Professor Jessica Mar
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Jessica Mar

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Professor Jessica Mar is:
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Fields of research

Bioinformatics and computational biology Biological Sciences

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University

Search Professor Jessica Mar’s works on UQ eSpace

76 works between 2003 and 2024
All (76) Journal Article (73) Conference Publication (3)

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2011

Journal Article

Epstein-Barr virus exploits intrinsic B-lymphocyte transcription programs to achieve immortal cell growth

Zhao, Bo, Zou, James, Wang, Hongfang, Johannsen, Eric, Peng, Chih-Wen, Quackenbush, John, Mar, Jessica C., Morton, Cynthia Casson, Freedman, Matthew L., Blacklow, Stephen C., Aster, Jon C., Bernstein, Bradley E. and Kieff, Elliott (2011). Epstein-Barr virus exploits intrinsic B-lymphocyte transcription programs to achieve immortal cell growth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108 (36), 14902-14907. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1108892108

Epstein-Barr virus exploits intrinsic B-lymphocyte transcription programs to achieve immortal cell growth

2011

Journal Article

Variance of gene expression identifies altered network constraints in neurological disease

Mar, Jessica C., Matigian, Nicholas A., Mackay-Sim, Alan, Mellick, George D., Sue, Carolyn M., Silburn, Peter A., McGrath, John J., Quackenbush, John and Wells, Christine A. (2011). Variance of gene expression identifies altered network constraints in neurological disease. PLoS Genetics, 7 (8) e1002207, e1002207. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002207

Variance of gene expression identifies altered network constraints in neurological disease

2011

Journal Article

Canonical NF-κB activation is essential for Epstein-Barr virus latent membrane protein 1 TES2/CTAR2 gene regulation

Gewurz, Benjamin E., Mar, Jessica C., Padi, Megha, Zhao, Bo, Shinners, Nicholas P., Takasaki, Kaoru, Bedoya, Edward, Zou, James Y., Cahir-Mcfarland, Ellen, Quackenbush, John and Kieff, Elliott (2011). Canonical NF-κB activation is essential for Epstein-Barr virus latent membrane protein 1 TES2/CTAR2 gene regulation. Journal of Virology, 85 (13), 6764-6773. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00422-11

Canonical NF-κB activation is essential for Epstein-Barr virus latent membrane protein 1 TES2/CTAR2 gene regulation

2011

Journal Article

Defining an informativeness metric for clustering gene expression data

Mar, Jessica C., Wells, Christine A. and Quackenbush, John (2011). Defining an informativeness metric for clustering gene expression data. Bioinformatics, 27 (8) btr074, 1094-1100. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btr074

Defining an informativeness metric for clustering gene expression data

2011

Journal Article

Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen 3C regulated genes in lymphoblastoid cell lines

Zhao, Bo, Mar, Jessica C., Maruo, Seiji, Lee, Sungwook, Gewurz, Benjamin E., Johannsen, Eric, Holton, Kristina, Rubio, Renee, Takada, Kenzo, Quackenbush, John and Kieff, Elliott (2011). Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen 3C regulated genes in lymphoblastoid cell lines. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108 (1), 337-342. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1017419108

Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen 3C regulated genes in lymphoblastoid cell lines

2010

Journal Article

Therapeutic implications of GIPC1 silencing in cancer

Chittenden, Thomas W., Pak, Jane, Rubio, Renee, Cheng, Hailing, Holton, Kristina, Prendergast, Niall, Glinskii, Vladimir, Cai, Yi, Culhane, Aedin, Bentink, Stefan, Schwede, Mathew, Mar, Jessica C., Howe, Eleanor A., Aryee, Martin, Sultana, Razvan, Lanahan, Anthony A., Taylor, Jennifer M., Holmes, Chris, Hahn, William C., Zhao, Jean J., Iglehart, J. Dirk and Quackenbush, John (2010). Therapeutic implications of GIPC1 silencing in cancer. PLoS ONE, 5 (12) e15581, e15581. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015581

Therapeutic implications of GIPC1 silencing in cancer

2009

Journal Article

Decomposition of gene expression state space trajectories

Mar, Jessica C. and Quackenbush, John (2009). Decomposition of gene expression state space trajectories. PLoS Computational Biology, 5 (12) e1000626, e1000626. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000626

Decomposition of gene expression state space trajectories

2009

Journal Article

HPV16 E7 oncogene expression in normal human epithelial cells causes molecular changes indicative of an epithelial to mesenchymal transition

Hellner, Karin, Mar, Jessica, Fang, Frank, Quackenbush, John and Münger, Karl (2009). HPV16 E7 oncogene expression in normal human epithelial cells causes molecular changes indicative of an epithelial to mesenchymal transition. Virology, 391 (1), 57-63. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2009.05.036

HPV16 E7 oncogene expression in normal human epithelial cells causes molecular changes indicative of an epithelial to mesenchymal transition

2009

Journal Article

The transcriptional network that controls growth arrest and differentiation in a human myeloid leukemia cell line

Suzuki, H, Forrest, ARR, van Nimwegen, E, Daub, CO, Balwierz, PJ, Irvine, KM, Lassmann, T, Ravasi, T, Hasegawa, Y, de Hoon, MJL, Katayama, S, Schroder, K, Carninci, P, Tomaru, Y, Kanamori-Katayama, M, Kubosaki, A, Akalin, A, Ando, Y, Arner, E, Asada, M, Asahara, H, Bailey, T, Bajic, VB, Bauer, D, Beckhouse, AG, Bertin, N, Bjorkegren, J, Brombacher, F, Bulger, E ... Riken Omics Science Center (2009). The transcriptional network that controls growth arrest and differentiation in a human myeloid leukemia cell line. Nature Genetics, 41 (5), 553-562. doi: 10.1038/ng.375

