On 19 December 2017, Dean Pratap Singhasivanon and Administrative Board members, Assoc. Prof. Waranya Wongwit, Deputy Dean for Education, Dr. Amornrat Aroonnual, Deputy Dean for Student Affairs and Faculty Welfare and Asst. Prof. Usa Boonyuen, Assistant Dean participated in the Signing Ceremony and Opening Reception of Mahidol University – Osaka University Joint Campus at the conference room on the 1st floor of Stang Mongkolsuk building, Faculty of Science (Phayathai Campus), Mahidol University hosted by Mahidol University and welcomed by Emeritus Prof. Dr. Pornchai Matangkasombut, Former President of Mahidol University and Former Dean of the Faculty of Science, Mahidol University. On this special occasion, Osaka University Administrative Board members led by Prof. Genta Kawahara, Executive Vice President paid a visit to the Joint Laboratory at the Faculty of Science (Phayathai Campus), Mahidol University and the Mahidol-Osaka Center for Infectious Diseases (MOCID) and Center of Excellence for Antibody Research (CEAR) at the Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University.