EXPERIENCES
2000- Present Department of Transfusion Medicine, Faculty of
Allied Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University
1994-1999 Researcher at Department of Entomology, American
Armed Force Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS)
AWARDS
1996-1999 PhD Fellowship, “Young Scientist
Research Fellowship”, Mahidol University
1992-1994 Msc Fellowship, “National Science and Technology
Development Agency Fellowship” (NSTDA)
TRAINING
1999-2000 "Short-term Student Exchange Promotion Program"
Association of International Exchange, Japan (AIEJ) Scholarship,
Osaka University, Japan
PUBLICATION
Chaichanawongsaroj N, Vanichayatanarak K, Pipatkullachat T,
Polrojpanya M, and Somkiatcharoen S. Isolation of Gram negative
bacteria from cockroaches trapped from urban environment. Southeast
Asian J Trop Med Public Health 2004; 35: 681-684.
Sirichotpakorn, N.,
Rongnoparut, P., Coosang, K., Panbangred, W. (2001) Coexpression of
chitinase and the cry11Aa1 toxin genes in Bacillus
thuringiensis serovar israelensis. J Invertebr Pathol.
78(3):160-9.
Rongnoparut, P., Sirichotpakorn, N., Rattanarithikul, R.,
Yaichareon, S., and Linthicum, K.(1999) Estimates of gene flow among
Anopheles maculates populations in Thailand using
microsatellite analysis. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 60(3):508-15.
Rongnoparut, P., Sirichotpakorn, N., Rattanarithikul, R., and
Linthicum, K. (1998) Sequence heterogeneity in Copia-like
retrotransposons in Anopheles in Thailand. J Med Entomol.
35(5):771-7.
Rongnoparut, P., Yaichareon, S., Sirichotpakorn, N.,
Rattanarithikul, R., Lanzaro, G. C, and Linthicum, K. (1996)
Microsatellite polymorphism in Anopheles maculates, a malaria
vector in Thailand. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 55:589-594.
Sirichotpakorn, N.,
Panbangred, W., Pantuwatana, S., and Bhumiratana, A. (1996) The
effect of cryIVB terminator fragments on expression of the
chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene in Bacillus thuringiensis
subsp. Israelensis. J. Sci. Soc. Thailand, 22:121-133.
Sirichotpakorn, N.
(1993) Effects of cryIVB terminators fragments on the
expression of chloramphenicol acetyltransferase. (M.Sc. degree
thesis)
RESEARCH ABSTRACTS
Three different areas – hospital, food-handling establishments and
human dwellings, were surveyed for pathogenic gram-negative
bacteria carried on cuticles of cockroaches. Fifty species of
bacteria were identified from all cockroaches. Escherichia coli,
Klebsiella pneumoniae, Citrobacter freundii and
Enterobacter Cloacae were the most frequently found. Pathogenic
and potentially pathogenic bacteria represented 58% of all bacteria
identified. The numbers of pathogenic and potentially pathogenic
bacteria were similar in hospital areas and food-handling
establishments, while human dwellings possessed a poorer bacterial
flora. E. coli, K. pneumoniae and E. Cloacae
were dominant species in hospital areas, while in food-handling
establishments and human dwellings, E. coli, K. pneumoniae
and C. freundii predominated. Therefore, cockroaches can
play a role in bacterial transmission, due to the bacterial carried
on their cuticles.