Jianjie Ma

Jianjie Ma is researcher, entrepreneur and academic. He is the William H. Muller Professor and director of Surgical Sciences at the University of Virginia.

Ma's research encompasses muscle physiology, cardiovascular disease, regenerative medicine, immune modulation, cancer therapy, geriatric medicine, diabetes, and Alzheimer’s disease. In collaboration with Hiroshi Takeshima of, he has identified MG53, a muscle-specific tripartite motif protein essential for cell membrane repair as well as the TRiC family of counter-ion channels critical for excitation-contraction (E-C) coupling in muscle cells.

As of 2025, Ma's work has been cited 19,700 times according to Scopus. Provided by Wikipedia