Organization Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, the Malacology Unit is then known as the Applied Malacology Center at the Faculty of Tropical Medicine.
 
The Objectives
The long-term objectives of the Center are to:
(1)
Undertake research and training programs of particular relevance to the region
(2)
Function as a reference laboratory for snail-host identification and advisory services, as well as maintenance of living and preserved mollusk/parasite stock materials and
(3)
Collaborate closely with and assist in the coordination of other laboratory and field programs on applied malacology.
 
Last updated: December 14, 2010
 
 
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