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1 Curriculum Vitae PERSONAL Name Ingorn Kimkong Date of Birth December 10, 1978 Place of Birth Ratchaburi, Thailand Nationality Thai Office address Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Phaholyothin Road, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand Office telephone +66(0) ext Fax +66(0) Cell phone +66(0) Homepage EDUCATION BACKGROUNG Thammasat University, Thailand: Bachelor of Science (Medical Technology) Chulalongkorn University, Thailand: Master of Science (Medical Microbiology) Thesis - The association Between HLA-E Gene and Genetic Susceptibility of Nasopharyngeal Carcinogenesis Chulalongkorn University, Thailand: Doctor of Philosophy (Medical Microbiology) Thesis- Functional characterization of genetic polymorphisms (IFI16, MNDA and AIM2) associated with SLE disease 2006 Research training at Centre National de Genotypage (CNG), Evry, France (6 months)

2 SCHOLARSHIPS Scholarship from Commission on Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Thailand, for education in Doctor of Philosophy degree according to the requirement of Kasetsart University. AWARDS 2004 Excellent poster presentation at The Fifth Princess Chulabhorn International Science Congress: Evolving Genetics and Its Global Impact, Bangkok, Thailand, August 16-20, European Commissions Marie Curie Actions scholarship from ESH EuroConference on Translational Research in Transplantation, Immunogenetics, Phamacogenomics, Proteomics and Immunobiology; July, 4-6, 2006; Paris, France 2009 Oral presentation at The 25 th Congress on Allergy and Immunology, Sofitel Centara Grand Bangkok, April 30-May TEACHING EXPERIENCES - General microbiology - Laboratory in general microbiology - Infection and Immunity - Advanced Immunology - Virology - Advanced Virology - Advanced Research Methods in Microbiology - Seminar FIELD OF INTEREST - Immunogenetics, Gene expression and Immunoinformatics studies in autoimmune diseases and hepatitis B virus infection

3 FUNDING/GRANT Pre-proposal Research Fund, Faculty of Science and the Graduate School, Kasetsart University: The role of class II cytokine receptor genes in disease susceptibility and progression of chronic hepatitis B virus infection Thailand Research Fund (MRG ), Kasetsart University Research and Development Institute (KURDI) and Science Research Fund (ScRF), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University: The effect of hepatitis B virus infection on gene expression profile involving in autophagy Research grant from Center for Advanced Studies in Tropical Natural Resources, National Research University- Kasetsart University, Kasetsart University, Thailand (CASTNAR, NRU-KU, Thailand): Functional characterization of genes in autophagic pathway involving in hepatitis B virus replication CONFERENCES 1. Kimkong I, Mutirangura A, Pimtanothai N. The association Between HLA-E Gene and Genetic Susceptibility of Nasopharyngeal Carcinogenesis. The 43 rd Medicine Beyond the Horizon, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, June 24-28, 2002 (Oral 2. Ingorn Kimkong, Apiwat Mutirangura, Nattiya H. Pimtanothai. HLA-E polymorphism in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The 6 th Congress of the Federation of Immunology Societies of Asia-Oceania (FIMSA), Ayutthaya, Thailand, October 20-25, 2002 (Poster 3. Ingorn Kimkong, Apiwat Mutirangura, Nattiya H. Pimtanothai. Distribution of Human Leukocyte Antigen-E alleles in Thailand. The 6 th Congress of the association of Medical Technologists of Thailand, Ambassador City Pattaya Hotel, Chonburi, Thailand, April 29- May 2, 2003 (Poster

