Areas of Focus
- Microbial-higher plant interactions: signaling molecules, signaling pathways, and evolutionary biology
- Endophytic bacterial colony structure and evolution in higher plants
- Isolation and biosynthesis of medicinal natural products from endophytic bacteria in higher plants
- High-throughput screening of microbial source genes for crop trait improvement and transgenic function research
Work Experience
- 1989-2006 - Shanghai Experimental Animal Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences - SPF Room Director
- 2006-2008 - Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Microbial Metabolism Laboratory
- 2002-Present - Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Life Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1982-1986 Bachelor: East China Normal University
- 1986-1989 Master's: East China Normal University
- 1998-2002 PhD: Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Publications
- Towards engineering increased pantothenate (vitamin B5) levels in plants, Ereck Chakauya, Katy M. Coxon, Wei Ma, Mary V., MacDonald, Tina Barsby, Chris Abell, Alison G. Smith, 2008
- Cloning and Characterization of Long-Chain Fatty Alcohol Oxidase LjFAO1 in Lotus japonicus, Shilan Zhao, Zhixin Lin, Wei Ma, Da Luo, Qi Cheng, 2008
- Control of petal shape and floral zygomorphy in Lotus japonicus, Feng X, Zhao Z, Tian Z, Xu S, Luo Y, Cai Z, Wang Y, Yang J, Wang Z, Weng L, Chen J, Zheng L, Guo X, Luo J, Sato S, Tabata S, Ma W, Cao X, Hu X, Sun C, Luo D, 2006
- Wrinkled petals and stamens 1, is required for the morphogenesis of petals and stamens in Lotus japonicus, Chen JH, Pang JL, Wang LL, Luo YH, Li X, Cao XL, Lin K, Ma W, Hu XH, Luo D, 2006
