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Professor
Dr. Prasert Sobhon was born on
December 8, 1943 in Sakolnakorn Province,
Thailand . Following primary and secondary
edication in Thailand, he went to
study abroad and received a B.Sc.
in Human Biology from the University
of Western Australia under the Colombo
Plan Scholarship, and a Ph.D. in Cell
Biology and Anatomy from the University
of Wisconsin, U.S.A. under a Rockefeller
Foundation Fellowship. He did his
postdoctoral study at the University
of California at Los Angeles, and
later became a WHO visiting research
scientist at the National Institute
of Medical Research Mill Hill, London.
He has been an academic staff member
of the Faculty of Science. Mahidol
University since 1970, and was appointed
Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy
in 1991. In addition to academic work,
during his career he has held many
important administrative positions,
including Chairman of the Anatomy
Department. Associate Dean for
Acadamic Affairs, Vice-President for
Academic Affairs, and most recently
President of the Mahidol University
Academic Senate. From his research
contributions he was conferred the
Mahidol University Award for Outstanding
Research (1982), Outstanding Scientist
Award (1995) from Thailand's Foundation
for the Promotion of Science and Technology
under the Royal Patronage of His Majesty
the King, and Senior Research Scholar
Fellowship from the Thailand Research
Fund (1997).
His research work and interests
are in three areas of biomedical and
bioagricultural disciplines. First
are the characterizations of antigens
and encoding genes of human blood
flukes (S. japonicum, S. mekongi)
and human and animal liver flukes
(Opisthorchis viverrini and Fasciola gigantica), their
syntheses and expressions at the cellular
level, and their immunodiagnostic
and vaccine potentials. Second are
the studies on spermatogenic processes,
basic nuclear proteins and chromatin
organization in male germ cells of
vertebrates, including mammals and
amphibians, and invertebrates especially
molluscs (snails and abalone). Third
are the studies on the neurobiology
and reproductive biology of economic
molluscs (land snails and abalone).
particularly with respect to the identification
of neurosecretory cells that are involved
in the production of growth and gonadotrophic
factors that can stimulate the growth
and gametogenic processes in these
animals. His research work has been
supported continuously by national
funding agencies, including the National
Research Council of Thailand, National
Science and Technology Development
Agency, and Thailand Research Fund,
and international organizations including
the Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation,
USAID, and UNDP/ World Bank/ WHO Special
Programme for Research and Training
in Tropical Diseases.
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