Dr. Bin Ma
Education
- Ph.D in Soil Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 2008-2012
- M. Ag in Grass Science, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 2004-2007
- B. Ag. in Grass Science, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 2000-2004
Professional Experence
- 2017-present, Assistant Professor (the 100 talent project), Zhejiang University
- 2014-2017, Postdoctoral Fellow (LRIGS), University of Alberta
- 2012-2014, Assistant Researcher, Chinese Academy of Science
Research Interests
Engineering Soil Microbiome
Mining and exploiting soil microbiomes have crucial application potentials in soil nutrient utilization, plant health promotion, and soil contamination remediation. However, there is still a woeful shortage of precise design and validation systems in soil microbial research. We plan to design and assemble the functions of engineering soil microbiomes, aiming at sustainable development of agriculture, and will employ microbial complex networks and machine learning algorithms to achieve the directed regulation of engineering soil microbiome functions.
Systems Microbiology
Microbes wired with others through complex interactions. Systems biology provides a novel perspedctive for microbial ecology investigation that interaction networks of genes, proteins, microbes, and other factors in ecosystems play critical roles in regulating ecosystem functions. We are trying to explore the complex interactions in microbial communities by inferring microbial networks for genes, proteins, and microbes.
Rhizosphere Microbiomes
Rhizosphere microbiomes are essential for plant grwoth and health, and for ecosystem sustainability. However, our understanding in rhizosphere microbiomes is still unclear because of microbial “dark matters” and complex cross-talking between plant and rhizosphere microbiomes. We are digging microbial “dark matters” with FACS-iChip and are illustrating plant-microbe cross-talking mechanisms in rhizosphere with RhizoChip.