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Xiaoxiong Ma

Senior engineer

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Environmental Chemistry and Health Effects

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Xiaoxiong Ma

Xiaoxiong Ma is a Senior Engineer in NILU’s Health Effects Laboratory.

He is a molecular biologist with expertise in gene editing (CRISPR-Cas9), in vitro human and animal tissue models, stem cell models, microscopy, histology, RNA sequencing, gene expression, cell differentiation, and a wide range of in vitro toxicology assays.

Since 2022, he has worked as an engineer at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, in the Department of Biobanks, where he contributed to studies related to MoBa (the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study), and in parallel in the Department of Chemical Toxicology, where he performed laboratory work supporting the revision of the in vivo comet assay (OECD Test Guideline 489) to include analyses of male germ cells.

In 2024, Xiaoxiong joined NILU, working with PROPLANET, an EU Horizon Europe project developing safe, sustainable PFAS-free coatings for textiles, food packaging, and glass, with a focus on health-related toxicology endpoints.

 

Xiaoxiong Ma has 4 publications at NILU:

Development of PFAS-free coatings following a Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) approach – the PROPLANET project

Longhin, Eleonora Marta; Murugadoss, Sivakumar; SenGupta, Tanima; El Yamani, Naouale; McFadden, Erin; Honza, Tatiana; Ma, Xiaoxiong; Brochmann, Solveig; Verbič, Anja; Stres, Blaž; Novak, Uroš; Likozar, Blaž; Hudecova, Alexandra Misci; Olsen, Ann-Karin Hardie; Seif, Johannes P.; Dusinska, Maria; Rundén-Pran, Elise

2025

The in vivo comet assay: uncovering DNA damage in testicular germ cells

Olsen, Ann-Karin Hardie; Ma, Xiaoxiong; Zheng, Congying; Dahl, Hildegunn; Boisen, Anne Mette Zenner; Dirven, Yvette Carolina Anna; Brunborg, Gunnar; Eide, Dag Markus; Sharma, Anoop Kumar

2024

Embarking on decoding stem cells: ecNGS of hIPSCs exposed to environmental mutagens during trilineage differentiation using the ReproTracker assay

Olsen, Ann-Karin Hardie; Cho, Eunnara; Stead, John; Meier, Matthew; Ma, Xiaoxiong; Hartvelt, Sabine; Jamalpoor, Amer; Hendriks, Giel; Duale, Nur; Yauk, Carole

2024

Can we identify safe(r) substitutes for PFAS coatings?

Longhin, Eleonora Marta; Olsen, Ann-Karin Hardie; Varsou, Dimitra Danai; McFadden, Erin; Ma, Xiaoxiong; Honza, Tatiana; SenGupta, Tanima; El Yamani, Naouale; Murugadoss, Sivakumar; Brochmann, Solveig; Afantitis, Antreas; Dusinska, Maria; Rundén-Pran, Elise; Seif, Johannes P.; Del Real Torres, Alejandro

2024

Enhanced Safe and Sustainable coatings for supporting the Planet (PROPLANET)

PROPLANET addresses novel coating materials solutions, tackling the problem from a sustainable-business perspective, enabling overcoming the barrier for environmental protection, safety, chemical improvements, and circular value chains. The main goal […]

Project period: 2023 – 2026

Ongoing

Xiaoxiong Ma is a Senior Engineer in NILU’s Health Effects Laboratory.

He is a molecular biologist with expertise in gene editing (CRISPR-Cas9), in vitro human and animal tissue models, stem cell models, microscopy, histology, RNA sequencing, gene expression, cell differentiation, and a wide range of in vitro toxicology assays.

Since 2022, he has worked as an engineer at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, in the Department of Biobanks, where he contributed to studies related to MoBa (the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study), and in parallel in the Department of Chemical Toxicology, where he performed laboratory work supporting the revision of the in vivo comet assay (OECD Test Guideline 489) to include analyses of male germ cells.

In 2024, Xiaoxiong joined NILU, working with PROPLANET, an EU Horizon Europe project developing safe, sustainable PFAS-free coatings for textiles, food packaging, and glass, with a focus on health-related toxicology endpoints.

 

Xiaoxiong Ma has 4 publications at NILU:

Development of PFAS-free coatings following a Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) approach – the PROPLANET project

Longhin, Eleonora Marta; Murugadoss, Sivakumar; SenGupta, Tanima; El Yamani, Naouale; McFadden, Erin; Honza, Tatiana; Ma, Xiaoxiong; Brochmann, Solveig; Verbič, Anja; Stres, Blaž; Novak, Uroš; Likozar, Blaž; Hudecova, Alexandra Misci; Olsen, Ann-Karin Hardie; Seif, Johannes P.; Dusinska, Maria; Rundén-Pran, Elise

2025

The in vivo comet assay: uncovering DNA damage in testicular germ cells

Olsen, Ann-Karin Hardie; Ma, Xiaoxiong; Zheng, Congying; Dahl, Hildegunn; Boisen, Anne Mette Zenner; Dirven, Yvette Carolina Anna; Brunborg, Gunnar; Eide, Dag Markus; Sharma, Anoop Kumar

2024

Embarking on decoding stem cells: ecNGS of hIPSCs exposed to environmental mutagens during trilineage differentiation using the ReproTracker assay

Olsen, Ann-Karin Hardie; Cho, Eunnara; Stead, John; Meier, Matthew; Ma, Xiaoxiong; Hartvelt, Sabine; Jamalpoor, Amer; Hendriks, Giel; Duale, Nur; Yauk, Carole

2024

Can we identify safe(r) substitutes for PFAS coatings?

Longhin, Eleonora Marta; Olsen, Ann-Karin Hardie; Varsou, Dimitra Danai; McFadden, Erin; Ma, Xiaoxiong; Honza, Tatiana; SenGupta, Tanima; El Yamani, Naouale; Murugadoss, Sivakumar; Brochmann, Solveig; Afantitis, Antreas; Dusinska, Maria; Rundén-Pran, Elise; Seif, Johannes P.; Del Real Torres, Alejandro

2024

Enhanced Safe and Sustainable coatings for supporting the Planet (PROPLANET)

PROPLANET addresses novel coating materials solutions, tackling the problem from a sustainable-business perspective, enabling overcoming the barrier for environmental protection, safety, chemical improvements, and circular value chains. The main goal […]

Project period: 2023 – 2026

Ongoing