Jing Zhang
Royal Military College of Canada, Canada
Biography
Jing Zhang is a recent PhD graduate from Carleton University under Dr.Kenneth Storey’s supervision and joined Dr.Valerie Langlois’ group as a Postdoctoral fellow in the fall of 2013. His field is molecular physiology and previous work includes investigating molecular mechanisms behind survival adaptions under extreme environmental conditions in various stress tolerant animal models. Currently, he is focusing on exploring the potential of hair follicle as a diagnostic tool for military activity-related medical conditions including traumatic brain injury (TBI) and operational stress disorders using transcriptomic approaches.
Abstract
Abstract : Mammalian hair follicles: Insights into microRNAs as a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) biomarker
