Welcome to Ma Lab

Exploring, building, and applying bacteriophage


Selected Highlights

Discovery of human gut phage-encoded anti-CRISPR proteins unveils diverse mechanisms for phages to evade type II CRISPR immunity

Cell Host & Microbe (2026)


Efficacy of precisely tailored phage cocktails targeting carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii reveals evolutionary trade-offs: a proof-of-concept study

EBioMedicine (2025)


Large-scale phage cultivation for commensal human gut bacteria

Cell Host & Microbe (2023)


Metagenomic analysis reveals unexplored diversity of archaeal virome in the human gut

Nature Communications (2022)