Areas of Focus
- Pluripotent Stem Cells and Neurodegenerative Diseases
Work Experience
- 2012/12-present - Fudan University - Associate Professor
- 2010/02-2012/12 - Fudan University - Lecturer
- 2008/10-2010/02 - University of Wisconsin - Visiting Scholar
- 2004/07-2008/10 - Fudan University - Lecturer
- 1999/07-2004/06 - Fudan University (formerly Shanghai Medical University) - Assistant
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2012.9-2019.6 PhD: Fudan University
- 2001.9-2005.6 Master's: Fudan University
- 1994.9-1999.6 Bachelor's: Shanghai Medical University
Publications
- Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived GABA Neurons Correct Locomotion Deficits in Quinolinic Acid-Lesioned Mice, Ma, Lixiang; Hu, Baoyang; Liu, Yan; Vermilyea, Scott Christopher; Liu, Huisheng; Gao, Lu; Sun, Yan; Zhang, Xiaoqing; Zhang, Su-Chun, 2012
- Gedunin Degrades Aggregates of Mutant Huntingtin Protein and Intranuclear Inclusions via the Proteasomal Pathway in Neurons and Fibroblasts from Patients with Huntington's Disease, Yang, Weiqi; Xie, Jingmo; Qiang, Qiang; Li, Li; Lin, Xiang; Ren, Yiqing; Ren, Wenlei; Liu, Qiong; Zhou, Guomin; Wei, Wenshi; Saiyin, Hexige; Ma, Lixiang, 2019
- A striatal-enriched intronic GPCR modulates huntingtin levels and toxicity, Yuwei Yao; Xiaotian Cui; Ismael Al-Ramahi; Xiaoli Sun; Bo Li; Jiapeng Hou; Marian Difiglia; James Palacino; Zhi-Ying Wu; Lixiang Ma; Juan Botas; Boxun Lu, 2015
- The physiological characteristics of the basal microvilli microvessels in pancreatic cancers, Lixiang Ma, Xu Han, Jichun Gu, Ji Li, Wenhui Lou, Chen Jin, Hexige Saiyin, 2020
- HuR stabilizes HTT mRNA via interacting with its exon 11 in a mutant HTT-dependent manner, Quan Zhao; Chen Li; Meng Yu; Yimin Sun; Jian Wang; Lixiang Ma; Xiaoli Sun; Boxun Lu, 2020
Awards
- Chinese Medical Science Award (2017): Research and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases using human pluripotent stem cells