Bing Ma

Bing Ma is an Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, affiliated with both the Institute for Genome Sciences and the Department of Microbiology and Immunology. As a computational biologist, Dr. Ma specializes in integrating advanced 'omics' technologies to study host-microbe ecosystems.

• Education: PhD in Computational Biology from University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Postdoctoral Training: Laboratory of Dr. Jacques Ravel

Research focuses on Microbiome analysis using Multi-‘Omics approaches, with particular emphasis on:

• Microbe-Host Interactions
• Biomarker discovery
• Live biotherapeutics development
• Systems Biology applications
• GI Health research

Recent publications highlight trends in Metagenomics, Metatranscriptomics, and Metabolomics applied to vaginal microbiota characterization and preterm infant gut development.