"We had a large number of excellent applications and the final selection was a difficult process.  I am happy to inform you that you were selected as a College of Medicine University Scholar for the 2023-2024 academic school year. " 

Rosie will continue to perform cancer-related research in our lab for another year. 

"We had a large number of excellent applications and the final selection was a difficult process.  I am happy to inform you that you were selected as a College of Medicine University Scholar for the 2023-2024 academic school year. " 

Katie will continue to perform cancer-related research in our lab for another year. 

Salma presented her ORF67-related work at this conference, and received lots of useful feedback. 

Cong is making a brave step toward her future goal - a biomedical scientist. She is also invited to an onsite interview at Moffit Cancer Center. 

Khushil Patel (Sophomore) just won UFHCC University Scholars. He will continue to perform cancer-related research in our lab for another year. 

Khushil Patel (Sophomore) forms the  American Cancer Society on Campus club at the University of Florida! This organization is dedicated to promoting awareness, offering patient support,  and raising funds for the American Cancer Society with the goal of ending cancer in our lifetime. Dr. Ma is serving as ACSOC's faculty advisor. 

Cong is making a brave step toward her future goal - a biomedical scientist. She wishes to gain some wet lab experience in biomedical science, so that she is better prepared for her future Ph.D. 

Well, Dr. Ma at least makes some changes this time. We are making wontons!! Not dumplings, but its siblings. In addition, Dr. Ma is not taking selfies this time!

A big move to an excellent future career. Katie is going to be our lab's official Pharmacist. 

Amy and Kimberly abandoned us. They traveled 5 hours to get rid of us and just enjoyed 2 full days (8 hours a day) of research conferences about RNA biology. Hopefully, we can publish our results this year and you will be presenters next year. Where is Dr. Ma? Dr. Ma is teaching classes at UF, doing experiments in the lab, and writing recommendation letters. 

Kimberly's first presentation regarding her thesis work in the multi-departmental seminar series. She did an excellent job, of course. She is working on non-coding miRNAs' role in KSHV pathogenesis. 

Big congratulations to Beatriz, who is elected to participate in the University of Florida spring 2023 cancer policy intern! 

"Beatriz Veronese is pursuing her Ph.D. in medical sciences with a major in #cancer biology in the University of Florida College of Medicine. She will intern this semester with Rep. Darren Soto.

Learn more about the program 👉 https://go.ufl.edu/ak3i8qb

#UFHealthCancerCenter #CancerEducation "

Congratulations to Beatriz, who presented her work at the first UF virology retreat. 

White elephant party for the holiday season of 2022. 

Khushil, Rosie, Katie and Salma, thank you all for the wonderful work in my lab in the year of 2022. I am very proud of serving as your mentor. The cards are illustrated by Amy Nguyen, the most talented artist in COM. 

Congratulations to Kimberly, who just enrolled in The Basic Microbiology and Infectious Disease (BMID) Training Program at the University of Florida (UF) . 

Beatriz did a wonderful job on her qualifying exam. All her committee members agree on her passing. She is now officially a Ph.D. candidate. 

EHS inspection is always stressful to me because of my bad memory during my Ph.D. study. From now on, it is no longer an issue, because I have the best lab citizens. 

Amy did an excellent job presenting her master's thesis-related talk at the MGM research conference. Congratulations.  

Tiffany did an excellent job presenting her Ph.D.'s thesis-related talk at the MGM research conference. Congratulations.  

"Dr. Ma will study the role of viral miRNAs in Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV)-related malignancies. KSHV can cause lifelong infections and develop into systemic cancers with poor survival rates. The risk of developing KSHV-associated cancers is significantly higher in people who are immunocompromised, such as those with HIV infection, those who have undergone an organ transplant or those of advanced age.

Previous research by Ma showed that the cGAS-STING pathway is responsible for triggering the initial immune response to KSHV infections but that KSHV establishes lifelong infections by using miRNAs to suppress cGAS-STING signaling. His research will study this process in an effort to develop new therapies."

（The most classic waterfall background version of Dr. Ma）

Tiffany did an excellent job in her first Ph.D. committee meeting. She will be working on therapeutic options and mechanism of KSHV related cancers. 

It is my great honor to serve as your Ph.D. mentor. Thank you for choosing this lab to support your Ph.D. journey.   

Amy did an excellent job in her first M.S. committee meeting. She will be working on the transcriptional regulation of KSHV during its reactivation. 

This is the first time Dr. Ma presented at an international conference after the Ma lab establishment at UF. The presentation is related to Beatriz's thesis project. 

The Ma lab attended the meeting at Emory Conference Center in Atlanta, Georgia on September 23-25, 2022. This is the first in-person conference that we attend.  

