Yongchao Ma, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Neurology and Physiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Ann Marie and Francis Klocke, MD Research Scholar, Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute; Director, Ma Laboratory

The Ma Laboratory

Ma laboratory - Lurie Children's

Ma laboratory - Northwestern University

Ma laboratory - Lurie Children's

Ma laboratory - Northwestern University

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Education & Training

Postgraduate Training: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Harvard Medical School/Boston Children's Hospital, 2008; PhD, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, 2001

Research

Research Interests: Developmental neurobiology; developmental genetics; Parkinson’s disease; spinal muscular atrophy (SMA); stem cells; mitochondrial functions; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

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Publications

Most recent publications

The utility of stem cells in pediatric urinary bladder regeneration Pediatr Res
A Children's Oncology Group and TARGET initiative exploring the genetic landscape of Wilms tumor Nat Genet 49 (10): 1487-1494
A novel ALS-associated variant in UBQLN4 regulates motor axon morphogenesis Elife 6
Sirt3 protects dopaminergic neurons from mitochondrial oxidative stress Hum Mol Genet 26 (10): 1915-1926
Significance of TP53 Mutation in Wilms Tumors with Diffuse Anaplasia: A Report from the Children's Oncology Group Clin Cancer Res
Motor Neuron Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Spinal Muscular Atrophy Hum Mol Genet
Identification of TMEM230 mutations in familial Parkinson's disease Nat Genet 48 (7): 733-9
Genome-Wide Profiles of Extra-cranial Malignant Rhabdoid Tumors Reveal Heterogeneity and Dysregulated Developmental Pathways Cancer Cell 29 (3): 394-406
Impaired Autophagy and Defective Mitochondrial Function: Converging Paths on the Road to Motor Neuron Degeneration Front Cell Neurosci 10 44
MLLT1 YEATS domain mutations in clinically distinctive Favourable Histology Wilms tumours Nat Commun 6 10013

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