Office: Dolan W 245

Phone: 216-397-4199

Email: mmartin@jcu.edu

Academic Background:

1996 University of Cincinnati, BS Biology

Teaching Assignments:

BL 155 - Principles of Biology I
BL 156 - Principles of Biology II
BL 213 - Genetics
BL 215 - Introduction to Biotechnology Laboratory
BL 459/559 - Molecular Cell Biology
BL 478 - Biology Seminar

Recent Publications:

Martin, MP and SM Detzel*. 2008. A laboratory exercise to determine human ABO blood type by noninvasive methods. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education 36: 139-47.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/117945917/abstract

Martin MP and SM Detzel*. “Determining human blood type by non-invasive methods.”  Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching: Proceedings of the 29th Workshop/Conference of the Association of Biology Laboratory Education.  2008.

Martin MP and SM Detzel*. “Determining human blood type by non-invasive methods.” Abstract.  Michael Martin and Stephen Detzel*.  Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching: Proceedings of the 28th Workshop/Conference of the Association of Biology Laboratory Education. 2007.

Martin, MP, VL Gerlach, and DA Brow.  "A novel upstream RNA polymerase III promoter element becomes essential when the chromatin structure of the yeast U6 RNA gene is altered."
Molecular and Cellular Biology 21: 6429-6439, 2001.
http://mcb.asm.org/cgi/content/full/21/19/6429

Moore, IK, MP Martin*, and CE Paquin.  “Telomere Sequences at the Novel Joints of Four Independent Amplifications in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.”
Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 36: 105-112, 2000.

Moore, IK, MP Martin*, MJ Dorsey and CE Paquin.  “Formation of Circular Amplifications in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by a Breakage-Fusion-Bridge Mechanism.”

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 36: 113-120, 2000.

Research Interests:

Currently, I have two research topics: RNA polymerase III transcription in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and the use of ribosomal RNA secondary structures in cyanobacterial systematics.  Yeast work has focused on the role of Nhp6 in synthesis of tRNA and the U6 small nuclear RNA.  This work utilizes both biochemical and genetic techniques in this simple eukaryotic model organism.  The cyanobacterial work is done in collaboration with Jeff Johansen.  Here, we amplify, clone, and sequence regions of the ribosomal RNA operon that interact to form the secondary structure of the unprocessed transcript.  This work may shed light on previously difficult cyanobacterial classifications.  Summer undergraduate research students and graduate students have worked on both of these projects.

Important Links

Saccharomyces Genome Database

Association for Biology Laboratory Education