RESEARCH CENTER AND LABORATORIES 1. Center for Biomedical and Robotics Technology (BART LAB) Director: Jackrit Suthakorn, Ph.D. Contact: info [AT] bartlab.org Website: www.bartlab.org Description: Center for Biomedical and Robotics Technology (BART LAB) is a collaborative medical/engineering research center for medical robotics and computer-integrated surgical technology with missions to conduct research, to develop and commercialize prototypes, and to create research and knowledge networks in the areas. The goal of BART LAB is to increase the ability, potential and efficiency of the research and development on various fields in Biomedical Engineering Technology in Thailand. This also responds to the government’s R&D strategies. BART LAB has been founded in 2004 by collaboration among government agencies and universities in Thailand, which are MTEC, NECTEC, NSTDA, Thai Robotics Society, Mahidol University, Chulalongkorn University, Thammasat University, Institute of Field Robotics (FIBO) – King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, and Chiang Mai University. BART LAB is also academically supported by several leading foreign institutes, such as, Johns Hopkins University, Columbia University, UCLA, California State University at Long Beach, University of Massachusetts at Amherst – USA, Imperial College - UK and Nagaoka University – Japan. In addition, BART LAB is also collaborating with private and industrial sectors in developing and commercializing prototypes. 2. Artificial Intelligent in Medicine Lab (AIM LAB) Lab Coordinator: Panrasee Ritthipravat, Ph.D. Contact: egprp [AT] mahidol.ac.th Website: www.aim.bartlab.org Description: Our research objective is to develop and apply artificial intelligent techniques to various medical applications. Ongoing research includes developing software for prediction of cancer recurrence, image segmentation, 3D visualization of tumor extent and robot-assisted developmental stimulation for autistic children etc. AI techniques employed in these research projects include neural networks, fuzzy logic, probabilistic reasoning, genetic algorithm, and hybrid approaches etc. 3. Scaffold for Tissue Engineering Lab (STEN LAB) Lab Coordinator:Bavornlak Oonkhanond, Ph.D. Contact: egbok [AT] mahidol.ac.th Website: TBA Description: TBA 4. Biopolymers and Nanoscale Engineering for Drug Delivery and Molecular Imaging Lab (BioNEDD LAB) Lab Coordinator:Norased Nasongkla, Ph.D. Contact: egnns [AT] mahidol.ac.th Website: TBA Description: Our research objective is to develop polymeric drug delivery systems (DDSs) that can efficiently deliver anticancer drug to cancer cells. Polymers used for these DDSs are biocompatible and biodegradable. DDSs can be prepared in millimeter, nanometer and molecular scale. For the millimeter scale, the research aim is to develop intratumoral implantations that can be injected directly insides tumors. Anticancer drugs that are kept inside will release and kill cancer cells. For the nanoscale, we develop magnetic nanoparticles that can be detected by MRI once injected inside the body. Not only to visualize cancer cells in vivo but these nanoparticles can also selectively deliver anticancer drugs to these cancer cells. For the molecular scale, anticancer drugs are chemically conjugated to each polymer chain to enhance the cancer cell uptake and reduce the side effects of these drugs.
Lab Coordinator: Yodchanan Wongsawat, Ph.D. Contact: egyws [AT] mahidol.ac.th Website: www.bci.bartlab.org Description: Brain computer interface lab conducts research in general areas of brain computer interface (BCI), biomedical signal/image processing, genomics signal processing, bioinformatics, pattern recognition, time-frequency analysis, and data compression. 6. Artificial Organ Lab (AO LAB) Lab Coordinator:Phornphop Naiyanetr, Ph.D. Contact: egpny [AT] mahidol.ac.th Website: TBA Description: The aim of artificial organ lab is to develop devices that replace or assist natural organs for restoring a specific function and for improving a quality of life in patients. The current research-areas are focus on blood pump, artificial heart, ventricular assist device, and artificial heart valve.
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