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The Center of Excellence of Oral Health and Healthy Longevity at Chulalongkorn University Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University was invited by the Thailand Science Research and Innovation Fund (TSRI) and Ministry of Higher Education, Science & Innovation for a brainstorming workshop on the theme"Thailand Organoid Research & Technology" on August 6, 2026. We also had the pleasure to bring together for this session our research collaborators from the Faculties of Engineering, Medicine and Allied Sciences. The future of organoid technology goes well beyond organoids and will encompass the humanized New Approach Methodologies (NAMs), which includes also organ-on-chip and the integration with in silico models and computational biology. The future of NAMs is here to de-risk R&D pipelines/therapies and accelerate drug development towards the prompt entrance into clinical trial stage. Let's build the future of NAMs for the benefit of Thai people and the World. Come and join us in this research journey!

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Our Center of Excellence and Innovation for Oral Health & Healthy Longevity is proud to announce that our 1st PhD candidate Phan Văn Toàn (graduating soon) has clinched the First Runner-up Award at the Dental Association of Thailand (DAT) Graduate Research Competition 2026. Many congratulations to Phan Văn Toàn and to his main advisor A/P João Ferreira and co-advisor Prof. Jae-Yol Lim. May Phan Văn Toàn research learning journey continue to be full of energy, inspiration and success!

Another cancer research work has been published by our Center of Excellence and Innovation for Oral Health & Healthy Longevity, led by Assoc. Prof. Risa Chaisuparat Mink Chaisuparat. In this report, we aimed to characterize the proliferative and immunophenotypic profiles of salivary gland mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) and to explore their associations with clinicopathologic features, tumour microenvironment (TME) characteristics, Pan-TRK expression, and disease prognosis. This work is part of the PhD thesis dissertation of our recent Oral Biology graduate Dr. Trần Ngọc Thụy Vy. Congrats Dr. Vy for this achievement and for helping to unveil the pathological mechanisms of these highly recurrent salivary gland cancers that are very challenging to treat. Please enjoy our published work here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020653926001103?via%3Dihub

Many congratulations to our PhD candidate Lâm Bửu Châu for the Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award in Health Sciences at the Honorary Recognition Ceremony of Chulalongkorn University. "This prestigious award marks a milestone in my academic journey. I’m incredibly grateful for all the support from the Oral and Craniofacial Sciences Program, Faculty of Dentistry, my supervisor, and my labmates." - these were her words after receiving this Award. Our Center of Excellence research team is very proud of her accomplishments since she started her Master until her current PhD journey!

After a very busy 2025, a research recap from the Center of Excellence & Innovation for Oral Health & Healthy Longevity is long due. Here are our achievements for 2025: 11 co-authored papers (7 in top Tier 1 and 4 in Q1 journals), 4 external grants, 1 collaborative university grant, 1 academic-industry partnership with EU Pharma, co-founded with Yonsei University College of Medicine the Asian Salivary Gland Research Society, over 10 international and national scientific presentations, the graduation of 3 of our international students, and the creation of biotech start-ups. Our sincere thanks to all our graduate students, postdocs, research team members, our Thai and international collaborators, and all grant agencies and industry partners. We look forward for 2026 and we wish you all a very successful and happy Lunar New Year of the horse!

Our CE and Innovation for Oral Health & Healthy Longevity proudly announces that our postdoc Pearrii Kanyaluck and co-investigator Pirawish Limlawan have published a very informative review on lichen planus in vitro cell-based and animal models and humanized NAMs preclinical models. Soon we will launch the humanized NAMS lichen planus model! Stay tuned! Many congrats to Pearrii Kanyaluck Pirawish Limlawan for this insightful narrative review paper with very colorful infographics!

Current In Vitro Models of Oral Lichen Planus for Investigating Pathogenesis and Facilitating Drug Discovery: A Narrative Review Background Oral lichen planus (OLP) is highlighted as a chronic inflammatory disease of the oral cavity with an unclear etiopathogenesis. It is also categorized as an oral potentially malignant diso...

Our PhD candidate, Dr. Chau Lam, has published her latest work on salivary gland cancer-on-chip. Her cancer chip work is now online by Engineered Regeneration Journal (CiteScore 23.3). In this study, she and our team developed an injectable tissue-specific dECM hydrogel that supports salivary gland cancer cell growth, ductal phenotype & secretory function within a microfluidic platform. This platform enables the bioengineering of a SG cancer-on-a-chip model for disease modeling and anti-cancer drug screening applications. Feel free to check it out!
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