Name: Muthita Vanaporn
Position: Assistant Professor
Department: Microbiology and Immunology
Ph.D. (Immunology), Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University.
Dissertation: The characterization of two sigma factors (RpoE and RpoH) in Burkholderia pseudomallei
B.Sc. (Medical Technology) (second class honor) Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Program director of Ph.D. in Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Thailand
Assistant Professor in Microbiology
Lecturer at the department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Thailand
Research Fellow in School of Biosciences, University of Exeter, UK
Work at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine BSL3 facility, UK (for 3 months)
Work at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL), UK (for 7 months)
National Vaccine Institute Grant as a PI about the development of mRNA vaccines for melioidosis.
Fundamental Fund as a PI about the novel bacterial enzyme inhibitors for melioidosis treatment
Faculty of Tropical Medicine Funding as a PI about healthcare associated infection following antibiotic-resistant Gram-negative bacterial colonization among elderly in long term care unit
The annual government statement grant as a Co-PI about the development and evaluation of TB and drug resistant TB diagnosis
The research Career Development Grant (Thailand Research Fund) as PI about the study of trehalose synthesis enzymes in Burkholderia pseudomallei as an antimicrobial target
Faculty of Tropical Medicine Funding as PI about The antibiotic resistance profile and its mechanism in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae from hospital isolations in 2007 - 2012.
The new lecturer research grant as PI about The effect of trehalase (tre) to stress response and virulence of Burkholderia pseudomallei (Thailand Research Fund)
MU AUN-QA assessor since 2019
Supervisor of 4 M.Sc. and 2 Ph.D. graduates in Tropical medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University since 2012
Reviewer of many journals such as Frontiers in Microbiology, Scientific Report, and Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Scientific committee of international conferences; International Congress for Tropical Medicine and Malaria (ICTMM), Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting (JITMM) annually, and World Melioidosis Congress.
Chairperson in the microbiology related session of JITMM meeting annually since 2020
Poster presentation at ASM Biodefense and Emerging Disease Research Meeting, Washington DC, USA
Poster presentation at the Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting, Bangkok, Thailand
Oral presentation at the Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting, Bangkok, Thailand
Poster presentation at the Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting, Bangkok, Thailand
Poster presentation at the Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting, Bangkok, Thailand
Poster presentation at The Society for General Microbiology meeting, Edinburgh, UK
Poster presentation at Chemical and Biological Defense Science and technology Conference, Texas, USA
SPoster presentation at The Society for General Microbiology Spring meeting, Harrogate, UK