Deputy Director

Aratee Aroonkesorn, Ph.D.

Current address:

  • Center of Excellence in Natural Rubber Latex Biotechnology Research and Development (CERB),
  • Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hat-Yai, Songkhla 90112Thailand

Tel: +66 8-2683798
E-mail: aratee.a@psu.ac.th

2004   Chiang Mai University B.Sc  Field of Study: Biology

2015   Mahidol University Ph.D.      Field of Study: Molecular Genetics & Genetic Engineering

2015-Present  |  Lecturer of Prince of Songkhla University

  1. Saengwiman, S., Aroonkesorn, A., Dedvisitsakul, P., Sakdee, S., Leetachewa, S., Angsuthanasombat, C. and Pootanakit, K., 2011. In vivo identification of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry4Ba toxin receptors by RNA interference knockdown of glycosylphosphatidylinositol-linked aminopeptidase N transcripts in Aedes aegypti larvae, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 407, 708–713.
  2. Aroonkesorn, A., Pootanakit, K., Katzenmeier, G., Angsuthanasombat, C., 2015. Two specific membrane-bound aminopeptidase N isoforms from Aedes aegypti larvae serve as functional receptors for the Bacillus thuringiensis Cry4Ba toxin implicating counterpart specificity. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 461: 300-306.
  3. Sriwimol, W., Aroonkesorn, A., Sakdee, S., Kanchanawarin, C., Uchihashi, T., Ando, T. and Angsuthanasombat, C., 2015. Potential prepore trimer formation by the Bacillus thuringiensis mosquito-specific toxin: Molecular insights into a critical prerequisite of membrane-bound monomers. Journal of Biological Chemistry 290(34), 20793-20803.
  4. Yodthong, T., Leggat, U., Smythe, C., Sukprasirt, P., Aroonkesorn, A., Wititsuwannakul, R., Pitakpornpreecha, T., 2020. Enhancing activity of pleurotus sajor-caju (Fr.) sing β-1,3-glucanoligosaccharide (Ps-GOS) on proliferation, differentiation, and mineralization of MC3T3-E1 cells through the involvement of BMP-2/Runx2/MAPK/Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway. BIOMOLECULES 10(2): Article number 190.
  5. Romyasamit C., Thatrimontrichai A., Aroonkesorn A., Chanket W., Singkhamanan K., 2020. Enterococcus faecalis isolated from infant feces inhibits toxigenic Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile. Frontiers in Pediatrics (Accepted Aug,2020)