Prof. Ma obtained 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 on 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’s research focuses on understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease and autism spectrum disorders. Her group tries to understand how dysregulated neural stem cells links to developmental disorders and the molecular regulation of autophagy. Prof. Ma’s research work has been published in Journal of Cell Biology, Cerebral Cortex, Neuropsychopharmacology, Aging Cell etc. Prof. Ma also actively participates scientific social activities. She is an Academic editor of Neuroscience Bulletin. Prof. Ma serves as Committee member of Chinese Society of Neuroscience, Endocrine Sub-professional Chinese Society of Neuroscience, Nerve Injury and Repair Branch of Chinese Society of Neurosciences, Society for Children's Cognition and Brain Dysfunction and Jiangsu Society of Neuroscience.

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)