American Journal of Stem Cell Research

American Journal of Stem Cell Research is an international, peer-reviewed, worldwide, open access journal. It is dedicated to publishing high-quality manuscripts focusing on the biology and applications of stem cell research. The journal explains the special emphasis on basic translational and clinical research into stem cell therapeutics, including animal models and clinical trials.

Yong-Chao Ma

Editorial Board Member of American Journal of Stem Cell Research

Assistant Professor, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, USA

Research Areas

Stem Cell, Developmental Neurobiology, Signal Transduction, Neurological Diseases

Education

2008Postdoctoral FellowHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA
2002Ph.DWeill Medical College of Cornell University, New York

Experience

2002-2008Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Dr. Michael E. Greenberg, Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School
2010-presentAssistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Patna

Academic Achievement

1998 Vincent duVigneaud Award of Excellence, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
1999 Keystone Scholarship, Keystone Symposium in Molecular and Cellular Biology Organizing Committee
2000 Vincent duVigneaud Award of Excellence, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
2001 Robert F. Pitts Prize of Distinguished Research, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
2001 Julian R. Rachele Prize for Outstanding Graduate Student Research, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
2003-2006 American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship, American Cancer Society (Proposal ranked as the number one among all applicants of the year)
2006-2007 William Randolf Hearst Award, William Randolf Hearst Foundation and Harvard Medical School
2008-2013 Searle Award, Chicago Community Trust and Searle Leadership Fund in the Life Sciences
2009-2011 Schweppe Career Development Award, Schweppe Foundation
2009-2010 Searle Fellow, Northwestern University
2011-2014 Whitehall Foundation Scholar Award

Membership

1996-Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science
1997-Member, Society for Neuroscience
1997-Member, American Physiological Society
2006-International Society for Stem Cell Research

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums/Journals/Books

[1]  Sun, J. R., Ma, Y. C., Zhao, W. J., and Cai, Y. P. 1996. Adaptive changes of preoptic thermosensitive neurons in hypothalamic tissue slices of rats after long-term exposure to cold environmental temperature. Acta Physiologica Sinica, 48(5), 424-430. (PMID: 9387772)
[2]  Sun, J. R., Ma, Y. C., Xu, Z. H., Zhao, W. J., and Cai, Y. P. 1997. Effects of norepinephrine on the thermosensitive neurons in preoptic area of hypothalamus tissue slices in cold acclimatized rats. Acta Physiologica Sinica, 49(6), 666-670. (PMID: 9863189)
[3]  Ma, Y. C. and Huang, X. Y. 1998. Identification of the binding site for Gqαon its effector Bruton's tyrosine kinase. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA 95:12197-12201. (PMCID: PMC22808, PMID: 9770463)
[4]  Sun, J. R., Ma, Y. C., Xu, Z. H., Zhao, W. J., Dong, J. H., and Cai, Y. P. 1998. Changes of characteristics of preoptic neurons and NA metabolism in hypothalamus of ground squirrels (Citelleus Dauricus) in different seasons and hibernating phases. Science in China Series C: Life Sciences, 41(5), 488-497. (PMID: 18726230)
[5]  Ma, Y. C., Huang, J., Ali, S., Lowry, W., and Huang, X. Y. 2000. Src tyrosine kinase is a novel direct effector of G proteins. Cell, 102: 635-646. (PMID: 11007482)
[6]  Gu, C. H., Ma, Y. C., Benjamin, J., Littman, D., Chao. M., and Huang, X. Y. 2000. Apoptotic signaling trough the β-adrenergic receptor: A new Gs effector pathway. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 275: 20726-20733. (PMID: 10767282)
[7]  Zheng, B.*, Ma, Y. C.*, Ostrom, R. S., Insel, P. A., Huang, X. Y. and Farquhar, M. G. 2001. RGS-PX1, a GAP for Gαs and sorting nexin in vesicular trafficking. Science, 294:1939-42. (*Equal contribution) (PMID: 11729322) Science Perspectives on this paper: Zastrow, M.V. and Mostov, K. 2001. A new thread in an intricate web. Science, 294:1845-47 (PMID: 11729293)
[8]  Lowry, W., Ma, Y. C., Cvejic, S., and Huang, X. Y. 2001. Direct regulation of Btk tyrosine kinase by G proteins. Methods in Enzymology, 345:464-9. (PMID: 11665629)
[9]  Ma, Y. C., and Huang, X. Y. 2002. Novel signaling pathway through the β-adrenergic receptor. Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine, 12: 46-49. (PMID: 11796245)
[10]  Lowry, W. E., Huang, J., Ma, Y. C., Ali, S., Wang, D., Williams, D. M., Okada, M., Cole, P. A., and Huang, X. Y. 2002. Csk, a critical link of protein signals to actin cytoskeletal reorganization. Developmental Cell, 2(6): 733-44. (PMID: 12062086)
[11]  Datta, S. R., Ranger, A. M., Lin, M. Z., Sturgill, J. F., Ma, Y. C., Cowan, C. W., Dikkes. P., Korsmeyer, S. J., and Greenberg, M. E. 2002. Survival factor-mediated BAD phosphorylation raises the mitochondrial threshold for apoptosis. Developmental Cell, 3(5): 631-43. (PMID: 12431371)
[12]  Ma, Y. C., and Huang, X. Y. 2002. Novel regulation and function of Src tyrosine kinase. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 59(3): 456-62. (PMID: 11964124)
[13]  Derrien, A., Zheng, B., Osterhout, J. L., Ma, Y. C., Milligan, G., Farquhar, M. G., and Druey, K. 2003. Src-mediated RGS16 tyrosine phosphorylation promotes RGS16 stability. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 278: 16107-16116.
[14]  Sun, Y.*, Ma, Y. C.*, Huang, J., Chen, K. Y., McGarrigle, D. K., Huang, X. Y. 2005. Requirement of Src-family tyrosine kinases in fat accumulation. Biochemistry, 44(44):14455-62. (*Equal contribution) (PMID: 16262245)
[15]  Ma, Y. C., Song, M. R., Park, J. P., Ho, H. H., Hu, L., Kurtev, M., Zieg, J., Ma, Q., Pfaff, S. L., and Greenberg, M. E. 2008. Regulation of motor neuron specification by phosphorylation of Neurogenin 2. Neuron, 58:65-77. (PMCID:PMC2587148, PMID: 18400164) Neuron Previews on this paper: Lai, H.C. and Johnson, J.E. 2008. Neurogenesis or Neuronal Specification: Phosphorylation Strikes Again! Neuron, 58:3-5. (PMID: 18400155)