Siriwoot Sookkhee, Ph.D.
Assistant professor
ssookkhee@hotmail.com
Office
50th Anniversary building, Room 717, Faculty of Medicine
Research interest
Over the last 10 years as staff at Faculty of Medicine, Dr. Sookkhee ’s laboratory has been involved in proteomic studies understanding the bacteriocins produced by lactobacillus and other probiotic species as well their medical application. His laboratory is also focused on developing an understanding of enzymes regarding the antibiotic resistance, and expanding research efforts on the multidisciplinary approaches to understand a variety of interests including the antimicrobial and anticancer activities, and the application of phytochemical ingredients.
Short biography
Dr. Sookkhee studied microbiology in Bachelor (Chulalongkorn University, 1994), and received a Master degree in pharmacy (1996) and Ph.D. in biopharmaceutical sciences (2000) for his studies on bacteriocin and protein secretion produced by Lactobacillus and other probiotic microorganisms at Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University. He worked as a lecturer on oral biology at Faculty of Dentistry, Chiang Mai university before he started his work at Faculty of Medicine at the same university since 2003. Dr. Sookkhee was promoted to Assistant Professor in 2016.
Field of research
bacteriology, proteomics, applied microbiology
Current projects
1.Elucidation of ESBL proteomic superspectra of drug-resistant uropathogenic Escherichia coli 2.Effects of Kaempferia parviflora extracts on suppressing MAPK/ERK and PI3K/Akt pathways, and inducing apoptosis in ovarian cancer cell line 3. Antibacterial compounds from Kaempferia parviflora planted from tissue culture technique in plant genetic conservation project under the royal initiation of her royal highness princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn