Dr. Thanh Thi-Ngoc Doan

Working address:     Tien Giang University, 119 Ap Bac, Ward 5, My Tho City, Tien Giang province, Viet Nam

Email:                       dtnthanh@gmail.com

Born:                        10-10-1981 in My Tho, Tien Giang, Viet Nam

Nationality:               Vietnamese

Education:

             Ph.D. in Protein Engineering, 2008 – 2012, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea. Supervisor: Prof. Lin-Woo Kang. Doctoral thesis: Crystal structures of D-Ala-D-Ala ligase and Beta-ketoacyl-synthase I from Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae and rational antibacterial drug development

            MSc in Enzyme Engineering, 2006 – 2008, Inha University, Incheon, Korea. Supervisor: Prof. Yoon-Moo Koo. Master’s thesis:  Using Ionic Liquids to Stabilize Lipase within Sol–Gel Derived Silica

            BSc in Biology, 1994 – 1998, University of Science, Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Supervisor: Dr. Hoang Duc Nguyen

Research place

             2012- present        Tien Giang University. Agriculture Technology and Food Engineering Department.

             2008-2012              Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea. KU-Global Lab.

            2006-2008               Inha University, Incheon, Korea. Researcher of BioNanoProcess Lab.

            2003-2005               University of Sciences Ho Chi Minh City, National University. Researcher of Center for Biosciences and Biotechnology.

Language skills

            Vietnamese: native speaker

            English:        fluent in biology, chemistry

            Korean:        basic

List of Publications

H-index: 5.          Total cited: 121

Ponnandy Prabhu*, Thi-Ngoc-Thanh Doan*, Manish Tiwari, Raushan Singh, Sun Chang Kim, Myoung-Ki Hong, Yun Chan Kang, Lin-Woo Kang and Jung-Kul Lee. (2014). Structure-based studies on the metal binding of two-metal-dependent sugar isomerases.  FEBS, 281(15): 3446-59 (*first authorship shared), times cited 5.
Thanh Thi Ngoc Doan, Jin-Kwang Kim, Ho-Phuong-Thuy Ngo, Huyen Thi Tran, Shun-Shin Cha, Kyung Min Chung, Kim-Hung Huynh, Yeh-Jin Ahn and Lin-Woo Kang (2014). Crystal structures of D-alanine-D-alanine ligase from Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae alone and in complex with nucleotides. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics (545)92-99, times cited 1.
Sampath Natarajan; Jin-Kwang Kim; Tae-Kyun Jung; Thanh Thi Ngoc Doan; Ho-Phuong-Thuy Ngo; Myoung-Ki Hong; Seunghwan Kim; Viet Pham Tan; Seok Joon Ahn; Sang Hee Lee (2012). Crystal structure of malonyl CoA-Acyl carrier protein transacylase from Xanthomanous oryzae pv. oryzae and its proposed binding with ACP. Molecules and cells; 33(1): 19-25, times cited 6.
Young-Ran Lim; Chul-Ho Yun; Dong-Hyun Kim; Jin Kwang Kim; Young-Jin Chun; Thanh Thi Ngoc Doan; Myoung-Ki Hong; Lin-Woo Kang; Donghak Kim (2012). Crystal structure of cytochrome P450 CYP105N1 from Streptomyces coelicolor, an oxidase in the coelibactin siderophore biosynthetic pathway. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 528(2): 111-7, times cited 1.
Thanh Thi Ngoc Doan; Jin Kwang Kim; Qui Khanh Mac; Cheolwon Chung; Natarajan Sampath; Jeong Gu Kim; Yeh Jin Ahn; Lin Woo Kang (2011). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of β-ketoacyl-ACP synthase I (XoFabB) from Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae. Acta crystallographica. Section F; 67(12): 1548-50, times cited 0.
Thanh Thi Ngoc Doan; Sampath Natarajan; Na-Hyun Song; Jisun Kim; Jin-Kwang Kim; Seung-hwan Kim; Pham Tan Viet; Jeong-Gu Kim; Byoung-Moo Lee; Yeh-Jin Ahn (2011). Cloning, expression, crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of the co-chaperonin XoGroES from Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae. Acta crystallographica. Section F; 67( 1): 44-7, times cited 0.
Ponnandy Prabhu*; Thanh Thi Ngoc Doan*; Marimuthu Jeya; Lin-Woo Kang; Jung-Kul Lee (2011). Cloning and characterization of a Rhamnose isomerase from Bacillus halodurans. Applied microbiology and biotechnology;89(3)635-44 (*first authorship shared), times cited 6.
Thi-Ngoc-Thanh Doan*, Ponnandy Prabhu*, Jin-Kwang Kim, Yeh-Jin Ahn, Sampath Natarajan, Lin-Woo Kang, Sang-Boem Lim, Jung-Kul Lee (2010). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of L-rhamnose isomerase with a novel high thermo-stability from Bacillus halodurans. Acta Crystallographica Section F,, 66 (6): 677-680 (*first authorship shared), times cited 1.
Sang Hyun Lee, Thanh Thi Ngoc Doan, Kee-hoon Won, Sung-Ho Ha, Yoon-Mo Koo. (2010). Immobilization of lipase within carbon nanotube–silica composites for non-aqueous reaction systems. Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 62(2)169-172, times cited 14.
Doan T. N. T., Sampath N., Kim H., Ahn Y. J., Kim J. G., Lee B. M., Kang L. W. (2009). Cloning, expression, crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of Glutamyl-tRNA synthetase (GluRS) of Xoo1504 (GltX) from Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae. Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, 65: 51-54, times cited 0.
Doan T. N. T, Kim J. K., Kim H., Jung J., Ahn Y. J., Kim J. G., Lee B. M., Kang L. W. (2008).  Expression, crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of Xoo0352, D-alanine-D-alanine ligase A, from Xanthomonas oryzae pv. Oryzae. Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, 64 (Pt 12): 1115-7, times cited 5.
Lee S. H., Doan T. T. N., Ha S. H, Chang W. J. and Yoon-Mo Koo. (2007). Influence of ionic liquids as additives on sol–gel immobilized lipase. J Mol Catal B: Enzyme, 47:129-134, times cited 33.
Lee S. H., Doan T. T. N., Ha S. H. and Koo Y.-M. (2007). Using ionic liquids to stabilize lipase within sol–gel derived silica.  J Mol Catal B: Enzyme 45:57-61, times cited 49.

Phan Thi Phuong Trang, Doan Thi Ngoc Thanh, Nguyen Duc Hoang, Tran Linh Thuoc (2003). Creation envelope protein Vp28 of white spot syndrome virus from black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) through pET expression system in E. coli. Proceeding of national workshop on Biotechnology, Vietnam, 1219-1223.