Fang Fang Li
PhD candidate in
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at UBC
Scientist-in-training, dog mom, lover of ice cream
Hi! My name's Fang Fang, and welcome to my site!
I'm a PhD candidate in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at UBC, and my work aims to deconvolute the complex relationships between chronic respiratory disorders, such as asthma and sleep-disordered breathing, with viral infections in early childhood. Outside of that, I also do a lot of work with post viral syndromes using phage immunoprecipitation.My partner-in-crime science is none other than Sesame, my grumpy little corgi. My other dog's name is Timbit, and he's recently acquired a new hobby of jumping onto the dining table and stealing snacks while I'm away.
Selected Publications and Presentations
PhIP-Seq
Li, F., Marquez, A. C., Caleta, J. M., Duan, J. Pidduck, T., Moraes, T., ... & Jassem, A. N. (2022). Elucidating Determinants of Respiratory Health by Virome Assessment. Official Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada, 7(Suppl. 1). 126.
Jassem, A. N., Li, F., Faber, A., Watson, N., Le, H., Caleta, J. M., ... & Srigley, J. A. (2023). Antibody detection using phage immunoprecipitationsequencing to directly link enterovirus D68 infectionto a pediatric case of severe Guillain-Barré Syndrome. Official Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada.
Li, F., Caleta, J. M., Faber, A., Watson, N., Goldfarb, D. M., Sekirov, I., ... & Jassem, A. N. (2023). Detection of Enterovirus D antibotides in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with neurological symptoms. Presented at ASM Microbe 2023. Houston, TX, USA.
COVID-19
Li, F., Liu, A., Gibbs, E., Tanunliong, G., Marquez, A. C., Gantt, S., Frykman, H., … & Jassem, A. N. (2022). A novel multiplex electrochemiluminescent immunoassay for detection and quantification of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG and anti-seasonal endemic human coronavirus IgG. Journal of Clinical Virology, 146. 105050.
Li, F., Liu, A., Gibbs, E., Tanunliong, G., Duan, J., Prystajecky, N. A., ... & Jassem, A. N. (2021). Assays to measure the impact of previous coronavirus infection on the immune response generated from SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination. Official Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada, 6(Suppl. 1). 71.
Li, F., Tyson, J. R., Hoang, L. M. N., Prystajecky, N. A., & Jassem, A. N. (2022, October). Validation of an oligonucleotide ligation assay for the detection of deletions and single nucleotide polymorphisms in SARS-CoV-2. Presented at BCCDC Research Symposium. Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Li, F., Tyson, J. R., Hoang, L. M. N., Prystajecky, N. A., & Jassem, A. N. (2022, May). Comparison of whole-genome sequencing and an oligonucleotide ligation assay for the detection of deletions and single nucleotide polymorphisms. Presented at UBC Pathology Day 2022. Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Li, F. (2022). Measuring the contributions of the humoral response in COVID-19. COVID-19 Immunology Consortium-BC Trainee Group: What’s the TEA?. Vancouver, BC,Canada.
Selected Awards
Frederick Banting and Charles Best Doctoral Award (Canada Graduate Scholarship - Doctoral)
4-Year Doctoral Fellowship
Graduate Student Research Award in Asthma
Pritchard Award
Frederick Banting and Charles Best Master's Award (Canada Graduate Scholarship - Master's)
Research Interests
Pediatric viral infections and inflammatory disease
Adapted next-generation sequencing technologies
Biostatistics and bioepidemiology