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Education Background
- Ph.D. in Biological Engineering, Cornell University, USA
- M. S. in Biological Engineering, Cornell University, USA
- B.S. in Biochemistry, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Area of Expertise
- Nanobiotechnology
- Molecular Biology
- Cancer Biology
- Drug and Gene Delivery
- Anticancer and Antioxidative Peptides from Rice
Research Interests
- Mechanisms associated with multidrug resistance in Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
- In vitro 3D culture model for a study of cancer metastasis
- Use of in vitro 3D culture model to study oxidative stress in breast cancer
- Production of rice bran protein for anticancer and antioxidation activities
Research focus

Examples of publications
- Lee, J. B.; Roh, Y. H.; Um, S. H.; Funabashi, H.; Cheng, W. L.; Cha, J. J.; Kiatwuthinon, P.; Muller, D. A.; Luo, D., Multifunctional nanoarchitectures from DNA-based ABC monomers. Nat. Nanotechnol. 2009, 4 (7), 430-436.
- Tan, S. J.; Kiatwuthinon, P.; Roh, Y. H.; Kahn, J. S.; Luo, D., Engineering Nanocarriers for siRNA Delivery. Small 2011, 7 (7), 841-856.
- Roh, Y. H.; Lee, J. B.; Kiatwuthinon, P.; Hartman, M. R.; Cha, J. J.; Um, S. H.; Muller, D. A.; Luo, D., DNAsomes: Multifunctional DNA-Based Nanocarriers. Small 2011, 7 (1), 74-78.
- Ruiz, R. C.; Kiatwuthinon, P.; Kahn, J. S.; Roh, Y. H.; Luo, D., Cell-Free Protein Expression from DNA-Based Hydrogel (P-Gel) Droplets for Scale-Up Production. Industrial Biotechnology 2012, 8 (6), 372-377.
- Hartman, M. R.; Yang, D.; Tran, T. N.; Lee, K.; Kahn, J. S.; Kiatwuthinon, P.; Yancey, K. G.; Trotsenko, O.; Minko, S.; Luo, D., Thermostable Branched DNA Nanostructures as Modular Primers for Polymerase Chain Reaction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2013.
- Tabtimmai, L.; Suphakun, P.; Kiatwuthinon, P.; Chaicumpa W.; Choowongkomon K., Nanobodies against Tyrosine Kinase Domain of EGFR: A Novel Cancer Drug. The 5th International Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Conference. 2016, 455-457.
- Sukphokkit, S.; Kumkate, S.; Kiatwuthinon, P.; Janvilisri, T., Establishment of Three-dimensional Culture of a Cholangiocarcinoma Cell Line. The 5th International Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Conference. 2016, 243-246.
- Kiatwuthinon, P.; Sinthuvanich, C.; Roytrakul, S.; Ratanapo, S., Preliminary Studies on Anticancer and Antioxidant Activities of Bran Proteins from Thai Rices. The 5th International Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Conference. 2016, 286-289.
Lab Members
- Panyarat Laurchan (Undergrad (alumnus))
- Neeracha Lapanusorn (Undergrad)
- Parisa Prathaphan (Undergrad)
- Theodosia Widianti (Exchange student (Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia))
- Orawan Rakhan (Research Assistant)
- Anunyaporn Phungsom (M.S. Student)