Curriculum Vitae

DR. KONG BOON HONG

Senior Lecturer
  • Department of Molecular Medicine
    Faculty of Medicine

AREAS OF EXPERTISE


  • TRADITIONAL MEDICINE AND NATURAL PRODUCTS
    Biopharmaceuticals and Toxicological Assessment of Medicinal Mushrooms
  • TRADITIONAL MEDICINE AND NATURAL PRODUCTS
    Bioactive Components from Medicinal Mushrooms
  • MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY
    Epidemiology, Mechanisms of Drug Resistance
  • BACTERIOLOGY
    Identification, Antimicrobial Resistance

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION


  • PhD, (Molecular Medicine)
    Universiti Malaya (UM)
  • MSc, (Medical Microbiology)
    Universiti Malaya (UM)
  • BSc, (Microbiology)
    Universiti Malaya (UM)

MEMBERSHIPS


  • ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE FOR THE DEVELOPING WORLD (OWSD), MEMBER
    Since 2019 (International)
  • MALAYSIAN SOCIETY FOR BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (MSBMB), MEMBER
    2023 to 2023 (National)

PUBLICATIONS


Article in Journal
WoS
  1. Ng, Min Jia; Kong, Boon Hong; Teoh, Kean Hooi; Yap, Yeannie Hui-Yeng; Ng, Szu Ting; Tan, Chon Seng; Razif, Muhammad Fazril Mohamad; Fung, Shin Yee (2023). In vivo anti-tumor activity of Lignosus rhinocerus TM02 (R) using a MCF7-xenograft NCr nude mice model, JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY. 304. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2022.115957
  2. Yap, Hui-Yeng Y.; Rosli, Mohammad Farhan Ariffeen; Tan, Soon-Hao; Kong, Boon-Hong; Fung, Shin-Yee (2023). The Wound Healing Potential of Lignosus rhinocerus and Other Ethno-myco Wound Healing Agents, MYCOBIOLOGY. 51(1), 1-15. doi:10.1080/12298093.2022.2164641
  3. Pang, Li-Yin; Lee, Mei-Kee; Kong, Boon Hong; Fung, Shin-Yee; Ng, Szu Ting; Tan, Chon Seng; Then, Sue-Mian; Lim, Kuan-Hon; Roberts, Richard; Ting, Kang-Nee (2022). Chinese Caterpillar Mushroom, Ophiocordyceps sinensis (Ascomycota), Cold-Water Extract Relaxes the Rat Isolated Bladder, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL MUSHROOMS. 24(3), 1-14
  4. Yap, Hui Yeng Yeannie; Kong, Boon Hong; Yap, Chee Sum Alvin; Ong, Kien Chai; Zain, Rosnah Binti; Tan, Soon Hao; Zaini, Zuraiza Mohamad; Ng, Szu Ting; Tan, Chon Seng; Fung, Shin Yee (2022). Immunomodulatory Effect and an Intervention of TNF Signalling Leading to Apoptotic and Cell Cycle Arrest on ORL-204 Oral Cancer Cells by Tiger Milk Mushroom, Lignosus rhinocerus, FOOD TECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY. 60(1), 80-88. doi:10.17113/ftb.60.01.22.7296
  5. Kong, B. H., & Fung, S. Y. (2021). Longitudinal Assessment of the Tiger Milk Medicinal Mushroom, Lignosus rhinocerus (Agaricomycetes), Sclerotium Cultivar: Uniformity of Bioactive Components. International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms, 23(10), 61-68. doi: 10.1615/IntJMedMushrooms.2021040120
  6. Kong, B. H., Yap, C. S. A., Razif, M. F. M., Ng, S. T., Tan, C. S., & Fung, S. Y. (2021). Antioxidant and Cytotoxic Effects and Identification of Ophiocordyceps sinensis Bioactive Proteins Using Shotgun Proteomic Analysis. Food Technology and Biotechnology, 59(2), 201-208. doi: 10.17113/ftb.59.02.21.7151
  7. Kong, B. H., Teoh, K. H., Tan, N. H., Tan, C. S., Ng, S. T., & Fung, S. Y. (2020). Proteins from Lignosus tigris with selective apoptotic cytotoxicity towards MCF7 cell line and suppresses MCF7-xenograft tumor growth. PeerJ, 8, 21. doi: 10.7717/peerj.9650
  8. Cheong, P. C. H., Yong, Y. S., Fatima, A., Ng, S. T., Tan, C. S., Kong, B. H., . . . Fung, S. Y. (2019). Cloning, overexpression, purification, and modeling of a lectin (Rhinocelectin) with antiproliferative activity from Tiger Milk Mushroom, Lignosus rhinocerus. Iubmb Life, 71(10), 1579-1594. doi:10.1002/iub.2101
Scopus
  1. Ng M.J., Kong B.H., Teoh K.H., Yap Y.H.-Y., Ng S.T., Tan C.S., Mohamad Razif M.F., Fung S.Y. (2023). In vivo anti-tumor activity of Lignosus rhinocerus TM02 using a MCF7-xenograft NCr nude mice model, Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 304. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2022.115957
