April20,2011DearDr.TakaoKomatsuda,ItismyhonortorecommendDr.ChengLiutoyourJSPSpostdoctoralprogramofyourlab.Ashissupervisor,IhaveknownDr.Liufor6yearssincehejoinedinmylaboratoryforgraduatestudyatUniversityofElectronicScienceandTechnologyofChinasince2004.IamoftenawareofDr.Liu'sbrightnessanddiligence,andheisoneofthetopstudentsinmylab.Iamsurehisenthusiasmforbasicandappliedbiologicalresearchisalwaysadrivingforce.Hewoulddoagreatjobinyourlabunderyoursupervisionbecauseofhisgreattalentandnicepersonalities.Whenhewasafreshmaninmylaboratory,Iwassoimpressedbyhispotentialtolearnanytechniques.Hespentafewmonthstotaketrainingwithplatformtechniquesincludingmolecularcloning,C-banding,insituhybridization,AFLPandsoforth.Dr.LiuhasnotonlyisolatedseveralgenomicrepetitivesequencesfromSecaleandDasypyrumspecies,andlocalizedthemonthechromosomesbyFISH,butalsoindependentlyidentifiedfournewwheat-Dasypyrumbreviaristatumadditionlineswithmulti-diseaseresistancebymolecularandcytogeneticmethods.SinceDr.Liudidexcellentjobsinacademicfieldandclasses,hewaschosentoattendthePh.DjointprogramwithDr.BerndFriebeatKansasStateUniversityfortwoyears,whichsupportedbyChineseScholarshipCouncil(CSC).HefurtherrevealedtheevolutionaryrelationshipbetweenthethreespeciesofDasypyrum,andsuccessfullyidentifiedasetofwheat-DasypyrumvillosumRoberstanian-translocationlinesusingSTS-basedPCRmarkersandGISH.Asfirstandco-firstauthor,hepublishedseveralpaperstotheinternationalpeer-reviewedjournalsofcropgeneticsandbreeding.HegothighscoresinhisPh.DdefenseinDecember2010,andawardedexcellentgraduatestudentsinourdepartment.Aboveall,IstronglyrecommendDr.ChengLiutoyourpost-docprogram,andIstronglybelievethatheisanexceptionalqualifiedcandidatethatyouarelookingfor.Iwouldliketoprovideanyfurtherinformationifneeded.BestWishesFirstNameLastName,Ph.DProfessorSchoolofLifeScienceandTechnologyUniversityofElectronicScienceandTechnologyofChina4JiansheRoad,ChengduSichuan610054ChinaTel:86-28-12345678Fax:86-28-87654321Email:xxx@yyy.edu.cn