Biotechnology
Animal Cell Culture Technology
Bioprocess Development in animal cell culture and microbial culture with the goals to optimize production processes of bio-products using.
Upstream process: lab scale and large scale animal cell culture, microbial culture and IgY antibody production.
Downstream processes: purification of bio-products such as viruses, virus-like particles, recombinant proteins and antibodies from animal cell culture, microbial culture and egg yolk.
- Head of Laboratory
- Asst.Prof.Dr. Kanokwan poomputsa
- E-mail: kanokwan.poo@kmutt.ac.th
- Telephone: 0-2470-7500
Algal Biotechnology
- Mass cultivation of Spirulina and microalgae.
- Production of high-value chemicals from microalgae.
- Molecular biology of microalgae.
- More Information http://www.algaltech.kmutt.ac.th
- Head of Laboratory
- Assoc.Prof.Boosya bunnag
- E-mail: boosya.bun@kmutt.ac.th
- Telephone: 0-2470-7353
Sensors Technology
- Electrochemical and optical labels for high sensitivity and simultaneous / multiplex assays for nucleic acid and protein detection.
- Development of robust molecule specific biosensors for environmental applications.
- Lab-on-a-chip for point-of-care clinical diagnostics.
- Head of Laboratory
- Assoc.Prof.Werasak Surareungchai
- E-mail: werasak.sur@kmutt.ac.th
- Telephone: 0-2470-7474
Fungal Biotechnology
- Modeling of PKSMT production from Xylaria sp. BCC1067 in Aspergillus oryzae.
- Pilot-scale production of essential fatty acids from Mucor spp. by submerged and solid-state fermentation.
- Study of lipogenesis in oleaginous yeasts and fungi by comparative genomic analysis.
- Head of Laboratory
- Assoc.Prof.Dr.Supapon Cheevadhanarak
- E-mail: supaponche@yahoo.com
- Telephone: 0-2470-7464
Biodiversity
- Biodiversity of endophytic fungi and bacteria of economically important crops and plants and plant-microbe interactions.
- Screening for bioactive metabolites such as anti-cancer agents, antimicrobial agents and pigments from endophytic fungi and bacteria.
- Polysaccharide from submerged culture of mushrooms: production, biological activity and characterization.
- Head of Laboratory
- Dr. Taweerat Vichitsoonthonkul
- E-mail: taweerat.vic@kmutt.ac.th
- Telephone: 0-2470-7554
Microbial Fermentation Technology
- Large-scale production of protease and essential fatty acid from filamentous fungi using submerged fermentation.
- Ethanol fermentation from Zymomonas mobilis and yeast.
- Autolysis and its related lytic enzymes of Aspergillus oryzae during fermentation.
- Poly-unsaturated fatty acid from filamentous fungi in submerged fermentation.
- Head of Laboratory
- Assoc.Prof.Dr.Yuwapin Dandusitapunth
- E-mail: yuwapin.dan@kmutt.ac.th
- Telephone: 0-2470-7529
Remediation
- Development of adsorbents from agricultural wastes for treatment of wastewater containing organic substances and heavy metals/recovery of valuable metals.
- Phytoremediation of waste-water/soil contaminated with heavy metals and organic substances by local Thai plants.
- Removal of color from food industry waste by local materials.
- Head of Laboratory
- Assoc.Prof.Dr.Paitip Thirawachyan
- E-mail: paitip.thi@kmutt.ac.th
- Telephone: 0-2470-7535
Excellent Center of Waste Utilization and Management (ECoWaste)
- Microbiological and Biochemical Aspect: Basic knowledge of microbiological and biochemical mechanisms of anaerobic digestion (AD), modified high effective AD microbes, development of novel microbial techniques to quantify and qualify AD microbes using molecular approaches.
- Reactor and Process Development:Anaerobic reactor design and development with high efficiency along with biogas purification.
- Computational Aids and Process Optimization: Mathematical models to predict biochemical pathway and hydrodynamic mechanisms in AD to control its treatment efficiency, development on-line measurement for the control of the biogas reactor.
- Environmental Research and Management: Water and energy audit for increasing efficiency and optimize the utilization of natural resources, water, and energy in the tapioca starch industry to a near-zero discharge starch factory, with the aim of determining the capacity and limitations of production.
- Head of Laboratory
- Assoc.Prof.Dr.Pawinee Chaiprasert
- E-mail: pawinee.cha@kmutt.ac.th
- Telephone: 0-2470-7525
Solid State Fermentation and Bioprocess Engineering
- Development of therapeutic protein production and purification processes using recombinant Pichia pastoris.
- Production of biologically active compounds (enzymes, biocontrol agents, fatty acids) using various microorganisms by solid state fermentation of agricultural by-products in rotating drum bioreactors.
- Head of Laboratory
- Asst.Prof.Anan Tongta
- E-mail: anan.ton@kmutt.ac.th
- Telephone: 0-2470-7564