Degeng Kong
Vancouver,BC
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
Work History
Graduate Student Researcher
Vancouver Coastal Health
Vancouver, BC
09.2025 - Current
- Conducted literature reviews to support ongoing research projects and inform study design.
- Assisted in data collection and analysis, ensuring accuracy and consistency throughout research phases.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop research protocols and methodologies.
- Managed project documentation, maintaining organized records of findings and processes.
Education
Ph.D. - IOP
University of British Columbia
Vancouver06-2030
Master's Degree - Surgery
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University
06-2025
Bachelor - Clinical Medicine
School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University
06-2022
Skills
- Cancer biology and cell models: cell culture, bladder/prostate cancer functional assays, proliferation and oncogenic recovery assays, cisplatin response and post-treatment regrowth models, LIN28B overexpression/knockout models, mixed-cell selection assays
- Molecular and protein assays: qPCR, Western blotting, phospho-DDR pathway readouts, immunohistochemistry, dot blot, flow cytometry, cell transfection, and stable lentiviral transduction
- Functional genomics and bioinformatics: RNA-seq interpretation, GSEA, public clinical transcriptomic dataset analysis, APEX2-seq and polysome-seq experimental planning, pathway and survival-associated signature analysis
- Animal and treatment studies: subcutaneous tumor model construction, tail vein and intravenous injection, in vivo treatment-response monitoring, residual disease and recurrence-oriented study design
- Research software: GraphPad Prism, Adobe Illustrator, ImageJ, FlowJo, and common tools for statistical analysis, figure preparation, and experimental data visualization
PUBLICATIONS
- 1. Kong D, Shi J, Lai C, Hu J, Mulati Y, Luo J, Wang J, Xiao Y, Liu C and Xu K. 2025. Comprehensive analysis of m7G-related genes METTL1 and WDR4 for predicting prognosis and oncogenic functions in prostate cancer. Discover Oncology.
- 2. Xu X, Lai C, Luo J, Shi J, Guo K, Hu J, Mulati Y, Xiao Y, Kong D, Liu C, Huang J and Xu K. 2024. The predictive significance of chromobox family members in prostate cancer in humans. Cell Oncology.
- 3. Hu J, Zhang J, Wang J, Tan Y, Zhou L, Chan W, Kong D, Liu C and Xu K. 2025. Global, Regional, and National Epidemiology of Pediatric Urolithiasis (1990-2021) and 2040 Forecast. The Journal of Urology.
- 4. Xiao Y, Lai C, Hu J, Mulati Y, Xu X, Luo J, Kong D, Liu C and Xu K. 2024. Integrative analysis regarding the correlation between collagen-related genes and prostate cancer. BMC Cancer.
- 5. Luo J, Hu J, Mulati Y, Wu Z, Lai C, Kong D, Liu C and Xu K. 2024. Developing and validating a nomogram for penile cancer survival: A comprehensive study based on SEER and Chinese data. Cancer Medicine.
- 6. Mulati Y, Lai C, Luo J, Hu J, Xu X, Kong D, Xiao Y, Liu C and Xu K. 2024. Establishment of a prognostic risk prediction model incorporating disulfidptosis-related lncRNA for patients with prostate cancer. BMC Cancer.
Timeline
Graduate Student Researcher
Vancouver Coastal Health
09.2025 - Current
Ph.D. - IOP
University of British Columbia
Master's Degree - Surgery
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University
Bachelor - Clinical Medicine
School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University