The transcriptional network that controls growth arrest and differentiation in a human myeloid leukemia cell line

2009

Journal Article

Data-driven normalization strategies for high-throughput quantitative RT-PCR

Mar, Jessica C., Kimura, Yasumasa, Schroder, Kate, Irvine, Katherine M., Hayashizaki, Yoshihide, Suzuki, Harukazu, Hume, David and Quackenbush, John (2009). Data-driven normalization strategies for high-throughput quantitative RT-PCR. BMC Bioinformatics, 10 (1) 110, 110.1-110.10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2105-10-110

Data-driven normalization strategies for high-throughput quantitative RT-PCR

2007

Journal Article

Further Evidence for BRCA1 Communication with the Inactive X Chromosome

Silver, Daniel P., Dimitrov, Stoil D., Feunteun, Jean, Gelman, Rebecca, Drapkin, Ronny, Lu, Shihua D., Shestakova, Elena, Velmurugan, Soundarapandian, DeNunzio, Nicholas, Dragomir, Serban, Mar, Jessica, Liu, Xiaoling, Rottenberg, Sven, Jonkers, Jos, Ganesan, Shridar and Livingston, David M. (2007). Further Evidence for BRCA1 Communication with the Inactive X Chromosome. Cell, 128 (5), 991-1002. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2007.02.025

Further Evidence for BRCA1 Communication with the Inactive X Chromosome

2006

Journal Article

Inferring steady state single-cell gene expression distributions from analysis of mesoscopic samples

Mar, Jessica C., Rubio, Renee and Quackenbush, John (2006). Inferring steady state single-cell gene expression distributions from analysis of mesoscopic samples. Genome Biology, 7 (12) R119. doi: 10.1186/gb-2006-7-12-r119

Inferring steady state single-cell gene expression distributions from analysis of mesoscopic samples

2006

Journal Article

Immunogenetics of CD4 lymphocyte count recovery during antiretroviral therapy: An AIDS clinical trials group study

Haas, David W., Geraghty, Daniel E., Andersen, Janet, Mar, Jessica, Motsinger, Alison A., D'Aquila, Richard T., Unutmaz, Derya, Benson, Constance A., Ritchie, Marylyn D. and Landay, Alan (2006). Immunogenetics of CD4 lymphocyte count recovery during antiretroviral therapy: An AIDS clinical trials group study. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 194 (8), 1098-1107. doi: 10.1086/507313

Immunogenetics of CD4 lymphocyte count recovery during antiretroviral therapy: An AIDS clinical trials group study

2005

Journal Article

Bayesian and maximum likelihood phylogenetic analyses of protein sequence data under relative branch-length differences and model violation

Mar, Jessica C., Harlow, Timothy J . and Ragan, Mark A. (2005). Bayesian and maximum likelihood phylogenetic analyses of protein sequence data under relative branch-length differences and model violation. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 5 (1) 8, 8.1-8.20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-5-8

Bayesian and maximum likelihood phylogenetic analyses of protein sequence data under relative branch-length differences and model violation

2003

Journal Article

Model-based clustering in gene expression microarrays: an application to breast cancer data

Mar, J.C. and McLachlan, G.J. (2003). Model-based clustering in gene expression microarrays: an application to breast cancer data. International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, 13 (6), 579-592. doi: 10.1142/S0218194003001482

Model-based clustering in gene expression microarrays: an application to breast cancer data

2003

Journal Article

Model-based clustering in gene expression microarrays: an application to breast cancer data

Mar, J. C. and McLachlan, G. J. (2003). Model-based clustering in gene expression microarrays: an application to breast cancer data. International Journal of Software Engineering And Knowledge Engineering, 13 (6), 579-592. doi: 10.1142/S0218194003001482

Model-based clustering in gene expression microarrays: an application to breast cancer data

Current funding

  • 2023 - 2025
    A human brain organoid model of acute prenatal hypoxia enables biomarker discovery and drug screening for hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy.
    NHMRC IDEAS Grants
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2021 - 2022
    UQ AWARE - A/Prof Jessica Mar
    UQ Amplify Women's Academic Research Equity
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2023
    Noise rules: investigating how heterogeneity impacts disease transcriptomes
    Georgina Sweet Award for Women in Quantitative Biomedical Science
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2023
    Developing bioinformatics methods for single cell transcriptomics.
    ARC Future Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2021
    Defective repair of neuronal activity-induced DNA double strand breaks: A novel pathogenic mechanism for neurodegeneration in ataxia-telangiectasia
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2019
    Stem Cells Australia (ARC Special Research Initiative administered by the University of Melbourne)
    University of Melbourne
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Jessica Mar is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    From Target Discovery to Therapeutic Antibodies

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Martina Jones, Dr Lucia Zacchi

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Investigating the Impact of Sex-based Dimorphism in the Omics of Human Disease

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Developing optimal transport models for spatial and single cell data to understand cancer progression

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Peter Simpson, Dr Quan Nguyen

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Multiomics and AI for Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) Biomarker and Treatment Discovery with Human Brain Organoids

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Giovanni Pietrogrande, Professor Ernst Wolvetang

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Elucidating the role of Human Aminoacyl multi- tRNA synthetase complex (MSC) in Hypomyelination with brainstem and spinal cord involvement and leg spasticity (HBSL)

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Stefan Thor, Professor Ernst Wolvetang

Completed supervision

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