Poonsook Keelapang, Ph.D.
Associate professor
poonsook.k@cmu.ac.th
Office
Boonsom Martin building, room 1045, Faculty of Medicine
Research interest
Our lab is interested in mosquito-borne viruses and emerging viruses. Infectious clones have been constructed to study the role of specific regions in virus replication. Recombinant DNA constructs, subviral particles and modified recombinant chimeric viruses have been generated to evaluate their potential as flavivirus vaccine candidates
Short biography
Dr. Keelapang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology at the Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University. She got a first-class honors bachelor degree in chemistry from Chiang Mai University. She received a scholarship from the British Council for her master degree in Biotechnology from the International Institute of Biotechnology, University of Kent at Canterbury, U.K. and a scholarship from the Institute for Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology for her Ph.D. study working on protein engineering at Department of Crystallography, Birkbeck College, University of London, U.K. Prior to coming to Chiang Mai University, she worked as a researcher at the Medical Biotechnology Research Unit, the National Center of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), the National of Science and Development Agency (NSTDA) with Dr. Prida Malasit.
Field of research
virology, molecular biology, epidemiology
Current projects
Virological aspect of dengue virus-host interaction. Molecular detection and characterization of dengue viruses and Zika virus. Antibody detection of dengue viruses, Japanese encephalitis virus and Zika virus