Assist. Prof. Dr. Wisuwat Songnuan

Department of Plant Science,
Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Thailand
Building N, The 3rd Floor, Room: N309/3
Tel: +66 2 2015232
Fax: +66 2 3547172

EDUCATION

2002-2009 Ph. D. in Medical Sciences Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS) program Harvard Medical School and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Cambridge, Massachusettes, USA Thesis: Studies of Pathogen Defense in Arabidopsis Roots Advisor: Prof. Frederick M. Ausubel
1998-2002 B.Sc. in Biology Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, Duke University Durham, North Carolina, USA
1997-1998 High School Diploma Miss Porter’s School, Farmington, Connecticut, USA
1995-1996 Mahavajiravudh School Muang, Songkhla

SCHOLARSHIPS

1997-2008 The Royal Thai scholarship

AWARDS

2001-2002 Faculty Scholar, Honorable Mention Awarded by the Academic Council in recognition of the highest degree of undergraduate academic excellence and independent scholarship Duke University
2002 Excellence in Plant Science Prize Department of Biology, Duke University

PUBLICATIONS

2008 Songnuan, W. , Y. Millet, C. Denoux, N. Clay, and F.M. Ausubel (2008) Paper 88. A seedling assay for MAMP signaling and infection studies In: Biology of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Volume 6. (M. Lorito, S.L. Woo, and F. Scala, eds.) International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, St. Paul, MN.
Denoux, C., R. Galletti, S. Ferrari, W.Songnuan , C. Danna, Y. Millet, N. Clay, S. Gopalan, G. De Lorenzo, J. Dewdney, and F. M. Ausubel (2008) Paper 87. Characterization of Arabidopsis MAMP response pathway In: Biology of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Volume 6. (M. Lorito, S.L. Woo, and F. Scala, eds.) International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, St. Paul, MN.
2010 Millet YA, Danna CH, Clay NK, Songnuan W, Simon MD, Werck-Reichhart D, Ausubel FM. Innate immune responses activated in Arabidopsis roots by microbe-associated molecular patterns. Plant Cell 2010; 22(3): 973-90.
2012 Swangpol S, Pichakum A, Songnuan W, Chareonsap P. Assessment of Durian Genetic Resource in Nonthaburi Province, Thailand, Prior to the Great Flood 2011. In: 6th Botanical Conference of Thailand. 2012 Mar 28-30; Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Songklanakarin University, Songkhla, Thailand; Songkhla, Thailand: Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Songklanakarin University, 2012. P. 21