Name: Pradya Somboon

Associate Professor, Ph.D.

    psomboon@mail.med.cmu.ac.th

Education:

  • B.Sc. (Medical Technology)                  Chiang Mai University (Thailand), 1980
  • M.Sc. (Tropical Medicine)                    Mahidol University (Thailand), 1984
  • Ph.D. (Medical Entomology)                 University of London (England), 1993

Teaching Activities:

  • Medical Parasitology
  • Medical Entomology

Research Emphasis:

  • Medical Entomology
  • Medical Parasitology

 

Past Publications:  pdf file, click here

Recent Publications:

1. Saeung A, Baimai V, Otsuka Y, Rattanarithikul R, Somboon P, Junkum A, Tuetun B, Takaoka H, Choochote W. Molecular and cytogenetic evidence of three sibling species of the Anopheles barbirostris Form A (Diptera:Culicidae) in Thailand. Parasitol Res 2008 Feb; 102(3): 499-507.

2. Thongwat D, Morgan K, O'Loughlin SM, Walton C, Choochote W, Somboon P. Crossing experiments supporting the specific status of Anopheles maculates chromosomal form K. J Am Mosq Control Assoc 2008 Jun; 24(2): 194-202.

3. Somboon P, Thongwat D, Morgan K, Walton C. Crossing experiment of Anopheles maculatus form K and Anopheles willmori (James) (Diptera: Culicidae). Parasitol Res. 2008 Nov; 103(6): 1317-22.

4. O'Loughlin SM, Okabayashi T, Honda M, Kitazoe Y, Kishino H, Somboon P, Sochantha T, Nambanya S, Saikia PK, Dev V, Walton C. Complex population history of two Anopheles dirus mosquito species in Southeast Asia suggests the influence of Pleistocene climate change rather than human-mediated effects. J Evol Biol 2008 Nov; 21(6): 1555-69.

5. Park MH, Choochote W, Kim SJ, Somboon P, Saeung A, Tuetan B, Tsuda Y, Takagi M, Joshi D, Ma Y, Min GS. Nonreproductive isolation among four allopatric strains of Anopheles sinensis in Asia. J Am Mosq Control Assoc 2008 Dec; 24(4): 489-95.

6. Suwannamit S, Baimai V, Otsuka Y, Saeung A, Thongsahuan S, Tuetun B, Apiwathnasorn C, Jariyapan N, Somboon P, Takaoka H, Choochote W. Cytogenetic and molecular evidence for an additional new species within the taxon Anopheles barbirostris (Diptera: Culicidae) in Thailand. Parasitol Res. 2009 Mar; 104(4): 905-18.

7. Hlaing T, Tun-Lin W, Somboon P, Socheat D, Setha T, Min S, Chang MS, Walton C. Mitochondrial pseudogenes in the nuclear genome of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes: implications for past and future population genetic studies. BMC Genet. 2009 Mar 6; 10: 11.

 


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