4 4. Nattiya Hirankarn (Pimtanothai), Ingorn Kimkong, Apiwat Mutirangura, Rajiv Khanna. Mapping of Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Epitopes within Nasopharyngeal Carcinomaassociated Epstein Barr Virus Antigens in Thai Population. The 12 th Special CU-af Seminar, the Conference Room 202 Jamjuree 4 Building Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, February 27, Ingorn Kimkong, Pittaya Kummee, Pisit Tangkijvanich, Yong Poovorawan, Nattiya Hirankarn. Interleukin-1 Gene Polymorphism associated with Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection. The Fifth Princess Chulabhorn International Science Congress: Evolving Genetics and Its Global Impact, Bangkok, Thailand, August 16-20, 2004 (Poster 6. Ingorn Kimkong, Pisit Tangkijvanich, Yong Poovorawan, Nattiya Hirankarn. Interleukin- 1 Gene Polymorphism associated with Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Hepatitis B Virus Infection. 1 st International Conference on Basic and Clinical Immunogenomics, Budapest, Hungary, October 3-7, 2004 (Poster 7. Ingorn Kimkong, Jongkonnee Wongpiyabovorn, Yingyos Avihingsanon, Nattiya Hirankarn. No Association between polymorphisms within interferon (IFN)-inducible genes (MNDA, IFI16 and AIM2) with susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus. ESH EuroConference on Translational Research in Transplantation, Immunogenetics, Phamacogenomics, Proteomics and Immunobiology, Paris, France, July 4-6, 2006 (Abstract 8. Ingorn Kimkong. The role of interferon (IFN) - inducible genes (MNDA, IFI16, and AIM2) in SLE. The Third International Summer School Immunogenetics, Bangkok, Thailand, November 17-20, 2006 (Oral 9. Ingorn Kimkong, Yingyos Avihingsanon, Jongkonnee Wongpiyabovorn, Nattiya Hirankarn. Up-regulation of interferon (IFN)-inducible genes (IFI16, MNDA, AIM2 and IFIX) in leukocyte, but not lymphocyte and kidney, of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. The 4th Congress of the Federation of Immunology Societies of Asia- Oceania (FIMSA 2008), Taipei, Taiwan, October 17 to 20, 2008 (Oral 10. Ingorn Kimkong, Yingyos Avihingsanon and Nattiya Hirankarn. Expression profile of HIN200 in leukocytes and renal biopsy of SLE patients by real time RT-PCR. The 25 th Congress on Allergy and Immunology, Sofitel Centara Grand Bangkok, April 30-May (Oral

5 11. Ingorn Kimkong, Yingyos Avihingsanon and Nattiya Hirankarn. Association of HIN200 gene polymorphisms with susceptibility to SLE disease. The 9th International Congress on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Vancouver, Canada, June 24-27, 2010 (Poster 12. N. Kitkumthorm, J. Nakkuntod, I. Kimkong, P. Sodsai, N. Hirankarn. Association of IFNgamma gene polymorphisms with oral lichen planus in Thai population. The 14 th International Congress of Immunology, Kobe, Japan August 22-27, 2010 (Poster 13. I. Kimkong, N. Hirankarn, J. Nakkuntod, N. Kitkumthorm. Promoter polymorphisms of the tumor necrosis factor-alpha gene and susceptibility to oral lichen planus in Thai population. The 14 th International Congress of Immunology, Kobe, Japan, August 22-27, 2010 (Poster 14. Thammakorn Saethang, Ingorn Kimkong, Kenji Satou. Quantitative HLA-Peptide Binding Prediction Using Amino Acid Pairwise Contact Potentials and HLA-Peptide Contact Site Information. The 2011 Joint Conference of Chem-Bio Informatics (CBI) Society and the Japanese Society of Bioinformatics (JSBi), Kobe, Japan, November 8-10, 2011 (Poster 15. Ingorn Kimkong, Sirinadda Romporn, Pisit Tangkijvanich, Yong Poovorawan, Nattiya Hirankarn. Association study of IFNAR2 and IL10RB genes with the susceptibility to chronic infection with hepatitis B virus in Thai population. The 34 th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan, Yokohama, Japan, December 13-16, 2011 (Poster 16. Sirinadda Romporn, Pisit Tangkijvanich, Yong Poovorawan, Nattiya Hirankarn, Ingorn Kimkong. Class II cytokine receptor gene polymorphisms associated with hepatocellular carcinoma in hepatitis B virus infection. 5th International Singapore Symposium of Immunology, Town Plaza Auditorium, University Town, National University of Singapore, Singapore, June 7 8, 2012 (Poster 17. Areerat Kunanopparat, Nattiya Hirankarn, Chaivat Kittigul, Ingorn Kimkong. Expression profiles of autophagy-related genes ATG4B, ATG7 and ATG12 induced by hepatitis B virus. 5 th International Singapore Symposium of Immunology, Town Plaza Auditorium, University Town, National University of Singapore, Singapore, June 7 8, 2012 (Poster 18. Thammakorn Saethang, Osamu Hirose, Ingorn Kimkong, Vu Anh Tran, Xuan Tho Dang, Lan Anh T.Nguyen, Tu Kien T. Le, Mamoru Kubo, Yoichi Yamada, Kenji Satou. PAAQD:

