Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Student / Author Blurb: Tran Ngoc Tung

Tran Ngoc Tung was born and grew up in a small, peaceful and beautiful town in the north of Hanoi - the capital of Vietnam. His curiosity about nature was inspired by the marvelous scenes around him, with their harmoniously integrated rivers, mountains and alluvial plains. He was a curious boy eager to learn about every life science phenomena. He spent 3 years in the high school for gifted students which is part of the Hanoi University of Sciences (HUS), and spent the following 4 years in the same University studying biology. In two consecutive years (2001, 2002) he won two prizes in the national biology competition. [He graduated with excellent degrees in both high school and university?] He is especially interested in applying stem cells to cell therapy and is now studying in the Stem Cell Research Center at KAIST [the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology] as a graduate student, and is well on his way to become a stem cell biologist.

tungbio@gmail.com

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