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Ao Ma

Associate Professor

University of Illinois Chicago

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College of Engineering

Biomedical Engineering

Ao Ma is currently serving as a Biomedical Engineering Associate Professor at University of Illinois Chicago.

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Ao Ma

University of Illinois Chicago

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biophysics protein science molecular biology neuroscience membrane biology physical chemistry structural biology chemistry insect molecular biology molecular regulation reaction coordinates theoretical chemistry cytoskeleton molecular cell biology cellular physiology cellular biochemistry virus research molecular physiology biophysical modeling experimental biophysics one-dimensional reaction coordinate molecular neuroscience cell and molecular biology neuroanatomy cell research plant science cell death genome biology medicinal research bioenergetics theoretical biology quantum chemistry general virology molecular neurobiology cell migration protein function intracellular trafficking cellular biology brain organization cellular neurobiology cell cycle functional modification skeletal muscle developmental genetics gene function gene characterization functional regulation cell regulation research evaluation complex biological systems gene regulatory networks biological models secretory pathway virus-host interactions molecular virology viral genetics viral structural protein viral replication nucleation cortical-microtubule plus-end interactions microtubule depolymerase drosophila katanin cell cortex human fidgetin minus-end depolymerase energy flow reaction mechanism microtubule lattice motor domain phosphorylation transition path ensemble complex molecules rigorous method filovirus inhibitors

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Mechano-Chemical Model for Microtubule Assembly: Integrating Conformational Dynamics of Tubulins. Biophysical Journal (2024)

Ao MaKenneth TsuiShannon F. Stewman

biophysical chemistrymembrane biologybiophysicsmechano-chemical modelneurosciencemolecular biophysicscell biologymicrotubule assemblybiomechanics

Tubeimosides Are Pan-Coronavirus and Filovirus Inhibitors That Can Block Their Fusion Protein Binding to Niemann-Pick C1. Nature Communications (2024)

Ilyas KhanSunan LiLihong TaoChong WangBowei YeHuiyu LiXiaoyang LiuIqbal AhmadWenqiang SuGongxun ZhongZhiyuan WenJinliang WangRong-Hong HuaAo MaJie LiangXiao-Peng WanZhi-Gao BuYong-Hui Zheng

pharmacologydrug discoveryinfectious diseasesvirus researchmolecular biologyfilovirus inhibitorsmedicinal research

Dynamic Instability From Nonequilibrium Structural Transitions on the Energy Landscape of Microtubule. Biophysical Journal (2023)

Ao MaShannon F. StewmanKenneth Tsui

nonequilibrium structural transitionsbiophysicsneurosciencedynamical systemsenergy landscapecell biologyexperimental biophysicsdynamic instability

A Rigorous Method for Identifying a One-Dimensional Reaction Coordinate in Complex Molecules. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation (2022)

Shanshan WuHuiyu LiAo Ma

computational chemistryone-dimensional reaction coordinaterigorous methodbiophysicscomplex moleculesprotein sciencetheoretical chemistrychemistry

A Structural Mechano-Chemical Model of Microtubule Seeded Nucleation. Biophysical Journal (2022)

Kenneth TsuiShannon F. StewmanAo Ma

biophysical chemistrynanotechnologybiophysicsstructural biologybiophysical modelingneurosciencecell biologynucleationstructural mechano-chemical modelmolecular biophysics

Exact Reaction Coordinates for Flap Opening in Hiv-1 Protease. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2022)

Shanshan WuHuiyu LiAo Ma

molecular virologyprotein scienceclinical microbiologygeneticsprotein engineeringviral structural proteinmicrobial pathogenesisvirologystructural biologyvirus researchviral replicationimmunologyflap openingmammalian biologyhivexact reaction coordinatesvirus-host interactionsmolecular biologyviral geneticsgeneral virology

Mechanism for the Rare Fluctuation That Powers Protein Conformational Change. The Journal of Chemical Physics (2022)

Shanshan WuAo Ma

physicsrare fluctuationbiophysicsmolecular biophysicsphysical chemistrychemistry

Origin of Protein Quake: Energy Waves Conducted by a Precise Mechanical Machine. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation (2022)

Huiyu LiShanshan WuAo Ma

precise mechanical machinematerials sciencebiophysicsprotein quakeapplied physicsenergy wavesphysical chemistry

