The Presentation

Well, at risk of sounding conceited, I think my presentation at the conference went very well. Many people came up to me and congratulated me on the success of my talk, including one of the most famous academicians in the country, the "grandfather of Mongolian Traditional Medicine", Academician Khaidva. He is the one responsible for keeping the knowledge intact through Socialism. Here is a picture of him thanking me for my presentation and providing his support to my project proposal. He is seated just to the left of the person standing and is now 85 years old. There were other interesting presentations as well but what I enjoyed more than anything was being able to meet the people from the conference. I have now put together, with their assistance, a plan on how to actually implement my proposal. I have also been offered their whole-hearted support for its implementation as everyone involved thought it a very important and worthwhile endeavour. What a stroke of luck.

The gist of my presentation was again supporting the development of increased traditional medical participation in the Darhad with the goal of providing a new source of industry for local people. Here I am giving the presentation.

The evening also went well as we went out to a beautiful restaurant. There was a very interesting group from Greece there who were very interested in my project and who, I hope, to collaboarte with in the implementation of such a project. They recently developed a highly specialised kinase inhibitor (from indigo found in snails) that severely retards the growth of a broad range of tumors and are partnering with Merck to complete the in vivo trials. Here I am listening intently.

The second days was also very interesting and apparently I was on TV. I didn't see it but many people have commented on the fact to me. I was also interviewed for on of the national newspapers. If I am in the paper I will try and buy a few copies to take home with me. Unfortunately, I was unable to attend the banquet or field trip today. First, I had a very important meeting with a famous professor and I also came down with a nasty case of Giardia. That stuff is awful. However, I held some food in for the first time in two days this morning. Things still going great besides that and the director of BioRegions is back from the Darhad. So we will meet and discuss things soon. That is all for now, but keep an eye on the blog for Tugsu's posting about her trip to the countryside. See you later,