Jeff Dong

Biography

I grew up in Vancouver and recently moved to Calgary to experience what winter in Canada truly feels like. My favourite sports are tennis and pipetting. I also have a 100% success rate in convincing undergraduate students to go to grad school. 

Publications

Dong, Y., D'Mello, C., Pinsky, W., Lozinski, BM., Kaushik, DK., Ghorbani, S., Moezzi, D., Brown, D., Melo, FC., Zandee, S., Vo, T., Prat, A., Whitehead, SN., Yong, V.W. Oxidized phosphatidylcholines found in multiple sclerosis lesions mediate neurodegeneration and are neutralized by microglia. Nat Neurosci.(2021). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33603230

Dong, Y., Yong, V.W. When encephalitogenic T cells collaborate with microglia in multiple sclerosis. Nat. Rev. Neurol.(2019). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31527807

Dong, Y., Poon, G.F., Arif, A., Lee-Sayer, S.S.M., Dosanjh, M., Johnson, P. The survival of fetal and bone marrow monocyte-derived alveolar macrophages is promoted by CD44 and its interaction with hyaluronan. Mucosal Immunol. 11:601-614.(2017). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29067996

Dong, Y., Arif, A., Olsson, M., Cali, V., Hardman, B., Dosanjh, M., Lauer., Midura, R.J., Hascall, V.C., Brown, K.L., Johnson, P. Endotoxin free hyaluronan and hyaluronan fragments do not stimulate TNF-alpha, interleukin-12 or upregulate co-stimulatory molecules in dendritic cells or macrophages. Sci. Rep. 6:36928.(2016). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5116629/

Dong, Y., Arif, A., Poon, G.F., Hardman, B., Dosanjh, M., Johnson, P. Generation and identification of GM-CSF derived Alveolar-like macrophages and dendritic cells from mouse bone marrow. J. Vis. Exp. Jun 25;(112).(2016). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4993247/