Dr PANG Kok Shuen Iris
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EducationPh.D. Yale University
B.S. University of Washington
PositionLecturer, School of Life Sciences
Research InterestsImmunology
Innate activation of adaptive immunity
Pathogen recognition by innate receptors
Influenza virus infection
Immune regulation by commensal bacteria
Representative PublicationsLi L., Leung A.K., Kwok T.P., Lai Y.Y.Y., Pang I.K., Chung G.T., Mak A.C.Y., Poon A., Chu C., Li M., Wu J.J.K., Lam E.T., Cao H., Lin C., Sibert J., Yiu S.M., Xiao M., Lo K.W., Kwok P.Y., Chan T.F., Yip K.Y. (2017). OMSV enables accurate and comprehensive identification of large structural variations from nanochannel-based single-molecule optical maps. Genome Biol. 18(1):230.
Schmid E.T., Pang I.K., Carrera Silva E.A., Bosurgi L., Miner J.J., Diamond M.S., Iwasaki A., Rothlin C.V. (2016). AXL receptor tyrosine kinase is required for T cell priming and antiviral immunity. Elife. 5:e12414.
Pillai P.S., Molony R.D., Martinod K., Dong H., Pang I.K., Tal M.C., Solis A.G., Bielecki P., Mohanty S., Trentalange M., Homer R.J., Flavell R.A., Wagner D.D., Montgomery R.R., Shaw A.C., Staeheli P., Iwasaki A. (2016). Mx1 reveals innate pathways to antiviral resistance and lethal influenza disease. Science. 352(6284):463-6.
Pang, I.K., Pillai, P.S., and Iwasaki, A. (2013). Efficient influenza A virus replication in the respiratory tract requires signals from TLR7 and RIG-I. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 110(34), 13910-5.
Pang, I.K., Ichinohe, T., and Iwasaki, A. (2013). IL-1R signaling in dendritic cells replaces pattern-recognition receptors in promoting CD8(+) T cell responses to influenza A virus. Nature immunology 14, 246-253.
Pang, I.K., and Iwasaki, A. (2012). Control of antiviral immunity by pattern recognition and the microbiome. Immunological Reviews 245, 209-226.
Ichinohe, T.*, Pang, I.K.*, Kumamoto, Y., Peaper, D.R., Ho, J.H., Murray, T.S., and Iwasaki, A. (2011). Microbiota regulates immune defense against respiratory tract influenza A virus infection. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108(13), 5354-5359. *, authors contributed equally to this work
Pang, I.K., and Iwasaki, A. (2011). Inflammasomes as mediators of immunity against influenza virus. Trends in immunology 32, 34-41.
Ichinohe, T., Pang, I.K., and Iwasaki, A. (2010). Influenza virus activates inflammasomes via its intracellular M2 ion channel. Nature immunology 11, 404-410.
AwardsFaculty Exemplary Teaching Award, Faculty of Science, CUHK, 2016
Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation, Yale University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 2013
Distinguished Speaker Award, Yale University Microbial Diversity Institute Symposium, 2012
Keystone Symposia Travel Scholarship, 2011
Amgen Scholars Alumni Travel Award, 2011
Professional ActivitiesSpeaker, “Taking brakes off Immune System to attack Cancer”, Popular Science Special Lecture Series: How Nobel Prizes Are Won, Faculty of Science, CUHK, 2018
Speaker, “Ebola: The Micro-Killer”, The 11^th Lau Oi Wah Memorial Science Lecture Series, Faculty of Science, CUHK, 2015
Invited Speaker, 6^th HKU-Pasteur Immunology Course for Research Postgraduate Students, 2013
Invited Workshop Presenter, Keystone Symposia Conference on Pathogenesis of Influenza, 2011