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Assoc. Prof. Surapon Piboonpocanun, Ph.D.

Surapon Piboonpocanun, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Protein interaction occurs at many cellular levels. Finding what interacts with what will give a beacon!

     Developing diagnostic tools for allergy as well as other emerging diseases using phage display technology, molecular cloning, and cell biology.

1.Piboonpocanun S, Jirapongsananuruk O, Tipayanon T, Boonchoo S, Goodman RE. Identification of hemocyanin as a novel non-cross-reactive allergen from the giant freshwater shrimp Macrobrachium rosenbergii. Mol Nutr Food Res. 2011; 55:1492-8.

2.Piboonpocanun S, Malainual N, Jirapongsananuruk O, Vichyanond P, Thomas WR. Genetic polymorphisms of major house dust mite allergens. Clin Exp Allergy 2006; 36:510-516.

3.Piboonpocanun S, Chiba H, Mitsuzawa H, Martin W, Murphy RC, Harbeck RJ, Voelker DR. Surfactant protein A binds Mycoplasma pneumoniae with high affinity and attenuates its growth by recognition of Disaturated-Phosphatidylglycerols. J Biol Chem. 2005; 280:9-17.

4.Tanyaratsrisakul S, Malainual N, Jirapongsananuruk O, Smith WA, Thomas WR, Piboonpocanun S. Structural and IgE binding analyses of recombinant Der p 2 expressed from the hosts Escherichia coli and Pichia pastoris. Int Arch Allergy Immunol. 2010; 151:190-8.

5.Kulwanich B, Thanyaratsrisakul S, Jirapongsananuruk O, Hales BJ, Thomas WR, Piboonpocanun S. Effects of Ser47-Point Mutation on Conformation Structure and Allergenicity of the Allergen of Der p 2, a Major House Dust Mite Allergen. Allergy Asthma Immunol Res. 2019; 11(1):129-142.

  • 2010: Thai Toray Science Foundation: Science and Technology Research grant.
  • 2002: Fellow-In-Training Award, the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology AAAAI, WI, U.S.A.
  • 1998: The Viola Vestal Coulter Scholarship, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
  • 1987-1994: Kennedy Graduate Fellowship, Ohio State University, OH, U.S.A.