NEWS

Dr. Thidarat Nimchua, Researcher of Enzyme Technology Laboratory, has been awarded a Leaders in Innovation Fellowships (LIF) Program 2016 to develop a commercialization plan for her innovation, “ENZease: Dual-activity Enzyme for One-step Biodesizing and Bioscouring Process of Cotton Fabrics”. Dr. […]

At the 44th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva, the ARDA AflaSensor Plus was awarded the gold medal and the special prize from the Korea Invention Promotion Association (KIPA), while the Fruit Blotch Easy kits won the silver medal and […]

BIOTEC, in collaboration with the Biodiversity-Based Economy Development Office and the National Research Council of Thailand, organized Workshop on Microbial Preservation Techniques: Liquid Drying on 18-19 May 2016 at Thailand Science Park. This workshop aims to strengthen the competency of […]

Dr. Somvong Tragoonrung has been appointed to lead BIOTEC, starting from 16 May 2016. He succeeded Dr. Kanyawim Kirtikara who served this important positions for two terms, from 2009-2016. Somvong Tragoonrung obtained his Ph.D. in plant and soil science from […]

Surveys of invertebrate-pathogenic fungi in community forests in Thailand revealed two new interesting Cordyceps.  They are Cordyceps chiangdaoensis and Cordyceps morakotii, pathogenic to Coleoptera larvae and Odontomachus ant pupae, respectively. Phylogenetic analyses strongly support these two fungi as two distinct new Cordyceps species. These two new species […]

A rice event was organized in Savannakhet, Lao PDR on 6 April 2016 to foster a farmer-breeder network and to draw farmer participation in the evaluation and selection of rice elite lines resulting from the Molecular Rice Breeding Program for […]

Dr. Khaow Tonsomboon, BIOTEC researcher of Microarray Laboratory, won the FameLab Thailand Competition which took place on 29 April 2016. He will represent Thailand to join FameLab International final at the Cheltenham Science Festival in the United Kingdom. The first […]

BIOTEC and Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) organized Workshop on Scientific, Technological and Social Solutions for Sustainable Aquaculture in Thailand: a key player in global aquatic food supply on 21 – 25 March 2016 at The Sukosol […]

BIOTEC, Thammasat University and international partners co-organized Workshop on Mycolotoxins in ASEAN and Post-Harvest Control Measures on 14-16 March 2016 at Thailand Science Park. The Workshop offered insight into the current situation of mycotoxin contamination in Southeast Asia and provided […]

On 20 April 2016, BIOTEC celebrated the opening of Food and Feed Innovation Center. Presiding over this auspicious occasion was Dr. Pichet Durongkaveroj, Minister of Science and Technology. Thailand’s food export values reached 1 trillion Baht in 2014, accounting for […]