  2. Ng M.J., Mohamad Razif M.F., Kong B.H., Ng S.T., Tan C.S., Yap H.-Y.Y., Fung S.Y. (2023). The genome of Lignosus tigris: Uncovering its hidden nutraceutical potential, South African Journal of Botany. 154, 108-119. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2023.01.019
  3. Yap H.-Y.Y., Ariffeen Rosli M.F., Tan S.-H., Kong B.-H., Fung S.-Y. (2023). The Wound Healing Potential of Lignosus rhinocerus and Other Ethno-myco Wound Healing Agents, Mycobiology. 51(1), 1-15. doi:10.1080/12298093.2022.2164641
  4. Kong B.H., Rumiyati R., Razif M.F.M., Fung S.Y. (2022). EVALUATION OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS FOUND IN Volvariella volvacea FROM RURAL SEDAYU, YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA, Malaysian Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 25(2), 37-42
  5. Razif M.F.M., Kong B.-H., Yee Y.-K., Zulkapli N., Nik Ampuan N.N.A., Fung S.-Y. (2022). FERMENTED Morinda citrifolia LINN JUICE HAS REDUCED ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY AND DEMONSTRATES CYTOTOXICITY TOWARDS HUMAN BREAST CANCER CELLS, Malaysian Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 25(1), 51-57
Others
  1. Fung, S. Y., Tan, N. H., Kong, B. H., Lee, S. S., Tan, Y. S., Sabaratnam, V. (2017). Acute Toxicity Study and the In Vitro Cytotoxicity of a Black Lingzhi Medicinal Mushroom, Amauroderma rugosum (Agaricomycetes), from Malaysia. International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms, 19(12), 1093-1099. doi:10.1615/IntJMedMushrooms.2017024550
  2. Yap, H. Y. Y., Muria-Gonzalez, M. J., Kong, B. H., Stubbs, K. A., Tan, C. S., Ng, S. T., Tan, N. H., Solomon, P. S., Fung, S. Y., Chooi, Y. H. (2017). Heterologous expression of cytotoxic sesquiterpenoids from the medicinal mushroom Lignosus rhinocerotis in yeast. Microbial Cell Factories, 16, 13.
  3. Kong, B. H., Tan, N. H., Fung, S. Y., Pailoor, J., Tan, C. S., Ng, S. T. (2016). Nutritional composition, antioxidant properties, and toxicology evaluation of the sclerotium of Tiger Milk Mushroom Lignosus tigris cultivar E, Nutrition Research. 36(2174-183).
  4. Shin Yee Fung, Boon Hong Kong, Nget Hong Tan, Jayalakshmi Pailoor (2016) Sub-acute Toxicity Study of Tiger Milk Mushroom Lignosus tigris Chon S. Tan Cultivar E Sclerotium in Sprague Dawley Rats, Frontiers in Pharmacology, section Ethnopharmacology 7:246
  5. Chai, L. C., Kong, B. H., Elemfareji, O. I., & Thong, K. L. (2012). Variable carbon catabolism among Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi isolates. PLoS One, 7(5), e36201.
  6. Ho, W. S., Balan, G., Puthucheary, S., Kong, B. H., Lim, K. T., Tan, L. K., ... & Thong, K. L. (2012). Prevalence and characterization of multidrug-resistant and extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli from pediatric wards of a Malaysian hospital. Microbial Drug Resistance, 18(4), 408-416. (ISI-Indexed)
  7. Kong, B. H., Hanifah, Y. A., Yusof, M. Y. M., & Thong, K. L. (2011). Antimicrobial susceptibility profiling and genomic diversity of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from a teaching hospital in Malaysia. Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases, 64(4), 337-340. (ISI-Indexed)
  8. Kong, B. H., Hanifah, Y. A., Yusof, M. Y., & Thong, K. L. (2011). Application of amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis in identification of Acinetobacter baumannii from a tertiary teaching hospital, Malaysia. Tropical Biomedicine, 28(3), 563-568. (ISI-Indexed)
Chapter in Books
  1. Hui-Yeng Yeannie Yap, Boon Hong Kong and Shin Yee Fung (2022). Bioactive Properties of Malaysian Medicinal Mushrooms Lignosus spp. In: Fungal Biotechnology: Prospects and Avenues. (Eds: Kandikere R. Sridhar, Sunil K. Deshmukh) In Press

RESEARCH PROJECT


National
  1. 2022 - 2025, Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS)
    Isolation, Characterization And 3d Structure Studies Of A Novel Antineoplastic Deoxyribonuclease-like Protein From The Medicinal Fungi, Lignosus Tigris ( Co-Researcher)
  2. 2023 - 2025, Bantuan Khas Penyelidikan (BKP Special)
    Malaysia?s Functional Superfood, the Tiger Milk Mushroom TM02? as an Adjunct for the Maintenance of Optimal Health ( Co-Researcher)

SUPERVISION


Under Graduate Students
  1. (2023) Stage 3.1 Research Elective Posting
  2. (2023) Immunity following SARS CoV-2 boosters in individuals with hematological cancers