Dr. Qing Ma is an associate Professor and a master Supervisor in State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems and College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University. He obtained his PhD (2014) in Lanzhou University, China, and had worked in Lanzhou University where he has remained successively as a lecturer, and associate Professor. He had visited Prof. Sheng Luan’s Lab at University of California-Berkeley in the USA as a visiting scholar for two years.

Currently Dr. Qing Ma’s main research interests concern plant abiotic stress physiology and molecular biology. He has published more than 10 papers in international journals including The Plant Journal, Annals of Botany, Tree Physiology, and Plant and Soil etc.

Address:       768 West Jiayuguan Road, Lanzhou 730020, P.R.China

State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems,

College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, 

Lanzhou University

Telephone:   86-931-8913447 　 Fax: 86-931-8910979

E-mail:  maq@lzu.edu.cn       

RESEARCH GRANTS:

The National Natural Science Foundation of China (31501994). Jan. 2016 – Dec. 2018

The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (lzujbky-2015-41, Jan. 2015 – Jun. 2016; lzujbky-2017-46, Jan. 2017 – Dec. 2018)

AWARDS:

2015, 2016, 2017  The Excellent Supervisor for the Innovation and entrepreneurship training program of Lanzhou University

2016  The Excellent Supervisor for Undergraduates’ Summer Social Practice of Lanzhou University

2015    The Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of Gansu Province, P.R. China

2013    The First Prize of the Scholarship for Outstanding Doctoral candidates in State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems

2011  The Scholarship Award for Excellent Doctoral Student granted by Ministry of Education

2011    The Wang-Dong Scholarship of Chinese Grassland Society

2011    The Outstanding Paper Award in Graduate Forum of Pratacultural Science of China.

2010  The Outstanding Paper Award in the Annual Academic Meeting of Chinese Doctoral candidates.

EDUCATION:

2007-2014  Ph.D., Pratacultural Science, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, P. R. China.  Supervisor: Professor Suo-Min Wang

2003-2007  B.Sc., Pratacultural Science, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, P. R. China

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

May.2017-Present: Associate Professor, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.

Jan. 2016- Present:  Master Supervisor, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.

Dec.2014-Apr.2017 Lecturer, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.

Jan.2012-Jan.2014: Visiting Scholar, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California at Berkeley, USA.

Supervisor: Professor Sheng Luan

MAIN PUBLICATIONS (2011- Present):   

Ma Q., Hu J., Zhou X.R., Yuan H.J., Kumar T., Luan S., Wang S.M. (2017) ZxAKT1 is essential for K+ uptake and K+/Na+ homeostasis in the succulent xerophyte Zygophyllum xanthoxylum. The Plant Journal, 90: 48-60.

Ma Q., Bao A.K., Chai W.W., Wang W.Y., Zhang J.L., Li Y.X., Wang S.M. (2016) Transcriptomic analysis of the succulent xerophyte Zygophyllum xanthoxylum in response to salt treatment and osmotic stress. Plant and Soil, 402:343-361.

Hu J., Ma Q., Kumar T., Duan H.R., Zhang J.L., Yuan H.J., Wang Q., Khan S.A., Wang P., Wang S.M. (2016) ZxSKOR is important for salinity and drought tolerance of Zygophyllum xanthoxylum by maintaining K+ homeostasis. Plant Growth Regulation, 80:195-205.

Niu S.Q., Li H.R., Paré P.W., Aziz M., Wang S.M., Shi H.Z., Li J., Han Q.Q., Guo S.Q., Li J., Guo Q., Ma Q., Zhang JL. (2016) Induced growth promotion and higher salt tolerance in the halophyte grass Puccinellia tenuiflora by beneficial rhizobacteria. Plant and Soil, 407: 217-230.

Duan H.R., Ma Q., Zhang J.L., Hu J., Bao A.K., Wei L., Wang Q., Luan S., Wang S.M. (2015) The inward-rectifying K+ channel SsAKT1 is a candidate involved in K+ uptake in the halophyte Suaeda salsa under saline condition. Plant and Soil, 395:173-187. 

Yuan H.J., Ma Q., Wu G.Q., Wang P., Hu J., Wang S.M. (2015). ZxNHX controls Na+ and K+ homeostasis at the whole-plant level in Zygophyllum xanthoxylum through feedback regulation of the expression of genes involved in their transport. Annals of Botany, 115: 495-507. 

Ma Q., Tang R.J., Zheng X.J., Wang S.M., Luan S. (2015) The calcium sensor CBL7 modulates plant responses to low nitrate in Arabidopsis. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 468:59-65.

Wang Q., Guan C., Wang P., Lv M.L., Ma Q., Wu G.Q., Bao A.K., Zhang J.L., Wang S.M. (2015). AtHKT1;1 and AtHAK5 mediate low-affinity Na+ uptake in Arabidopsis thaliana under mild salt stress. Plant Growth Regulation, 75:615-623. 

Ma Q., Li Y.X., Yuan H.J., Hu J., Wei L., Bao A.K., Zhang J.L., Wang S.M. (2014). ZxSOS1 is essential for long-distance transport and spatial distribution of Na+ and K+ in the xerophyte Zygophyllum xanthoxylum. Plant and Soil, 374: 661-676.

Guo Q., Wang P., Ma Q., Zhang J.L., Bao A.K., Wang S.M. (2012) Selective transport capacity for K+ over Na+ is linked to the expression levels of PtSOS1 in halophyte Puccinellia tenuiflora. Functional Plant Biology, 39: 1047-1057.

Ma Q., Yue L.J., Zhang J.L., Wu G.Q., Bao A.K., Wang S.M. (2012) Sodium chloride improves photosynthesis and water status in the succulent xerophyte Zygophyllum xanthoxylum. Tree Physiology, 32: 4-13.

Wu G.Q., Xi J.J., Wang Q., Bao A.K., Ma Q., Zhang J.L., Wang S.M. (2011). The ZxNHX gene encoding tonoplast Na+/H+ antiporter from the xerophytes Zygophyllum xanthoxylum plays important roles in response to salt and drought. Journal of Plant Physiology, 168: 758-767.