Career history:

• Professor. Associate Director, Single Cell Center, QIBEBT, CAS, China (2015-)

• Associate Professor, QIBEBT, CAS, China (2012-2014)

• Post Doc, Rice University, USA (2010-2012)

• Post Doc Texas A&M, USA (2009-2010)

• Post Doc, UCLA, USA (2008-2009)

Research grants:

1. 2022-2025: General grant, National Science Foundation of China. “AI-assisted automatically RACS-SEQ for microbiome”, PI, 0.8M for 4 yrs

2. 2019-2023: The National Key Research and Developlemnt Program, “FlowRACS for high throughput phenotyping of synthetic biology”, PI, 7.2M for 5 yrs.

3. 2018-2021: General grant, National Science Foundation of China. “Microdroplet-MALDI-TOF for bacteria identification”, PI, 0.8M for 4 yrs

4. 2018-2019: Scientific Instrument Development Program, CAS, PI, 2.9M for 2 yrs

5. 2016-2018: Science and Technology Service (STS) Network Program, CAS,“Science and Technology Service Network for high-throughput Biological Analysis”; Co-PI; RMB 2.5M for 3 yrs

6. 2015-2018: General grant, NSFC, “Microfluidic-based Raman activated cell sorter”, PI, 0.8M for 4 yrs

7. 2014-2017: Scientific Instrument Development Program, NSFC,“Instrument development of Single-cell Genetic Analyzer”; Co-PI; RMB 3.0M for 4 yrs

Publications ( 10 representative papers as follows):

1. Anle Ge, et al., Ma B*, A Palm Germ-Radar (Pager) for Rapid and Simple Covid-19 Detection by Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (Rt-Lamp), Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2021, 200: 113925.

2. Chunyu Li, et al., Bo Ma, Integrated addressable dynamic droplet array (aDDA) as sub-nanoliter reactors for high-coverage genome sequencing of single yeast cells, Small, 2021. 17(37):e2100325.

3. Teng Xu, et al., Bo Ma, A milliliter to picoliter-level centrifugal microfluidic concentrator for fast pathogen detection and antimicrobial susceptibility testing, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2021, 323(15):130117.

4. Xixian Wang, et al., Bo Ma, Positive dielectrophoresis–based Raman-activated droplet sorting for culture-free and label-free screening of enzyme function in vivo, Science Advances, 2020, 6(32), eabb3521

5. Teng Xu, et al., Bo Ma, Phenome–Genome Profiling of Single Bacterial Cell by Raman-Activated Gravity-Driven Encapsulation and Sequencing, Small,2020, 16(30), 2001172

6. Fengyi Liu, et al., Bo Ma, Spontaneous droplet generation via surface wetting, Lab Chip, 2020,20, 3544-3551

7. Xixian Wang, et al., Bo Ma, Raman-Activated Droplet Sorting (RADS) for Label-Free High-Throughput Screening of Microalgal Single-Cells, Anal chem, 2017, 89(22): 12569-12577.

8. Qiang Zhang, et al., Bo Ma, Development of a facile droplet-based single-cell isolation platform for cultivation and genomic analysis in microorganisms. Sci Rep, 2017, 7:41192, DOI: 10.1038/srep41192

9. Peiran Zhang, et al., Bo Ma, Raman Activated Cell Sorting Based on Dielectrophoretic Single-cell Trap and Release, Anal Chem., 2015, 87(4):2282-9

10. Qiang Zhang, et al., Bo Ma, On-demand control of microfluidic flow via apillary-tuned solenoid microvalve suction, Lab Chip, 2014, 14 (24), 4599 - 46031, (cover page)