森川教授が９月28日に中国の四川大学、翌29日には成都生物科学研究所に招待され講演されました。写真上：前列右の湯 岳琴教授は、メタン発酵がご専門で熊本大学で2005年に博士学位を取得され、北京大学教授を経て四川大学へ移られた新進気鋭の女性研究者です。左は今回お世話頂いた山梨大学の森、田中、遠山先生です。写真中：成都生物研究所の前で記念撮影。成都生物学研究所は世界をリードするウキクサの研究拠点のひとつで、1,000株を超えるウキクサの保存施設とのことです。講演のあと、趙 海教授(前列左)および何 開峰教授(後列左)と今後の日中共同研究について相談されたとのことです。写真下：成都パンダ繁育研究基地では、愛くるしい３匹の赤ちゃんパンダともご対面できて感動。

Professor Morikawa was invited to Sichuan University on September 28th and Chengdu Institute of Biology on 29th and lectures were served. Top photo: Professor YeQin Tang (right side front row) is a young and energetic researcher who specializes in methane fermentation, got a doctorate degree at Kumamoto University in 2005 and moved to Sichuan University after passing the Beijing University professor. The left sides are Drs. Mori, Tanaka, and Toyama from Yamanashi University, who took great care of this time visit. Middle photo: Commemorative photo taken in front of C. I. B. main building. C. I. B. is one of the world’s leading research centers of duckweeds and has a storage facility of more than 1,000 duckweed strains. After the lecture, Prof. Morikawa consulted with Professor Zhao, Hai (left front row) and Professor He, Kai-ze (left rear row) about future China-Japan collaborative research. Bottom photo: At Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, they got a chance to meet very much beloved three baby pandas!