Wai Ling Kok

Contact

• workRoom B1A07 B1 Block
  Malaysia Campus
  Jalan Broga
  43500 Semenyih
  Selangor Darul Ehsan
  Malaysia
• work+6 (03) 8924 8731
• fax+6 (03) 8924 8018
• wailing.kok@nottingham.edu.my

Expertise Summary

I obtained my BSc in Microbiology and Biochemistry from the University of Putra Malaysia in 1999. In 2001, I completed my MSc in Molecular Biology at the University of Putra Malaysia working on cloning and expression of hepatitis B surface antigen on M13 and T7 bacteriophages. I gained my PhD from the University of Edinburgh, UK in 2006 characterizing a rat model of post herpetic neuralgia. I spent four years as a postdoctoral research assistant at the Human Immunology Unit, Weatherall Institute Of Molecular Medicine in Oxford. I was working on the role of NKT cells in controlling immunepathology during influenza virus infection.

Teaching Summary

I am involved in the teaching of the following modules:

• Cellular Biochemistry and Introductory Microbiology (B31A02)
• Pharmaceutical Microbiology (B32C02)
• Practical in Pharmaceutical Microbiology (B32C08)

Research Summary

My main research interests are to understand the role of immune system to prevent immunepathology and host pathogen interaction in disease. Cellular immunology, molecular biology, in vitro & in… read more

Selected Publications

• KOK WL, DENNEY L, BENAM K, COLE S, CLELLAND C, MCMICHAEL AJ and HO L, 2011. Pivotal Advance: Invariant Nkt Cells Reduce Accumulation Of Inflammatory Monocytes In The Lungs And Decrease Immune-Pathology During Severe Influenza A Virus Infection. Journal Of Leukocyte Biology. (In Press.)
• BENAM KH, KOK WL, MCMICHAEL AJ and HO L, 2011. Alternative Spliced Cd1d Transcripts In Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells. Plos One. 6(8), e22726
• DENNEY, LAURA, AITKEN, CELIA, LI, CHRIS KA-FAI, WILSON-DAVIES, ELERI, KOK, WAI LING, CLELLAND, COLIN, ROONEY, KEVIN, YOUNG, DUNCAN, DONG, TAO, MCMICHAEL, ANDREW J, CARMAN, WILLIAM F and HO, LING-PEI, 2010. Reduction of natural killer but not effector CD8 T lymphocytes in three consecutive cases of severe/lethal H1N1/09 influenza A virus infection. PloS one. 5(5), e10675
• LOCKSTONE, HELEN E, SANDERSON, SHARON, KULAKOVA, NINA, BABAN, DILAIR, LEONARD, ANDREW, KOK, WAI LING, MCGOWAN, SIMON, MCMICHAEL, ANDREW J and HO, LING-PEI, 2010. Gene set analysis of lung samples provides insight into pathogenesis of progressive, fibrotic pulmonary sarcoidosis. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine. 181(12), 1367-75

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Current Research

My main research interests are to understand the role of immune system to prevent immunepathology and host pathogen interaction in disease. Cellular immunology, molecular biology, in vitro & in vivo work. Currently, I am also working in the area of natural product research focussing on immune regulation.

• KOK WL, DENNEY L, BENAM K, COLE S, CLELLAND C, MCMICHAEL AJ and HO L, 2011. Pivotal Advance: Invariant Nkt Cells Reduce Accumulation Of Inflammatory Monocytes In The Lungs And Decrease Immune-Pathology During Severe Influenza A Virus Infection. Journal Of Leukocyte Biology. (In Press.)
• BENAM KH, KOK WL, MCMICHAEL AJ and HO L, 2011. Alternative Spliced Cd1d Transcripts In Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells. Plos One. 6(8), e22726
• DENNEY, LAURA, AITKEN, CELIA, LI, CHRIS KA-FAI, WILSON-DAVIES, ELERI, KOK, WAI LING, CLELLAND, COLIN, ROONEY, KEVIN, YOUNG, DUNCAN, DONG, TAO, MCMICHAEL, ANDREW J, CARMAN, WILLIAM F and HO, LING-PEI, 2010. Reduction of natural killer but not effector CD8 T lymphocytes in three consecutive cases of severe/lethal H1N1/09 influenza A virus infection. PloS one. 5(5), e10675
• LOCKSTONE, HELEN E, SANDERSON, SHARON, KULAKOVA, NINA, BABAN, DILAIR, LEONARD, ANDREW, KOK, WAI LING, MCGOWAN, SIMON, MCMICHAEL, ANDREW J and HO, LING-PEI, 2010. Gene set analysis of lung samples provides insight into pathogenesis of progressive, fibrotic pulmonary sarcoidosis. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine. 181(12), 1367-75
• KRASHIAS, GEORGE, SIMON, ANNA-KATHARINA, WEGMANN, FRANK, KOK, WAI-LING, HO, LING-PEI, STEVENS, DAVID, SKEHEL, JOHN, HEENEY, JONATHAN L, MOGHADDAM, AMIN E and SATTENTAU, QUENTIN J, 2010. Potent adaptive immune responses induced against HIV-1 gp140 and influenza virus HA by a polyanionic carbomer. Vaccine. 28(13), 2482-9
• KOK, W L, YUSOFF, K, NATHAN, S and TAN, W S, 2002. Cloning, expression and display of the PreS domain of hepatitis B virus on filamentous bacteriophage M13. Journal of biochemistry, molecular biology, and biophysics : JBMBB : the official journal of the Federation of Asian and Oceanian Biochemists and Molecular Biologists (FAOBMB). 6(1), 55-8