6 predicting immunogenicity of MHC class I binding peptides using amino acid pairwise contact potentials and quantum topological molecular similarity descriptors. 11 th International Conference on Bioinformatics, the Centara Grand at Central Plaza Ladprao Bangkok, Thailand, 3-5 October, PUBLICATIONS 1. Pimtanothai N, Kimkong I, Inwattana R, Deesomchok U, Charoenwongse P DRB1*04 subtype in Thai patients with rheumatoid arthritis. J Med Assoc Thai, 85(Suppl 1) (June): S366-S Kimkong I, Pimtanothai N, Mutirangura A Distribution of Human Leukocyte Antigen-E alleles in Thailand. J Med Assoc Thai, 86(Suppl 2) (June): S230-S Pimtanothai N, Kimkong I, Mutirangura A HLA-E polymorphism in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Tissue Antigens Nov; 64(5): (Impact factor 2011 = 2.588) 4. Nattiya Hirankarn, Ingorn Kimkong, Pittaya Kummee, Pisit Tangkijvanich, Yong Poovorawan. Interleukin-1β Gene Polymorphism Associated with Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Hepatitis B Virus Infection. World J Gastroenterol Feb 7; 12(5): (Impact factor 2010 = 2.471) 5. Ingorn Kimkong, Nattiya Hirankarn. Molecular Genetics of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Molecular Genetics. Siriraj Medical Journal Sep; 60(5). 6. Ingorn Kimkong, Yingyos Avihingsanon and Nattiya Hirankarn. Expression profile of HIN200 in leukocytes and renal biopsy of SLE patients by real time RT-PCR. LUPUS Oct; 18(12): (Impact factor 2011 = 2.337) 7. Ingorn Kimkong, Yingyos Avihingsanon and Nattiya Hirankarn. Association of IFI200 Gene Polymorphisms with Susceptibility to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. J Rheumatol Jul; 37(7): (Impact factor 2011 = 3.695) 8. Ingorn Kimkong. Diversity of immunoglobulin genes. K.U. Science Journal 2011, 29 (1), (in Thai).

7 9. I. Kimkong, N. Hirankarn, J. Nakkuntod, N. Kitkumthorm. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to oral lichen planus. Oral Dis Mar; 17(2): (Impact factor 2011 = 2.495) 10. Ingorn Kimkong, Jeerawat Nakkuntod, Siriwalee Sae-Ngow, Thiti Snabboon, Yingyos Avihingsanon, Nattiya Hirankarn. Association between CTLA-4 polymorphisms and the susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus and Graves disease in Thai population. Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol Sep; 29: (Impact factor 2011 = 0.649) 11. Ingorn Kimkong, Jeerawat Nakkuntod, Pimpayao Sodsai, Nattiya Hirankarn and Nakarin Kitkumthorn. Association of Interferon-gamma Gene Polymorphisms with Susceptibility to Oral Lichen Planus in the Thai Population. Arch Oral Biol May; 57(5): (Impact factor 2011 = 1.603) 12. Thammakorn Saethang, Osamu Hirose, Ingorn Kimkong, Vu Anh Tran, Xuan Tho Dang, Lan Anh T.Nguyen, Tu Kien T. Le, Mamoru Kubo, Yoichi Yamada, Kenji Satou. PAAQD: predicting immunogenicity of MHC class I binding peptides using amino acid pairwise contact potentials and quantum topological molecular similarity descriptors. Journal of Immunological Methods (in press) (Impact factor 2011 = 2.203).