Prof. Ma got her master degree in Dalian Medical University and Institute of Molecular Biology (IMCB), Singapore in 2005. She got her Ph.D. degree in University of Hamburg, Germany in 2008. Prof. Ma had worked at the drug development as a senior scientist in GlaxoSmithKline, R&D (China) before joining to Soochow University. Prof. Ma joined to Soochow University as a full professor on Nov. 2010. Prof. Ma has received an international cooperation and exchange program and 6 grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). She also received one grant from each of the National Major Scientific and Technological Special Project for “Significant New Drugs Development”, National Key Basic Research Program of China (973 Program), National Innovation of Science and Technology-2030, National Key Projects and Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province. She has published more than 50 articles and obtained 4 patents. She has published her research work in internationally renowned journals such as Journal of Cell Biology, Neuropsychopharmacology, Aging Cell, etc. Prof. Ma serves as the council member of Chinese Neuroscience Society, the standing committee member of Nerve Injury and Repair Branch of Chinese Neuroscience Society, the deputy director committee member of Neural Homeostasis and Neuroendocrine Chapter for Chinese Neuroscience Society, the committee member of Children's Cognition and Brain Dysfunction and the the council member of Jiangsu Society of Neuroscience. Prof. Ma also serves on the editorial board of Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, Neuroscience Bulletin and Chinese Journal of Neuromedicine.

Selected Publications

  1. Huang R¹, Yuan DJ¹, Li S¹, Liang XS, Gao Y, Lan XY, Qin HM, Ma YF, Xu GY, Schachner M, Sytnyk V, Boltze J, Ma QH*, Li S*; NCAM Regulates Temporal Specification of Neural Progenitor Cells via Profilin2 during Corticogenesis; Journal of Cell Biology; 2019 Accepted.(1)

  2. Wang ZT¹, Lu MH¹, Zhang Y, Ji WL, Lei L, Wang W, Fang LP, Wang LW, Yu F, Wang J, Li ZY, Wang JR, Wang TH, Dou F, Wang QW, Wang XL, Li S*, Ma QH*, Xu RX*; DISC1 Protects Synaptic Plasticity in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease As a Mitophagy Receptor; Aging Cell; 2019 Feb;18(1):e12860. (1)

  3. Lu MH¹, Ji WL, Xu DE, Yao PP, Zhao XY, Wang ZT, Fang LP, Huang R, Lan LJ, Chen JB, Wang TH, Cheng LH, Xu RX, Liu CF, Puglielli L, Ma QH*; Inhibition of sphingomyelin synthase 1 ameliorates alzheimer-like pathology in APP/PS1 transgenic mice through promoting lysosomal degradation of BACE1; Experimental Neurology; 2019 Jan;311:67-79. (2)

  4. Wu ZQ¹, Li D¹, Huang Y, Chen XP, Huang WH, Liu CF, Zhao HQ, Xu RX, Cheng M, Schachner M, Ma QH*; Caspr Controls the Temporal Specification of Neural Progenitor Cells through Notch Signaling in the Developing Mouse Cerebral Cortex; Cerebral Cortex; 2017 Feb 1;27(2):1369-1385. (1)

  5. Deng QS¹, Dong XY, Wu H, Wang W, Wang ZT, Zhu JW, Liu CF, Jia WQ, Zhang Y, Schachner M, Ma QH*, Xu RX*; Disrupted-in-Schizophrenia-1 Attenuates Amyloid-β Generation and Cognitive Deficits in APP/PS1 Transgenic Mice by Reduction of β-site APP-Cleaving Enzyme 1 Levels; Neuropsychopharmacology; 2016 Jan;41(2):440-53. (1)