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Xiaoqiang Ma
Veterinary Medicine
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai
Language: Chinese, English
Biomass
Valorization
Functionalization
Enzymes
Microbes
Communities
High-Value
Agricultural
Synthetic Biology
Technology Development
Areas of Focus
- Food Biomass Valorization and Functionalization
- Engineering of Food Enzymes/Microbes and Communities for High-Value Agricultural Compounds
- Technology Development and Application in Food Synthetic Biology
Work Experience
- 2021 - Present: Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Agriculture and Biology, Department of Food Science and Engineering, PI
- 2018 - 2021: Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, Department of Innovative Technologies in Precision Agriculture, Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2015 - 2018: National University of Singapore, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Postdoctoral Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2010 - 2015 PhD in Biochemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
- 2006 - 2010 Bachelor in Biological Sciences, Shanxi Agricultural University
- Published over 30 SCI papers, first author in 14 articles
Publications
- Optimization of the isopentenol utilization pathway for isoprenoid synthesis in Escherichia coli, Ma, X., Liang, H., Pan, Q., Prather, K. L., Sinskey, A. J., Stephanopoulos, G., & Zhou, K., 2022
- C2 feedstock-based biomanufacturing of value-added chemicals, Ma, X., H. Liang., S. Panda., V. Fung., J. Zhou and K. Zhou*, 2022
- Establishment of strigolactone-producing bacterium-yeast consortium, Wu, S, X. Ma (Co-first author)., A. Zhou., A. Valenzuela., K. Zhou*. and Y. Li*, 2021
- Upcycling chitin-containing waste into organonitrogen chemicals via an integrated process, Ma, X., Gözaydın. G., Yang. H., W. Ning., Han. Xi., Poon. NY., Liang. H., Yan. N* and K. Zhou*, 2020
- A standard for near-scarless plasmid construction using reusable DNA parts, Ma, X., H. Liang., X. Cui., Y. Liu., H. Lu., W. Ning and K. Zhou*, 2019
- Constructing plasmid under GT DNA assembly standard, Ma, X., H. Liang, K. Zhou., 2019
- Integrating a light-driven coenzyme regeneration system by expression of an alcohol dehydrogenase in phototrophic bacterium for synthesis of chiral alcohol, Ma, X., H. Liang., C. Ning., S. Deng and E. Su*, 2017
- High-level expression of Cephalosporin C deacetylase from Bacillus subtilis SIL 3 in Escherichia coli by a multilevel collaborative strategy, Ma, X., Y. Zhu., M. Sun., S. Yang., E. Su* and D. Wei*, 2016
- Efficient enzymatic synthesis of ampicillin using mutant Penicillin G acylase with bio-based solvent glycerol, Deng, S., X. Ma (Co-first author)., M. Sun., D. Wei* and E. Su*, 2016
- Efficient cascade synthesis of ampicillin from penicillin G potassium salt using wild and mutant penicillin G acylase from Alcaligenes faecalis, Deng, S., X. Ma (Co-first author)., E. Su* and D. Wei*, 2016
- An effective method for extraction of glutaryl-7-aminocephalosporanic acid acylase from recombinant E. coli cells, Ma, X., E. Su., S. Deng* and D. Wei*, 2015
- Efficient hydration of 2-amino-2, 3-dimethylbutyronitrile to 2-amino-2, 3-dimethylbutyramide in a biphasic system via an easily prepared whole-cell biocatalyst, Zhu, S., X. Ma (Co-first author)., E. Su* and D. Wei*, 2015
- One-pot enzymatic production of deacetyl-7-aminocephalosporanic acid from cephalosporin C via immobilized cephalosporin C acylase and deacetylase, Ma, X., S. Deng., E. Su* and D. Wei*, 2015
- High-level expression of glutaryl-7-aminocephalosporanic acid acylase from Pseudomonas diminuta NK703 in Escherichia coli by combined optimization strategies, Ma, X., E. Su*., Y. Zhu., S. Deng and D. Wei*, 2013
Awards
- Shanghai Overseas High-Level Talent Honor
