====== HRH Princess Chulabhorn visited Switzerland and Italy (13-31 August 2009)====== Professor Dr. Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn, President of the Chulabhorn Research Institute, paid royal visit to the Swiss Confederation and the Republic of Italy during 13 to 31 August 2009. \\ \\ During the visit to the Swiss confederation, Her Royal Highness attended "the 57th International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research", and "the International Conference of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry" at the University of Geneva. \\ \\ Her Royal Highness was presented with an honorary membership to the society for medicinal plant and natural product research by professor Brigitte Kopp, and then delivered an opening keynote lecture on “Recent Investigation of Divers Cytotoxic Natural Products from Thai Bio-resources”. \\ \\ During the visit to the republic of Italy, Her Royal Highness attended the 10th international conference on environmental mutagens in Florence between 20 and 25 August 2009. \\ \\ Whilst in Italy, Her Royal Highness gave a lecture on the research works of the Chulabhorn Research Institute. She also observed the activities of the Magnetic resonance imaging center of the University of Florence and was briefed on its research works. \\ \\ {{:president:news:2009_news:img_6607.jpg|}} ----- Announced on 13 August 2009.