The AC Lab
Excellence center · since 2010 Excellence center · since 2010

Reading plant genomes to find tomorrow's medicine.

A research lab at Khon Kaen University working where plant genomics, natural-product chemistry, and cancer biology meet.

GenomicsPhytochemistryBiomedical
Principal investigator Prof. Dr. Arunrat Chaveerach
Prof. Dr. Arunrat Chaveerach
Founder & lab director · 2010
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Plant genomics

We sequence complete chloroplast genomes and reconstruct how species are related.

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Phytochemistry

We isolate and profile the bioactive compounds that medicinal plants produce.

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Biomedical testing

We test those compounds against human cancer cell lines and trace how they act.

Faculty of Science, KKURoom 3124, 1st floor SC.03 Building · Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
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Research value chain

From plant discovery to products people can use

One connected pathway links upstream biodiversity research, midstream publications and intellectual property, and downstream products commercialised through Sciseeit Co., Ltd.

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Plant discovery & foundational research

Select target plants, document biodiversity, study genomes and chemistry, and test biological activity in the laboratory.

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02Midstream

Research outputs & intellectual property

Convert evidence into peer-reviewed publications, patents and petty patents that protect formulas and support technology transfer.

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03Downstream

Registered products & market use

Develop protected formulas into health, herbal, food and cosmetic products distributed through Sciseeit Co., Ltd.

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A continuous evidence-to-impact pathwayAC Lab · KKU × Sciseeit Co., Ltd.
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Plant systematics & discovery

Target plant groups move through taxonomic identification, chloroplast-genome analysis and phytochemical profiling before becoming candidates for drug discovery.

Upstream research
Plant groupTarget biodiversity
Systematics pathway
Plant identification
Chloroplast genome analysiscpDNA · sequencing · annotation
Genetic marker finding
Phylogenetic relationship analysis
Plant evolution
Plant ecology
Phytochemical pathway
Phytochemical analysis
GC-MS / LC-MS
1H NMR / 13C NMR
GC-FID / HPLC
Drug discoveryLead compounds & extracts
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What we study

From the field to the cell line

Three connected disciplines let us follow one plant from a specimen on a herbarium sheet to a molecular readout of how it affects human cells.

How the work flows

How a leaf becomes a lead compound

Every project moves through the same five stages — from collection in the field to bioassay at the bench.

Focal taxa

The plants at the centre of our work

Recurring genera whose genomes and chemistry we return to across projects and papers.

The lab in figures

Fourteen years of output

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Years running, since 2010
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Plant families under study
Selected work

What we've published

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Intellectual property

Patents, petty patents & protected formulas

The midstream bridge between laboratory evidence and real-world products—covering protected health, herbal, cosmetic and food innovations.

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Instruments & spaces

A lab built for molecules

From DNA extraction to cell-based assays, our benches carry the tools for genomics and natural-product chemistry under one roof.

Cell culture certified to Biosafety Level 2
Milestones

How we got here

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Meet the lab — and learn with us

Short films introducing the lab, plus tutorials that walk through the techniques we use every day.

Future innovations

Turning biodiversity into high-value health innovation

Our flagship programme is an integrated research system that carries Thailand's plant biodiversity all the way from molecular discovery to registered, high-value health products.

Biodiversity Integrated R&D Registered products
From lab to shelf

Products from our research

Our research doesn't stop at papers. Through Sciseeit Co., Ltd., discoveries from the lab become registered health, herbal, food and cosmetic products.

Commercialised through Sciseeit Co., Ltd. Product images are illustrative and can be updated in the admin panel.

Recognition

Awards, medals & research honours

A curated look at Professor Arunrat Chaveerach's research awards — from university honours to international innovation medals.

The programme team

The researchers behind the programme

Eight researchers across Khon Kaen University and partner institutions drive the integrated programme — from molecular biology and multi-omics to bioactivity testing and intellectual property.

Research group

Research Team

A dedicated research group used for grant and funding proposals, led by Prof. Dr. Arunrat Chaveerach. Co-researchers are added from the admin panel.

In the lab

Lab members

Current students, interns, and lab alumni.

Global network

Working across borders

Partnerships connect Khon Kaen to leading institutions on three continents, supporting student exchange and joint publications.

From Khon Kaen to the world

Field sites in Thailand feed collaborations that turn local biodiversity into globally shared science.

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Institutes
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Your route into the lab

We welcome curious students from biology, genetics and biochemistry. Here's how to apply.

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Life in the lab

Field sampling, wet-lab practice and translational research mentoring — all in one training environment.

2010Lab founded
40+Graduate researchers trained
3Core disciplines integrated

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Lab life

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Lab location

Room 3124, 1st Floor, SC.03 Building
Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University
Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand

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