Office address: Laboratory of Biotechnology
54 Kamphaeng Phet 6 Talat Bang Khen, Lak Si, Bangkok 10210, Thailand
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Research Scientist I

Research Experience (Specialties)
Molecular Biology, Bacterial Genetics, and Infectious disease

Education
1995-1999 B.Sc. (Biotechnology) Mahidol University, Bangkok
1999-2002 M.Sc. (Biotechnology) Mahidol University, Bangkok
2002-2006 Ph.D. (Biotechnology) Mahidol University, Bangkok

Training Workshop
2004 Research training at Department of Food Sciences, University of California, Davis, USA (under supervision of Prof. Chester W. Price).
2007-2009 Post doctoral associate at Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (with Prof. David B. Schauer)

Publications

1.  Charoenlap, N., Dharmsthiti, S., Sirisansaneeyakul, S., and Lertsiri, S.  Optimization of cyclodextrin production from sago starch. Bioresour Technol. 2004; 92: 49-54.

2.  Sukchawalit, R., Prapagdee, B., Charoenlap, N., Vattanaviboon, P. and Mongkolsuk S. Protection of Xanthomonas against arsenic toxicity involves the peroxide-sensing transcription regulator OxyR. Res Microbiol. 2005;156:30–4.

3. Charoenlap, N., Eiamphungporn, W., Chauvatcharin, N., Utamapongchai, S. Vattanaviboon, P. and Mongkolsuk S. OxyR mediated compensatory expression between ahpC and katA and the significance of ahpC in protection from hydrogen peroxide in Xanthomonas campestris. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2005; 249: 73-8.

4. Eiamphungporn, W., Charoenlap, N., Vattanaviboon, P. and Mongkolsuk, S.  Agrobacterium tumefaciens soxR is involved in superoxide stress protection and also directly regulates superoxide-inducible expression of itself and a target gene. J Bacteriol. 2006;188: 8669-73.

5.  Nawapan, S., Charoenlap, N., Charoenwuttitam, A., Saenkham, P., Mongkolsuk, S., Vattanaviboon, P.  Functional and expression analyses of the cop operon, required for copper resistance in Agrobacterium tumefaciens. J. Bacteriol. 2009;191: 5159-68.

6. Patikarnmonthon,N.,Nawapan, S, Buranajitpakorn, S., Charoenlap, N., Mongkolsuk, S., Vattanaviboon, P.  Copper ions potentiate organic hydroperoxide and hydrogen peroxide toxicity through different mechanisms in Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2010; 313(1):75-80.

7. Buranajitpakorn, S., Piwkam, A., Charoenlap, N., Vattanaviboon, P., and Mongkolsuk, S. Genes for hydrogen peroxide detoxification and adaptation contribute to protection against heat stress in Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2011;317(1):60-6.

8. Charoenlap, N., Buranajitpakorn, S., Daung-nkern, J., Namchaiw, P., Vattanaviboon, P. and Mongkolsuk S. Evaluation of the virulence of Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris mutant strains that lacking functional genes in the OxyR regulon. Curr Microbiol. 2011;63(2):232-7.

9. Mahavihakanont A, Charoenlap N, Namchaiw P, Eiamphungporn W, Chattrakarn S, Vattanaviboon P, Mongkolsuk S. Novel roles of SoxR, a transcriptional regulator from Xanthomonas campestris, in sensing redox-cycling drugs and regulating a protective gene that have overall implications for bacterial stress physiology and virulence on a host plant. J Bacteriol. 2012;194(2):209-17.

10.  Charoenlap, N., Shen Z., McBee ME., Muthupalani S., Wogan GN., Fox JG., Schauer DB.  Alkyl hydroperoxide reductase is required for Helicobacter cinaedi  intestinal colonization and survival under oxidative stresses in BALB/c and BALB/c IL10-/- mice. Infect. Immun. 2012;80(3):921-8.

11.  Leesukon P, Wirathorn W, Chuchue T, Charoenlap N, Mongkolsuk S. The selectable antibiotic marker, tetA(C), increases Pseudomonas aeruginosa susceptibility to the herbicide/superoxide generator, paraquat. Arch Microbiol. 2013;195(9):671-4.

12. Sornchuer P, Namchaiw P, Kerdwong J, Charoenlap N, Mongkolsuk S, Vattanaviboon P. Copper chloride induces antioxidant gene expression but reduces ability to mediate H₂O₂ toxicity in Xanthomonas campestris. Microbiology. 2014;160(Pt 2):458-66.

13. Charoenlap N, Sornchuer P, Piwkam A, Srijaruskul K, Mongkolsuk S, Vattanaviboon P. The roles of peroxide protective regulons in protecting Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris from sodium hypochlorite stress. Can J Microbiol. 2015 May;61(5):343-50. doi: 10.1139/cjm-2014-0792. Epub 2015 Mar 6.

14.  Srijaruskul K, Charoenlap N, Namchaiw P, Chattrakarn S, Giengkam S, Mongkolsuk S, Vattanaviboon P. Regulation by SoxR of mfsA, Which Encodes a Major Facilitator Protein Involved in Paraquat Resistance in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. PLoS One. 2015 Apr 27;10(4):e0123699. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123699. eCollection 2015.

15. Dulyayangkul P, Charoenlap N, Srijaruskul K, Mongkolsuk S, Vattanaviboon P. Major facilitator superfamily MfsA contributes to multidrug resistance in emerging nosocomial pathogen Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2016;71(10);2990-1. Doi:10.1093/jac/dkw233

16. Rittiroongrad S, Charoenlap N, Giengkam S, Vattanaviboon P, Mongkolsuk S. Agrobacterium tumefaciens estC, Encoding an Enzyme Containing Esterase Activity, Is Regulated by EstR, a Regulator in the MarR Family. PLoS One. 2016 Dec 30;11(12):e0168791. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168791.

17. Chanhom P, Charoenlap N, Tomapatanaget B, Insin N.  Colloidal titania-silica-iron oxide nanocomposites and the effect from silica thickness on the photocatalytic and bactericidal activities. J Magn Magn Mater. 2017;427: 54–59.