Tai Chaiamarit, PhD
Doctoral Thesis: Axonal Membrane Trafficking Regulation and Its Failure in Cargo Delivery
Research Focus: Chaiamarit's research revealed the identity and biogenesis pathway of mutant prion protein aggregates in axons by live and quantitative microscopy approaches.
Undergraduate Institution: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Noteworthy Publications: Endosomal Sorting Drives the Formation of Mutant Prion Protein Endoggresomes, Science Advances (2021); Fluorescence Assays for Real-Time Tracking of Cell Surface Protein Internalization and Endosomal Sorting in Axons of Primary Mouse Hippocampal Neurons, Bio-Protocol (2023); Mutant Prion Protein Endoggresomes are Hubs for Local Axonal Organelle-Cytoskeletal Remodeling, (Preprint, 2023)
Honors and Awards: Skaggs-Oxford Scholarship (2017-2023); Royal Thai Government Scholarship (2013-2023); Dorris Neuroscience Travel Awards (2019)
Looking Back: "My success in graduate school would not have been possible without my PI and our collaborators who give me opportunities and resources to work on exciting research topics. In addition, I most appreciate my lab mates and friends from Scripps who cheered me up and provided emotional supports for one another."
Next Steps: "I am currently a lecturer and a principal investigator at the Department of Physiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Thailand. I am excited to continue working on finding the sub-cellular mechanisms underlying selective neuron vulnerability in common and rare diseases in Thai patients and to build my own research team."
Join us at 10 a.m. PDT on Friday, May 17, 2024 for our Commencement Ceremony Livestream! Chaiamarit wil be introduced by his advisor, Prof. Sandra Encalada, who will deliver a few words about his graduate experience. Viewers will also learn about our many other 2024 graduates, who are now setting out to build careers that will profoundly impact the future of biomedical research.
