Kong, Jiming
Professor
Human Anatomy and Cell Science
Canada
Biography
Dr. Jiming Kong earned his Bachelor of Medicine in 1983 from Luzhou Medical College and his PhD in 1994 from the First Military Medical University in China. After a short visiting scholarship in Baylor College of Medicine, he did three post-doctoral fellowships in University of Massachusetts and University of Manitoba. He joined the Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, University of Manitoba as an Assistant Professor in 2002. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2006 and Professor in 2011.
Research Interest
In Dr. Jiming Kong’s research program, he seeks to understand molecular regulation of neuronal cell death in neurodegenerative diseases.
Publications
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Guan T, Liu Q, Qian Y, Yang H, Kong J, Kou J, Yu B. Ruscogenin reduces cerebral ischemic injury via NF-κB-mediated inflammatory pathway in the mouse model of experimental stroke. Eur J Pharmacol. Jul 30. pii: S0014-2999(13)00558-X.
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He J, Qiao JP , Zhu SH, Xue MZ, Chen WW , Wang XC, Tempier A , Huang QJ, Kong J and Li XM. (2013) Serum ï¢-amyloid peptide levels spike in the early stage of Alzheimer’s disease phenotype in an APP/PS1 double transgenic mouse model. Current Alzheimer Research, 10, 979-986.
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Hayes K, Buist R, Vincent TJ, Thiessen JD, Zhang Y, Zhang H, Wang J, Summers AR, Kong J, Li XM, Martin M. (2013) Comparison of manual and semi-automated segmentation methods to evaluate hippocampus volume in APP and PS1 transgenic mice obtained via in vivo magnetic resonance imaging. J Neurosci Methods. Oct 1;221C:103- 111.
