Yingchao Ma Lecturer

Department of Marine Technology

Location: Rm104, Building No.10

E-mail：yingchaoma@tust.edu.cn

Research Interests

Development of bioactive metabolites from marine/brine organisms

Academic Advising

Now accepting Masters in Marine Science

Education（in reverse chronological order）

Postdoctor, Tianjin International Joint Academy of Biomedicine, 2021-24

Ph.D. in Marine Science, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2019

Master in Marine Science, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, 2013

Bachelor of Engineering in Biological Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, 2010

Positions & Employment（in reverse chronological order）

2019-present Asian Regional Artemia Reference Center, College of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Assistant Researcher

Teaching

For Undergraduates: Fermentation Engineering; Marine Biological Resource Utilization Technology

Research Projects（in reverse chronological order）

1) National Natural Science Foundation of China, Study on the Biosynthesis Mechanism and "Positive and Negative" Metabolism Regulation of Bacterioruberin in Halophilic Archaea, Principal Investigator

Key Publications：（in reverse chronological order）

1) Yingchao Ma, Zhongshi Sun, Huan Yang, et al. The biosynthesis mechanism of bacterioruberin in halophilic archaea revealed by genome and transcriptome analysis[J]. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2024, 90(7): e00540-24.

2) Yingchao Ma, Wanping Su, Zhongshi Sun, et al. Optimization of extraction procedure and antioxidant activity of C50 carotenoids from Halorubrum sp. HRM-150[J]. Process Biochemistry, 2023, 130: 577-583

3) Yingchao Ma, Meirong Gao, Huan Yang, et al. Optimization of C50 carotenoids production by open fermentation of Halorubrum sp. HRM‑150[J]. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2023, 195(6): 3628-3640.

4) Wei Xie, Guoru Du, Honggang Deng, Yingchao Ma, Meirong Gao, Hu Duan, Sung Yik Yeong, Liying Sui. Transcriptomes of Litopenaeus vannamei reveal modulation of antioxidant system induced by dietary archaeal carotenoids[J]. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2023, 41: 2010-2019.

5) Wei Xie, Honggang Deng, Ke Li, Yingchao Ma, Meirong Gao, Hu Duan, Liying Sui. Dietary supplementation of archaeal carotenoids improved antioxidative capacity and regulated immune‐related gene expression of golden trout Oncorhynchus mykiss against challenge[J]. Aquaculture Research, 2022: 15992.

6) Yingchao Ma, Bangxiang He, Xulei Wang, et al. Differential proteomic analysis by iTRAQ reveals the growth mechanism in Pyropia yezoensis mutant[J]. Algal Research, 2021, 58:102420.

7) Bangxiang He, Wenhui Gu, Lijun Wang, Zhenbing Zheng, Zhizhuo Shao, Li Huan, Baoyu Zhang, Yingchao Ma, Jianfeng Niu, Xiujun Xie, Guangce Wang. RNA-seq between asexual archeospores and meiosis-related conchospores in Neopyropia yezoensis using Smart-seq2[J]. Journal of Phycology, 2021, 57(5):1648-1658.

8) Wei Xie, Yingchao Ma, Beini Ren, Meirong Gao, Liying Sui*. Artemia nauplii enriched with archaea Halorubrum increased survival and challenge tolerance of Litopenaeus vannamei postlarvae[J]. Aquaculture, 2021, 533: 736087.

9) Xulei Wang, Linwen He, Yingchao Ma, Li Huan, Yongqiang Wang, Bangmei Xia, Guangce Wang*. Economically important red algae resources along the Chinese coast: History, status, and prospects for their utilization[J]. Algal Research, 2020, 46: 101817.

10) Yingchao Ma , Linwen He , Li Huan, et al. Characterization of a high‐growth‐rate mutant strain of Pyropia yezoensis using physiology measurement and transcriptome analysis[J]. Journal of Phycology, 2019, 55: 651-662.

11) Yingchao Ma#, Aiyou Huang#, Daling Zhu#, et al. Biohydrogen production via the interaction of nitrogenase and anaerobic mixed-acid fermentation in marine bacteria[J]. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2015, 40(1): 176-183.

12) Daling Zhu#, Yingchao Ma#, Guangce Wang*, et al. Identification of Candida tropicalis BH-6 and synergistic effect with Pantoea agglomerans BH-18 on hydrogen production in marine culture[J]. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2015, 175(5): 2677-2688.

13) Lili Sun, Aiyou Huang, Wenhui Gu, Yingchao Ma, Daling Zhu and Guangce Wang. Hydrogen production by Enterobacter cloacae isolated from sugar refinery sludge[J]. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2015, 40(3), 1402-1407.

Honors & Awards（in reverse chronological order）

Gold Award of the 2nd China Postdoctoral Innovation & Entrepreneurship Competition, 2023