Welcome to the Ma Lab for Translational Biointerface Design!
As a group of interdisciplinary scientists, engineers and clinicians, we aim to design translational biointerfaces to manage, understand and prevent the pathological progression in diverse diseases, such as various types of wounds and cancers.
Selected Publications
Controlled tough bioadhesion mediated by ultrasound, Science (2022).
Bioinspired tough gel sheath for robust and versatile surface functionalization. Science Advances (2021).
Multifaceted design and emerging applications of tissue adhesives. Advanced Materials (2021)
Bioinspired printable tough adhesives with in situ benignly triggered mechanical enhancements. Advanced Functional Materials (2024)
Integrating hydrogels and biomedical plastics via in situ physical entanglements and covalent bonding. Advanced Healthcare Materials (2025)
Biomimetic micropatterned adhesive surfaces to mechanobiologically regulate placental trophoblast fusion. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2019)
News
Dr. Ma will be joining the Department of Surgery at the University of British Columbia as an Assistant Professor.
Our work on engineering hydrogel-plastic hybrid medical devices is published in Advanced Healthcare Materials.
Our work on printable tough adhesives is published in Advanced Functional Materials.
