Academic staff

Name Last name: Dr. Sirinit Tharntada

Academic title: Lecturer

Ph.D., in Biochemistry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Field of Research: Molecular Biology

Office: Room 1302, 3rd floor, Veterinary Technology Building

Phone: (+66)2-579-8574-5 Ext. 9308

Fax:      (+66)2-579-8571

Email:  sirinit.t@ku.ac.th

          Crustacean immunity: To improve the shrimp and crustacean culturing
by using molecular biology techniques

   Research topics

         -The estimation of thermodynamics of vaporization, sublimation, and fusion of organic compounds by simple methods

   Research grant

        May – Jun 2013   Exchange by Promoting Quality Education, Research and Training in South and South-East Asia (EXPERTS) 
        2010- Present     TRF-CHE Research Grant for New Scholar from the Thailand Research Fund

        Somboonwiwat, K., Wetsaphan, N., Mingmongkol, S., Jaree, P., Tharntada, S., Tassanakajon, A., Rimphanitchayaki, V. (2013) Penaeus monodon serpins inhibit prophenoloxidase activation. Fish Shellfish Immunol34:1678.

        Ponprateep, S., Tharntada, S., Somboonwiwat, K., Tassanakajon, A. (2012) Gene silencing reveals a crucial role for anti-lipopolysaccharide factors from Penaeus monodon in the protection against microbial infections. Fish Shellfish Immunol32:26-34.

        Tharntada, S., Ponprateep, S., Somboonwiwat, K., Liu, H., Söderhäll, I., Söderhäll, K., Tassanakajon, A. (2009) Role of anti-lipopolysaccharide factor from the black tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon, in protection from white spot syndrome virus infection. J Gen Virol 90:1491-1498.

        Tassanakajon, A., Vatanavicharn, T., Supungul, P., Tang, S., Amparyup, P., Somboonwiwat, K., Tharntada, S., Takahashi, J., Toyohara, H. (2008) Biotechnology of Marine Invertebrates-Recent Advances in Shrimp and Shellfish. Fisheries for Global Welfare and Environment, 5th World Fisheries Congress2008: 221-239.

        Tharntada, S., Somboonwiwat, K., Rimphanitchayakit, V., Tassanakajon, A. (2008) Anti-lipopolysaccharide factors from the black tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon, are encoded by two genomic loci. Fish Shellfish Immunol 24:46-54.

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