Dr. Siwaret Arikit

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Siwarate Arikit (Assoc.Prof.Dr.Siwaret Arikit) Director, Rice Science Center

Lecturer – Department of Agronomy Whole-genome mutagenesis technology for enhancing the potential of environmentally friendly rice breeding  

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• Brief bio
• Recent Publications

E-mail 

• arikit@gmail.com

Phone 

• (+66)034-355193, (+66)34 351887 ext 109

Address

• Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture at Kamphaeng Saen, Kasetsart University, Nakhon Pathom, 73140, Thailand.
• Rice Science Center(RSC), Rice Gene Discovery Unit (RGDU), Kasetsart University, Kamphaengsaen,  No1 Moo6. Kamphaengsaen, Nakhonpathom 73140, Thailand
• Rice Science Center, Rice Gene Discovery Unit, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus No. 1 Moo 6, Kamphaeng Saen, Nakhon Pathom 73140, Thailand

 Education

• 2005 B.Sc. Agricultural Biotechnology, Kasetsart University
• 2011 Ph.D. Genetic Engineering, Kasetsart University
• 2014 Postdoctoral research, University of Delaware

Areas of interest are plant science and plant biology, including agricultural biotechnology. Past research applied genomics and bioinformatics to discover and verify gene functions in plants, such as the fragrance genes in rice and soybean. Current work studies gene function and the regulation of gene expression at the genome level, including the use of genes in plant breeding, especially rice. The main research focus is the regulation of gene activity by small RNAs, using genomics and bioinformatics.

Non-scientific Interests

• Gardening, traveling, reading and watching movies

• Zhai J, Zhang H, Arikit S, Huang K, Nan GL, Walbot V, Meyers BC. Spatiotemporally dynamic, cell-type-dependent premeiotic and meiotic phasiRNAs in maize anthers. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Feb 23. pii: 201418918. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25713378.
• Arikit S, Xia R, Kakrana A, Huang K, Zhai J, Yan Z, Valdés-López O, Prince S, Musket TA, Nguyen HT, Stacey G, Meyers BC. An Atlas of Soybean Small RNAs Identifies Phased siRNAs from Hundreds of Coding Genes. Plant Cell. 2014 Dec;26(12):4584-601. doi: 10.1105/tpc.114.131847. Epub 2014 Dec 2. PubMed PMID: 25465409; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4311202.
• Wong J, Gao L, Yang Y, Zhai J, Arikit S, Yu Y, Duan S, Chan V, Xiong Q, Yan J, Li S, Liu R, Wang Y, Tang G, Meyers BC, Chen X, Ma W. Roles of small RNAs in soybean defense against Phytophthora sojae infection. Plant J. 2014 Sep;79(6):928-40. doi: 10.1111/tpj.12590. Epub 2014 Jul 28. PubMed PMID: 24944042.
• Amborella Genome Project. The Amborella genome and the evolution of flowering plants. Science. 2013 Dec 20;342(6165):1241089. doi: 10.1126/science.1241089. PubMed PMID: 24357323.
• Gong L, Kakrana A, Arikit S, Meyers BC, Wendel JF. Composition and expression of conserved microRNA genes in diploid cotton (Gossypium) species. Genome Biol Evol. 2013;5(12):2449-59. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evt196. PubMed PMID: 24281048; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3879982.
• Zhai J, Zhao Y, Simon SA, Huang S, Petsch K, Arikit S, Pillay M, Ji L, Xie M, Cao X, Yu B, Timmermans M, Yang B, Chen X, Meyers BC. Plant microRNAs display differential 3' truncation and tailing modifications that are ARGONAUTE1 dependent and conserved across species. Plant Cell. 2013 Jul;25(7):2417-28. doi: 10.1105/tpc.113.114603. Epub 2013 Jul 9. PubMed PMID: 23839787; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3753374.
• Zhai J, Arikit S, Simon SA, Kingham BF, Meyers BC. Rapid construction of parallel analysis of RNA end (PARE) libraries for Illumina sequencing. Methods. 2014 May 1;67(1):84-90. doi: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2013.06.025. Epub 2013 Jun 28 PubMed PMID: 23810899.
• Arikit S, Zhai J, Meyers BC. Biogenesis and function of rice small RNAs from non-coding RNA precursors. Curr Opin Plant Biol. 2013 May;16(2):170-9. doi: 10.1016/j.pbi.2013.01.006. Epub 2013 Mar 1. Review. PubMed PMID: 23466255.
• Myint KM, Arikit S, Wanchana S, Yoshihashi T, Choowongkomon K, Vanavichit A. A PCR-based marker for a locus conferring the aroma in Myanmar rice (Oryza sativa L.). Theor Appl Genet. 2012 Sep;125(5):887-96. doi: 10.1007/s00122-012-1880-0. Epub 2012 May 11. PubMed PMID: 22576235.
• Wongpanya R, Boonyalai N, Thammachuchourat N, Horata N, Arikit S, Myint KM, Vanavichit A, Choowongkomon K. Biochemical and enzymatic study of rice BADH wild-type and mutants: an insight into fragrance in rice. Protein J. 2011 Dec;30(8):529-38. doi: 10.1007/s10930-011-9358-5. PubMed PMID: 21959793.
• Arikit S, Yoshihashi T, Wanchana S, Tanya P, Juwattanasomran R, Srinives P, Vanavichit A. A PCR-based marker for a locus conferring aroma in vegetable soybean (Glycine max L.). Theor Appl Genet. 2011 Feb;122(2):311-6. doi: 10.1007/s00122-010-1446-y. Epub 2010 Sep 18. PubMed PMID: 20852988.
• Arikit S, Yoshihashi T, Wanchana S, Uyen TT, Huong NT, Wongpornchai S, Vanavichit A. Deficiency in the amino aldehyde dehydrogenase encoded by GmAMADH2, the homologue of rice Os2AP, enhances 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline biosynthesis in soybeans (Glycine max L.). Plant Biotechnol J. 2011 Jan;9(1):75-87. doi:10.1111/j.1467-7652.2010.00533.x. PubMed PMID: 20497370.