Reactive Vortexes in a Naturally Activated Process: Non-Diffusive Rotational Fluxes at Transition State Uncovered by Persistent Homology. arXiv (Cornell University) (2022)

Manuchehrfar, FaridLi, HuiyuMa, AoLiang, Jie

persistent homologybiophysicsfluid dynamicsnon-diffusive rotational fluxesphysical chemistryreactive vortexestransition state

Uncovering One-Dimensional Reaction Coordinate That Underlies Structure-Function Relationship of Proteins. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2022)

Shanshan WuHuiyu LiAo Ma

one-dimensional reaction coordinatebiophysicsstructural biologyprotein structuremolecular biologystructure-function relationshipsystems biologyprotein science

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Ao Ma

Associate Professor

University of Illinois Chicago

Affiliations

College of Engineering

Biomedical Engineering

Ao Ma is currently serving as a Biomedical Engineering Associate Professor at University of Illinois Chicago.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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University of Illinois Chicago

Associate Professor

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Mechano-Chemical Model for Microtubule Assembly: Integrating Conformational Dynamics of Tubulins. Biophysical Journal (2024)

Ao MaKenneth TsuiShannon F. Stewman

biophysical chemistrymembrane biologybiophysicsmechano-chemical modelneurosciencemolecular biophysicscell biologymicrotubule assemblybiomechanics

Tubeimosides Are Pan-Coronavirus and Filovirus Inhibitors That Can Block Their Fusion Protein Binding to Niemann-Pick C1. Nature Communications (2024)

Ilyas KhanSunan LiLihong TaoChong WangBowei YeHuiyu LiXiaoyang LiuIqbal AhmadWenqiang SuGongxun ZhongZhiyuan WenJinliang WangRong-Hong HuaAo MaJie LiangXiao-Peng WanZhi-Gao BuYong-Hui Zheng

pharmacologydrug discoveryinfectious diseasesvirus researchmolecular biologyfilovirus inhibitorsmedicinal research

Dynamic Instability From Nonequilibrium Structural Transitions on the Energy Landscape of Microtubule. Biophysical Journal (2023)

Ao MaShannon F. StewmanKenneth Tsui

nonequilibrium structural transitionsbiophysicsneurosciencedynamical systemsenergy landscapecell biologyexperimental biophysicsdynamic instability

A Rigorous Method for Identifying a One-Dimensional Reaction Coordinate in Complex Molecules. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation (2022)

Shanshan WuHuiyu LiAo Ma

computational chemistryone-dimensional reaction coordinaterigorous methodbiophysicscomplex moleculesprotein sciencetheoretical chemistrychemistry

A Structural Mechano-Chemical Model of Microtubule Seeded Nucleation. Biophysical Journal (2022)

Kenneth TsuiShannon F. StewmanAo Ma

biophysical chemistrynanotechnologybiophysicsstructural biologybiophysical modelingneurosciencecell biologynucleationstructural mechano-chemical modelmolecular biophysics

Exact Reaction Coordinates for Flap Opening in Hiv-1 Protease. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2022)

Shanshan WuHuiyu LiAo Ma

Mechanism for the Rare Fluctuation That Powers Protein Conformational Change. The Journal of Chemical Physics (2022)

Shanshan WuAo Ma

physicsrare fluctuationbiophysicsmolecular biophysicsphysical chemistrychemistry

Origin of Protein Quake: Energy Waves Conducted by a Precise Mechanical Machine. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation (2022)

Huiyu LiShanshan WuAo Ma

precise mechanical machinematerials sciencebiophysicsprotein quakeapplied physicsenergy wavesphysical chemistry

Reactive Vortexes in a Naturally Activated Process: Non-Diffusive Rotational Fluxes at Transition State Uncovered by Persistent Homology. arXiv (Cornell University) (2022)

Manuchehrfar, FaridLi, HuiyuMa, AoLiang, Jie

persistent homologybiophysicsfluid dynamicsnon-diffusive rotational fluxesphysical chemistryreactive vortexestransition state

Uncovering One-Dimensional Reaction Coordinate That Underlies Structure-Function Relationship of Proteins. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2022)

Shanshan WuHuiyu LiAo Ma

one-dimensional reaction coordinatebiophysicsstructural biologyprotein structuremolecular biologystructure-function relationshipsystems biologyprotein science

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