Benjamas Khurajog

The completed Ph.D. certification is still awaiting approval.

2018-2024:

Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Ph.D student

Thesis Project: Selection of lactic acid bacteria probiotics from Thai-chick and their efficacy in restoring gut microbiome and Salmonella reduction in broiler challenged with Salmonella Typhimurium.

Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nuvee Prapasarakul

• Highlighted lactic acid bacteria sourced from Thai chickens exhibit probiotic characteristics that show potential to diminish Salmonella shedding, enhance growth performance, and modify the gut microbiome, thereby improving the health of chicks infected with Salmonella Typhimurium.

2016-2018:

Faculty of Veterinary Technology, Kasetsart University, Thailand

Scientist

Project: Development the tool kit for rapid identification dog's blood group.

• Isolation red blood cell membrane proteins from different blood types of Thai mixed breed dogs and differentiation specific protein of each blood types.

2010-2015

Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University, Thailand

M.S. student

Thesis Project: Prevalence and factors associated with Giardia duodenalis infections of water buffaloes in Northeastern Thailand.

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Sathaporn Jittapalapong

• Investigate the prevalence and factors associated with Giardia duodenalis infection in water buffaloes, due to this protozoa in assemblages A and B are act as zoonosis transmitting to human that can cause diarrhea.

• Cultivation, isolation, and characterization bacterial strains promising of probiotic properties
• Aseptic technique
• DNA electrophoresis
• PCR
• One-and two-dimension SDS-PAGE
• Gut microbiome analysis using shotgun metagenomic sequencing
• Thin blood smear
• White blood cell differential count
• Animal clinical trial

• 90th Anniversary of Chulalongkorn University Scholarship (Ratchadaphiseksomphot Endowment Fund)
• ThaiFoods Group public company limited, Bangkok, Thailand
• Huvepharma Co., Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand
• Kasetsart University Research and Development Institute
• The Center of Excellence on Agricultural Biotechnology, Science and Technology Postgraduate Education and Research Development Office, Commission on Higher Education, Ministry of Education (AG-BIO/PERDO-CHE)

• Khurajog, B. , Disastra, Y., Lawwyne, L. D., Sirichokchatchawan, W., Niyomtham, W., Yindee, J., ... & Prapasarakul, N. (2023). Selection and evaluation of lactic acid bacteria from chicken feces in Thailand as potential probiotics. PeerJ, 11, e16637.
• Sussadee, M., Rucksaken, R., Khurajog, B. , Havanapan, P. O., Anuracpreeda, P., & Jittapalapong, S. (2018). The frequency of dog erythrocyte antigen (DEA) 1 in Thai mixed breed dogs. In 56. Kasetsart University Annual Conference, Bangkok (Thailand), 30 Jan-2 Feb 2018.
• Khurajog, B. , Masakul, A., Inpankaew, T., Kamyingkird, K., Wongpanit, K., & Jittapalapong, S. (2014). Prevalence of Giardia duodenalis and factors associated with its infection in water buffaloes in Northeast Thailand. The Journal of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 37(1), 35-35.

Oral

• The 19th Chulalongkorn University Veterinary Conference: "Isolation and identification of Thai lactic acid bacteria among backyard and industrial farm chicken". Benjamas Khurajog, Prasert Apiwatsiri, Pawiya Pupa, Jitrapa Yindee, Waree Niyomtham, Wandee Sirichokchatchawan, Nuvee Prapasarakul., April 2020.
• The 20th Chulalongkorn University Veterinary Conference: "Antibacterial activities of cell-free supernatants from Thai lactic acid bacteria from chicks against Salmonella enterica". Benjamas Khurajog, Prasert Apiwatsiri, Pawiya Pupa, Wandee Sirichokchatchawan, Pairat Thitisak, Nuvee Prapasarakul., April 2021.
• The 51th Kasetsart University Annual Conference: “Prevalence and factors associated with Giardia duodenalis infections of water buffaloes in Northeastern Thailand”. Benjamas Khurajog, Amornrat Masakul, Tawin Inpankaew, Ketsarin Kamyingkird, Kannika Wongpanit and Sathaporn Jittapalapong., Feb 2013.