Beatriz was selected to orally present her Ph.D. thesis-related work at this regional conference, featuring the characterization of a virally encoded protein and its role in KSHV lytic replication. 

Amy was selected to orally present her work exploring the killing effect of small chemical inhibitors on Primary Effusion Lymphoma cell lines. 

Dr. Baker, thank you very much for bringing me to the MGM department, and providing with me tremendous support. I enjoy being in this department and I will try my best to support the next generation of scientists.

Kimberly did an excellent job in her first Ph.D. committee meeting at the Ma lab. She will be working on non-coding RNAs and their mechanism during the development of KSHV-related cancers. 

Beatriz did a wonderful job on her 2nd committee meeting. She has made satisfactory progress on her project and she is ready for her qualifying exam.

This is a very exciting 4-day conference featuring the most advanced science on Herpesvirus related research. We hope that next year, we will be able to present our work at this workshop as well. 

This is a very exciting 3-day conference featuring the most advanced science on KSHV-related research. We did not submit an abstract this time, but we will try to present our work next year. 

Amy decided to explore further for her research career. She is enrolled in Masters in Medical Science program hosted by the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, and I am very glad to serve as her mentor for her thesis. 

After 2 years of arguing about who is the most handsome guy in the Ma lab, Noah decided to quit the competition. Now the title is between Khushil and Dr. Ma, the only two candidates in Dr. Ma's lab. Noah is going to pursue his Master's degree in Agriculture at UF.

Khushil will work closely with Noah and Beatriz in the Ma lab. Welcome to the lab, Khushil!

Rosie will work closely with Kimberly in the Ma lab. Welcome to the lab, Rosie!

Katie will work closely with Tiffany in the Ma lab. Welcome to the lab, Katie!

Amy presented her research at viroholics regarding RNA transcriptional regulation during KSHV lytic reactivation, as a lab technician. Everyone gets equal training in my lab. This is my goal. 

Dr. Lewin, a legendary virologist, is retired today. I feel so sorry that I did not have enough time to talk with him and learn from him. I am very honored to work in a department that creates many historical findings in virology.

Dr. Ma presented his research regarding the cGAS/STING pathway and KSHV pathogenesis at the UF Health Cancer Center. 

Beatriz presented her research regarding her thesis project at the Cancer and Genetics Research Complex building. 

Salma presented her research regarding her research under the supervision of Noah.  

Dr. Ma presented his research regarding the cGAS/STING pathway and KSHV pathogenesis at the Targeted Therapeutics Work Group. 

Dr. Ma presented his research regarding the cGAS/STING pathway and KSHV pathogenesis. 

Tiffany did an excellent job in her third rotation talk regarding miRNAs and KSHV in the immunology and Microbiology concentration. Welcome, another STINGer. 

Gary, Amy and I will start our in vivo experiment to test STING's role in anti-KSHV-related cancers. 

Dr. Ma increased his lecture numbers from 2 last year to 5 this year. GMS6034, Advanced Virology.

1. introduction

2. Viral emission

3. Baltimore system

4. Innate immunity

5. Adaptive immunity

Ignore the guy in front, although he is a handsome guy, Mahmuda is the graceful lady behind. [update] Mahmuda joined Dr. Huang's lab at Cancer Concentration. 

Thanks for the delicious food, Bea. A warm party during pandemic is always nice. 

We have invited Dr. Renne's lab, Dr. Scott's lab, and Dr. Toth's lab for this pre-holiday party. As a Chinese grown in northern China, we celebrate everything by making dumplings. Come to my lab if you want to learn how to make dumplings. 

Thank Kimberly for bringing this Christmas tree. Dr. Ma's lab never lacks creative brains, except for someone who never knows how to take photos other than selfies.  

It is my great pleasure to serve as the Ph.D. mentor of Kimberly. In our lab, Kimberly will be working on non-coding RNAs and their mechanism during the development of KSHV-related cancers. 

Everyone likes "Phase 10" card game. MVP: "Kimberly"

Beatriz did a wonderful job on her 1st committee meeting. 

Mahmuda will work closely with Noah and Beatriz during her rotation. 

Takes about 30 minutes. 

Kimberly is very interested in miRNAs. 

Thanks to Kimberly for this excellent idea. We are so creative.  

It is my great honor to serve as your Ph.D. mentor, Bea. Thank you for choosing this lab to support your Ph.D. journey.   

Kimberly is very interested in miRNAs. 

He gets a 98% on augment, to which everyday conversation with Dr. Ma contributes a lot. 

Duration: 3h55m. MVP: Amy (official) and Noah (self-claimed).