2^nd Biomedical science conference

Fourth year students from Science Inter Mahidol University (SIM) Program (Biomedical Science Division) presented their final senior projects at The Second Biomedical Science Conference at Faculty of Science, Phya Thai campus today. Dean Palangpon Kongsaeree presided over the event to give an opening remark and to congratulate the students on their innovative research outputs which have great potential and will form the basis for future development of science and technology in Thailand.

A total of 24 research topics were presented. These include:

1. Fragmentation Analysis of Copine-6
2. Establishment of the Leukemic Cell Line K562 Expressing RFP for Assessment of NK Cell-based Therapy
3. Assessment of a Cleistanthoside Derivative on Neuritogenesis of the Neuronal Progenitor Cells SH-SY5Y
4. Incorporation of Disulfide Linkages to Enhance Thermostability of Penicillin G Acylase (PGA) enzyme
5. Regenerative Effects of Porcine Placental Extract in Wound Healing
6. Optimizing Expression of Full Length Copine-6 in Different Strains of Bacteria
7. Characterization and Expression of Calreticulin, Ca²⁺ Binding Protein, in the Male Reproductive System of Blue Swimming Crab, Portunus pelagicus
8. Degenerative Changes of Caenorhabditis elegans Dopaminergic Neurons Induced by Bacillus firmus and its Metabolites
9. Antimalarial Screening of Crude Plant Extracts Against Chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum
10. Anti-inflammatory Effect of a Novel Spiroindizidine-oxindole and Their Derivatives in LPS-stimulated Mouse Macrophage Cell Line
11. Effect of Sizes of Initial Pool of Stem Cell in Organ Regeneration of Freshwater
12. Development of High-throughput Assay for Tankyrase I Inhibitor Using Humanized Yeast Model
13. Investigation of Ultracellular Structures Change of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Through Artemisinin Toxicity
14. Efficiency of Banana Peel to Remove Safranin Cytotoxicity Indicated by Artemia salina Bioassay
15. Investigation Corn Components to Remove Crystal Violet in Contaminated Water by Obseving Histopathology of Brine Shrimp
16. Characterization of Neutrophil Extracellular trap in Thalassemia Using Scanning Electron Microscope
17. Screening Crude Extract of Excoecaria agallocha for Fetal Hemoglobin Production Inducing Ability on Erythroid Leukemic Cell Line
18. Anti-inflammation effect of Quercetin on UVB-induced Cellular Senescence in HaCaT cells
19. Antioxidant Effect of Quercetin on UVB-induced Cellular Senescence in HaCaT cells
20. The Study of Blood Coagulation Factor IX and Protein C Expression in Immortalized Hepatocyte-like Cell
21. The Study of Proinflammatory Cytokine Levels as Biomarkers of Pituitary Tumors
22. Anti-inflammatory Effects of Capsaicin Derivatives on Microglia Cells
23. Anti-adipogenic Effect of Genipin Derivatives on Adipocyte Cells
24. Isolation and Characterization of Exosome-like Nanovesicles from Citrus maxima