PROF. RASANA WONGRATANACHEEWIN (SERMSWAN)

Research interest:
The influence of the physicochemical and biological properties to the presence of Burkholderia pseudomallei in soil.
Characterization of the secondary metabolites from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens isolated from B. pseudomallei-absent soil that kill pathogenic bacteria.

Timeline

  • 1984-1990: Ph.D. Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University
  • 1991: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) scholarship at the Institute of Parasitology, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • 1991-2002: Lecturer at the Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Technology, Khon Kaen University
  • 2002-present: Lecturer at the Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University

Awards:

  • 1996: Young Scientist Award from the Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Technology under the Patronage of His Majesty the King 
  • 2003: Outstanding Research Award in Agriculture and biology from National Research council Thailand
  • 2004: UNESCO-L’Oreal co-sponsored National Fellowships for Women in the Life Sciences  

Training :

  • 2009: Advanced Bacterial Genetics, June 3-23, Delbruck building, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, USA
  • 2012: Wellcome Trust Advanced courses, Working with Pathogen Genomes, 20-24 February, Bangkok, Thailand.

Research Interests in Brief:

The influence of the physicochemical and biological properties to the presence of Burkholderia pseudomallei in soil.
Characterization of the secondary metabolites from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens isolated from B. pseudomallei-absent soil that kill pathogenic bacteria.

Melioidosis research group
ผศ.ดร.อุมาพร ยอดประทุม จบจากหลักสูตรชีวเคมี, ศ.ดร.รศนา วงศ์รัตนชีวิน, ดร.เยาวรินทร์ นครภักดี และ ดร.โชติมา โพธิทรัพย์ จบจากหลักสูตรชีวเคมี
World Melioidosis Congress (WMC) 2016

Double degree program (DDP) MOU between Kumamoto University, Japan and Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen and Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj hospital, Mahidol University

Prof. Rasana Wongratanacheewin, Assoc. Prof. Charnchai Panthongviriyakul (Dean of Faculty of Medicine, KKU), Prof. Shinji Harada (President of Kumamoto University), Assoc. Prof. Suda Vannaprasaht, Prof. Seiji Okada

Selected Publications

1. Khan MM, Chattagul S, Tran BQ, Freiberg JA, Nita-Lazar A, Shirtliff ME, Sermswan RW, Ernst RK, Goodlett DR. Temporal proteomic profiling reveals changes that support Burkholderia biofilms. Pathog Dis. 2019 Mar 1;77(2).

2. Potisap C, Khan MAW, Boonmee A, Rodrigues JLM, Wongratanacheewin S, Sermswan RW. Burkholderia pseudomallei-absent soil bacterial community results in secondary metabolites that kill this pathogen. AMB Express. 2018 Aug 24;8(1):136. 

3. Sermswan RW and Wongratanacheewin S. Physicochemical and biological factors of soil and the potential use of antagonistic microbes for biocontrol of Burkholderia pseudomallei. Curr. Trop. Med Rep. 2017. 

4. Chuah CJ, Tan EKH, Sermswan RW, Ziegler AD. Hydrological connectivity and Burkholderia pseudomallei prevalence in wetland environments: investigating rice-farming community’s risk of exposure to melioidosis in North-East Thailand.  Environ Monit Assess. 2017 Jun;189(6):287.

5. Boottanun P, Potisap C, Hurdle JG, Sermswan RW. Secondary metabolites from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens isolated from soil can kill Burkholderia pseudomallei. AMB Express. 2017 Dec;7(1):16.