Gregory Martin Email: gbm7@cornell.edu Professor, Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology,Cornell University Gregory Martin is a professor in the Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology at Cornell University and a scientist at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research. His research over the past 20 years has focused on the molecular mechanisms that bacteria use to infect plants and the mechanisms used by plants to resist bacterial infection. The experimental system for this work has been the interaction between tomato and Pseudomonas syringae pv. Tomato (the causative agent of bacterial speck disease). Martin has supervised the research projects of over 40 undergraduate students, and has trained 13 graduate students and 29 postdoctoral associates. He currently teaches an undergraduate course on “Innate immunity in Plants, Flies, and Humans” and a graduate course on “Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions”. Dr. Martin has been an investigator on several NSF-funded projects that were directed at either development of genomics resources for use in tomato improvement or at the exploitation of natural variation in both Pseudomonas syringae and tomato in order to understand the molecular basis of plant defense responses. His research is currently funded by NIH, NSF, USDA, and USDA-BARD. Martin has traveled extensively to developing countries and he lived in Malawi from 1983 to 1984 where he conducted research at the Bunda College of Agriculture as part of a USAID Bean/Cowpea CRSP Project. He is interested in developing a project with scientists in sub-Saharan Africa that would be focused on biodiversity-based approaches to develop novel plant-based technologies for the control of bacterial diseases of plants. Curriculum Vitae
Name: Prof. Gregory Martin Country of birth: United States Nationality: Position Title: Professor, Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Institution: Cornell University Contact Address: Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 Email: gbm7@cornell.edu Tel: +607 254 1208 Specialty Area: - Molecular Plant Pathology - Plant Molecular Genetics
Education:
1979 B.Sc. - Michigan State University
1984 M.Sc. - Michigan State University
1989 Ph.D. - Michigan State University
Positions held (since terminal degree):
1989-1992 Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University
1992-1995 Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy, Purdue University
1996-1998 Associate Professor, Department of Agronomy, Purdue University
1998-2004 Scientist, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research
1998-Present Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University
2005-Present Boyce Schulze Downey Chair, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research
Expertise:
- Application of plant molecular techniques - Genome sequencing & annotation - Host resistance - Molecular biology - Molecular diagnostics of plant disease - Molecular host-pathogen interactions on pathogens - Molecular Plant Pathology - Plant disease resistance breeding - Virology
Honors and Awards (since terminal degree):
1989 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Plant Biology, NSF . 1995 David and Lucile Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering . 1997 Barry Chelm Memorial Lecturer, Michigan State University . 1997 Herbert Newby McCoy Award for Outstanding Research of the Year . 2000 Roger E. Koeppe Endowed Lecture . 2003 3rd Most Highly Cited Paper in the category of Plant and Animal Science . 2004 Most Highly Cited Author in category of Plant and Animal Science . 2004 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science . 2005 Boyce Schulze Downey Chair . 2005 Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology . 2006 Grand Marnier Foundation Lecturer .
A selection of major research accomplishments: Discoveries and first reports
1) U.S. Patent No. 5,648,599: "Gene conferring disease resistance to plants by responding to an a virulence gene in plant pathogens". Inventors: Gregory B. Martin and Steven D. Tanksley. Issued July 15, 1997 to Cornell Research Foundation, Ithaca, NY. 2) U.S. Patent No. 6,653,533: "Activation of plant defense-related genes mediated by the physical interaction of serine/threonine protein kinases with transcription factors containing pathogenesis-related (PR) box binding domains". Inventors: Gregory B. Martin and Jian-Min Zhou. Issued November 25, 2003 to Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN. 3) U.S. Patent No. 7,138,569: "Nucleic acids encoding Pseudomonas Hop proteins and use thereof". Inventors: Alan R. Collmer, James R. Alfano, Xiaoyan Tang, Robin C. Buell, and Gregory B. Martin. Issued November 21, 2006 to Cornell Research Foundation, Boyce Thompson Institute, Kansas State University, The Institute for Genomics Research, and the University of Nebraska.
A Selection of refereed journal publications (2002-present)
Chakravarthy, S., Velasquez, A.C., Ekengren, S.K., Collmer, A., and Martin, G.B. 2010. Identification of Nicotiana benthamiana genes involved in pathogen-associated molecular pattern-triggered immunity. Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions 23: 715-726
Ek-Ramos MJ, Avila J, Cheng C, Martin GB, Devarenne TP. 2010. The T-loop extension of the tomato protein kinase AvrPto-dependent Pto-interacting protein 3 (Adi3) directs nuclear localization for suppression of plant cell death. Journal of Biological Chemistry : [Epub ahead of print]
Kang HG, Oh CS, Sato M, Katagiri F, Glazebrook J, Takahashi H, Kachroo P, Martin GB, Klessig DF. 2010. Endosome-associated CRT1 functions early in resistance gene-mediated defense signaling in Arabidopsis and tobacco. Plant Cell 22: 918-36
Kelley BS, SJ, D'Amasceno CM, Chakravarthy S, Kim BD, Martin GB, Rose JK. 2010. A secreted effector protein (SNE1) from Phytophthora infestans is a broadly acting suppressor of programmed cell death. Plant Journal 62: 357-366
Nguyen HP, Yeam I, Angot A, Martin GB. 2010. Two virulence determinants of type III effector AvrPto are functionally conserved in diverse Pseudomonas syringae pathovars. New Phytologist : [Epub ahead of print]
Oh CS, Pedley KF, Martin GB. 2010. Tomato 14-3-3 protein 7 positively regulates immunity-associated programmed cell death by enhancing protein abundance and signaling ability of MAPKKKa. Plant Cell 22: 260-72
Yeam, I., Nguyen, H.P., and Martin, G.B. 2010. Phosphorylation of Pseudomonas syringae effector AvrPto is required for an FLS2/BAK1-independent virulence activity and recognition by tobacco. Plant Journal 61: 16-24
Book chapters:
Invited presentations at major international conferences (2002-present-Maximum 8)
Tel Aviv University, Department of Plant Sciences. Tel Aviv, Israel. February 13, 2007 Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel. February 15, 2007 Symposium on Plant Innate Immunity. Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan. March 12-13, 2007 RIKEN Yokohama Institute, Plant Sciences Center. Yokohama, Japan. March 14, 2007 Nagoya University, Department of Biological Sciences. Nagoya, Japan. March 15, 2007 Nara Institute of Science and Technology. Nara, Japan. March 16, 2007 University of Geneva, Department of Plant Biology, Geneva, Switzerland. May 8, 2007 University of Lausanne, Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Lausanne, Switzerland. May 9, 2007 Research Grants (2004 – present):
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