Jianrong Sheng

Jianrong Sheng
Department of Neurology
University of Chicago, USA

Biography

Education 1985-1991 MD in Clinical Medicine, Shandong Medical University, China 1997-1999 M.S in Neurology, Shandong Medical University, China 2001-2004 PhD in Experimental Medicine Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska University, Sweden Awards & Grants: 2010-2012 Developmental Grant (Principal Investigator), Muscular Dystrophy Association 2012-2015 Research Grant (Principal Investigator), Muscular Dystrophy Association 2013-2015 AAI Early Career Faculty Travel Grant Memberships ?American Association of Immunologist (AAI) ?Society of Neuroscience (SFN) ?The New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS) ?International Society of Neuroimmunology (ISNI) Peer Reviewed Journal Articles: 1.Jagodic M, Becanovic K, Sheng JR, Wu X, BÃ¤ckdahl L, Lorentzen JC, WallstrÃ¶m E, Olsson T. An advanced intercross line resolves Eae18 into two narrow quantitative trait loci syntenic to multiple sclerosis candidate loci. J Immunol. 2004 Jul; 173(2): 1366-73. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 15240732. 2.Jagodic M, Marta M, Becanovic K, Sheng JR, Nohra R, Olsson T, Lorentzen JC. Resolution of a 16.8-Mb autoimmunity-regulating rat chromosome 4 region into multiple encephalomyelitis quantitative trait loci and evidence for epistasis. J Immunol. 2005 Jan; 174(2): 918-24. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 15634914. 3.Sheng JR, Jagodic M, Dahlman I, Becanovic K, Nohra R, Marta M, Iacobaeus E, Olsson T, WallstrÃ¶m E. Eae19, a new locus on rat chromosome 15 regulating experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Genetics. 2005 May; 170(1): 283-9. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 15716504.