Visitors to the Guiltinan Lab:

Dr. Paulo Alvom, Former Director and Founder of CEPLAC, Brazillian Cacao Research Organization and Plant Botanist, and Physiologist. February, 2002.

General visit and brainstorming.

Fernando Crespo: Cacao Farmer, and Collaborator from Ecuador May 29th 2003

Discussed research collaborations on cacao propagation.

Dr. David Ho: Director, INstitute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.

Hosted his seminar visit, October, 2005.

Dr. Jeff Velten, Molecular Biologist, Plant Stress and Germplasm Development Research USDA-ARS, Lubbock, TX

Catching up on old and new times.

Dr. Octavio Menocal: Research Director, Instituto Nicaraguense de Tecnologia Agropecuaria (INTA), Nicaragua, July, 2006.

Discussion of research collaboration of exploring cacao on farm diversity in Nicaragua, and graduate student training programs.

Dr. Francisco Brito: Professor at the University of Los Andes, Merida Venezuela: Cacao Researcher: October, 2006  

Discussed research collaborations on flavonoid biosynthesis.

Dr. Tan Chia Lock, Visiting Fulbright Scholar: Malaysia Cocoa Board: Aug, 2006-Feb, 2007

Performed research on gene expression in cacao fruit.