Professor Sasithon Pukrittayakamee, M.D., Deputy Dean for Education, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University chaired an opening ceremony of ‘Laboratory Diagnosis of Parasitic Helminthes from Specimens’, an academic workshop hosted by Department of Helminthology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University. This workshop aims to provide knowledge and experience about helminthic diagnosis for lecturers, scientists, researchers, medical technologists and laboratory technicians who came from government and private sectors. The three-day workshop during 5-7 August 2015 was held at 3rd floor Chamlong Harinasuta Building, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University.