Assoc.Prof.Dr. Apichat Boontawan
Lecturer

Contact:
 apichat@sut.ac.th
 (66) 4422 4562, (66) 4422 4234

Education
  • Ph.D (Chemical Engineering), University of Florida, USA
  • M.Eng (Chemical Engineering), University of Florida, USA
  • M.Sc (Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering), Mahidol University, Thailand
  • B.Sc (Food Science and Technology), 1st Class Honors, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Area of Expertise
  • Metabolic Engineering of Klebsiella oxytoca to produce homo-succinate, lactic acid, and 2,3-butanediol
  • Development of symbiotic products-based Bifidobacterium animalis to potentially use as functional products
  • Production of succinic acid from cellulosic materials by metabolically engineered Escherichia coli
  • Process Scale-up and Purification of succinate and 2,3-butanediol
Current Research

Publications by Assoc.Prof.Dr. Apichat Boontawan

Total Publications: 68

Year Title Journal
Dec 2013 Development of a DNA macroarray for simultaneous detection of multiple foodborne pathogenic bacteria in fresh chicken meat
World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
May 2013 Developmental potential of vitrified goat oocytes following somatic cell nuclear transfer and parthenogenetic activation
Small Ruminant Research
201 Identification and nutritional value of live feeds for ornamental fish from Bangkok metropolitan markets in Thailand
Chiang Mai Journal of Science
201 Characterization of fatty acid delta-6 desaturase gene in Nile tilapia and heterogenous expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Sep 2012 Segregation of donor cell mitochondrial DNA in gaur-bovine interspecies somatic cell nuclear transfer embryos, fetuses and an offspring
Mitochondrion
1 June Full-term development of gaur-bovine interspecies somatic cell nuclear transfer embryos: Effect of Trichostatin A treatment
Cellular Reprogramming
1 February Development of intergeneric and intrageneric somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) cat embryos and the determination of telomere length in cloned offspring
Cellular Reprogramming
201 Studying the genomic function of rice β-glucosidase via RNA interference
Thai Journal of Agricultural Science
201 Simple fed-batch technique for the production of recombinant enterokinase light chain by Pichia pastoris
Thai Journal of Agricultural Science
Nov 2011 A model to develop biological probes from microflora to assure traceability of tilapia
Food Control