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Eric Martz

Eric Martz

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Member since: October 02, 2001

Cellular immunology, 1963-1997, 65 pubs. Taught immunology UMass Amherst 1981-2003. Early 1990s, free flow cytometry software MFI, ~30K lines C (www.umass.edu/microbio/mfi). 1995 founded RasMol Home Page and EMail list. First NSF DUE grant 1997, molecular visualization workshops for college faculty. 1998-2005, Protein Explorer (MERLOT Award); 2nd NSF DUE grant 2000-2006). 2005-present, FirstGlance in Jmol (firstglance.jmol.org) used hundreds of times/day.

Current address

University of Massachusetts
Department of Microbiology
Amherst, MA 01003
United States

Education

Ph.D. in Biology
Johns Hopkins University
1963 — 1969
B.A. in Chemistry
Oberlin College
1958 — 1963

Experience

Asst/Assoc/full Professor/Emeritus
University of Massachusetts
1981 — pres
Postdoctoral/Asst/Assoc Professor
Harvard Medical School
1971 — 1980
Predoctoral research/Postdoctoral
Princeton University
1966 — 1970

Activities

  • firstglance.jmol.org
  • See current CV (martz.molviz.org)
  • Created tutorials on macromolecules (molviz.org)
  • Authored many articles at proteopedia.org
  • msareveal.org molviz.org/pacupp

Interests

  • Easy macromolecular visualization/analysis for non-specialists
  • tinyurl.com/movingmolecules

References

tinyurl.com/emartzpubs

Prior to switching to macromolecular visualization in 1997, I did research in cellular immunology.

I published 65 papers and reviews (47 peer reviewed) in cellular immunology and biology, 1965-1997.

Other

60K visitors to tinyurl.com/RamachandranPrincipleYoutube

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News & Commentary
Proteopedia.Org Seeks Help
Submitted by Eric Martz; posted on Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Resources: Predict protein structure from sequence easily, free!
Submitted by Eric Martz; posted on Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Education: FirstGlance in Jmol now on YouTube: Intro & Design Goals
Submitted by Eric Martz; posted on Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Education: Coronavirus spike protein and membrane fusion
Submitted by Eric Martz; posted on Thursday, August 27, 2020
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