Muthita Vanaporn

Name: Muthita Vanaporn

Position: Assistant Professor

Department: Microbiology and Immunology

muthita.van@mahidol.ac.th



Last updated: October 1, 2025

Academic Qualification

Academic Qualification


2002-2008

Ph.D. (Immunology), Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University.

Dissertation: The characterization of two sigma factors (RpoE and RpoH) in Burkholderia pseudomallei


1998-2001

B.Sc. (Medical Technology) (second class honor) Chulalongkorn University, Thailand


Research Training and Appointment


2022-present

Program director of Ph.D. in Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Thailand


2016-pressent

Assistant Professor in Microbiology


2010-2016

Lecturer at the department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Thailand


2008- 2010

Research Fellow in School of Biosciences, University of Exeter, UK


2009

Work at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine BSL3 facility, UK (for 3 months)


2006-2007

Work at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL), UK (for 7 months)


Research funding


2025-2026

National Vaccine Institute Grant as a PI about the development of mRNA vaccines for melioidosis.


2023-2025

Fundamental Fund as a PI about the novel bacterial enzyme inhibitors for melioidosis treatment


2019-2022

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


2018-2021

The annual government statement grant as a Co-PI about the development and evaluation of TB and drug resistant TB diagnosis


2017-2021

The research Career Development Grant (Thailand Research Fund) as PI about the study of trehalose synthesis enzymes in Burkholderia pseudomallei as an antimicrobial target


2013-2016

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.


2011-2015

The new lecturer research grant as PI about The effect of trehalase (tre) to stress response and virulence of Burkholderia pseudomallei (Thailand Research Fund)


Academic activities


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


Presentations


2015

Poster presentation at ASM Biodefense and Emerging Disease Research Meeting, Washington DC, USA


2014

Poster presentation at the Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting, Bangkok, Thailand


2013

Oral presentation at the Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting, Bangkok, Thailand


2012

Poster presentation at the Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting, Bangkok, Thailand


2011

Poster presentation at the Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting, Bangkok, Thailand


2010

Poster presentation at The Society for General Microbiology meeting, Edinburgh, UK


2009

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