Emerita Professor Jenny Martin
Emerita Professor

Jenny Martin

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Background

Jenny Martin trained as a pharmacist at the Victorian College of Pharmacy (VCP), where she was awarded the Gold Medal for top student over the BPharm course. After completing an MPharm in computational chemistry at the College, Jenny moved to Oxford University for a PhD by research in protein crystallography and drug design. Her DPhil was supported by a prestigious 1851 Science Research Scholarship and several other competitive scholarships. Jenny then undertook two years of postdoctoral research at Rockefeller University in New York, before returning to Australia in 1993 to establish the first protein crystallography laboratory in Queensland. Since then, she has held ARC QEII, ARC Professorial and NHMRC Fellowships and is currently an ARC Australian Laureate Fellow at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland. Jenny is the recipient of many honours including the ASBMB Roche Medal, the Queensland Smart Women Smart State Research Scientist award, and the Women in Biotech Outstanding Outstanding Biotechnology Achievement Award.

Availability

Emerita Professor Jenny Martin is:
Not available for supervision
Media expert

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Pharmacy, Victoria University
  • Masters (Coursework), Victoria University
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oxford

Research impacts

Prof Martin has contributed to knowledge through more than 110 crystal structures deposited into the protein data bank. She has also contributed to the development of patented antidiabetics, HIV-protease inhibitors, and patents leading to the development of conotoxin drugs that progressed to clinical trials. In addition, through a consultancy with PanBIO (now Inverness Medical Innovations) Prof Martin contributed to a patented diagnostic for herpes simplex virus. She has also held ARC Linkage projects with biotech companies Alchemia, Hexima and Biota leading to fundamental and applied research outcomes. As a leader in her field, Jenny has chaired the National Committee for Crystallography of the Australian Academy of Science, is a past President of the Society for Crystallographers in Australia and New Zealand and former member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Australian Synchrotron.

Search Professor Jenny Martin’s works on UQ eSpace

210 works between 1984 and 2022
All (210) Journal Article (177) Book Chapter (9) Conference Publication (19) Other Outputs (5)

21 - 40 of 210 works

2020

Journal Article

How to Make the Invisible Women of STEM Visible

Halili, Maria A. and Martin, Jennifer L. (2020). How to Make the Invisible Women of STEM Visible. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 73 (3), 75-77. doi: 10.1071/CH19286

How to Make the Invisible Women of STEM Visible

2019

Journal Article

Oxidoreductase disulfide bond proteins DsbA and DsbB form an active redox pair in Chlamydia trachomatis, a bacterium with disulfide dependent infection and development

Christensen, Signe, Halili, Maria A., Strange, Natalie, Petit, Guillaume A., Huston, Wilhelmina M., Martin, Jennifer L. and McMahon, Róisín M. (2019). Oxidoreductase disulfide bond proteins DsbA and DsbB form an active redox pair in Chlamydia trachomatis, a bacterium with disulfide dependent infection and development. PLoS One, 14 (9) e0222595, e0222595. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222595

Oxidoreductase disulfide bond proteins DsbA and DsbB form an active redox pair in Chlamydia trachomatis, a bacterium with disulfide dependent infection and development

2019

Journal Article

A structural overview of the zinc transporters in the cation diffusion facilitator family

Cotrim, Camila A., Jarrott, Russell J., Martin, Jennifer L. and Drew, David (2019). A structural overview of the zinc transporters in the cation diffusion facilitator family. Acta Crystallographica Section D: Structural Biology, 75 (4), 357-367. doi: 10.1107/S2059798319003814

A structural overview of the zinc transporters in the cation diffusion facilitator family

2019

Journal Article

The atypical thiol-disulfide exchange protein alpha-DsbA2 from Wolbachia pipientis is a homotrimeric disulfide isomerase

Walden, Patricia M., Whitten, Andrew E., Premkumar, Lakshmanane, Halili, Maria A., Heras, Begona, King, Gordon J. and Martin, Jennifer L. (2019). The atypical thiol-disulfide exchange protein alpha-DsbA2 from Wolbachia pipientis is a homotrimeric disulfide isomerase. Acta Crystallographica Section D: Structural Biology, 75 (3), 283-295. doi: 10.1107/S2059798318018442

The atypical thiol-disulfide exchange protein alpha-DsbA2 from Wolbachia pipientis is a homotrimeric disulfide isomerase

2019

Journal Article

Author correction: A shape-shifting redox foldase contributes to Proteus mirabilis copper resistance (vol 8, 16065, 2017)

Furlong, Emily J., Lo, Alvin W., Kurth, Fabian, Premkumar, Lakshmanane, Totsika, Makrina, Achard, Maud E. S., Halili, Maria A., Heras, Begona, Whitten, Andrew E., Choudhury, Hassanul G., Schembri, Mark A. and Martin, Jennifer L. (2019). Author correction: A shape-shifting redox foldase contributes to Proteus mirabilis copper resistance (vol 8, 16065, 2017). Nature Communications, 10 (1) 976, 976. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-08920-9

Author correction: A shape-shifting redox foldase contributes to Proteus mirabilis copper resistance (vol 8, 16065, 2017)

2019

Journal Article

Engineered variants provide new insight into the structural properties important for activity of the highly dynamic, trimeric protein disulfide isomerase ScsC from Proteus mirabilis

Furlong, Emily J., Kurth, Fabian, Premkumar, Lakshmanane, Whitten, Andrew E. and Martin, Jennifer L. (2019). Engineered variants provide new insight into the structural properties important for activity of the highly dynamic, trimeric protein disulfide isomerase ScsC from Proteus mirabilis. Acta Crystallographica Section D-Structural Biology, 75 (3), 296-307. doi: 10.1107/S2059798319000081

Engineered variants provide new insight into the structural properties important for activity of the highly dynamic, trimeric protein disulfide isomerase ScsC from Proteus mirabilis

2019

Journal Article

Life inside and out: making and breaking protein disulfide bonds in Chlamydia

Christensen, Signe, McMahon, Róisín M., Martin, Jennifer L. and Huston, Wilhelmina M. (2019). Life inside and out: making and breaking protein disulfide bonds in Chlamydia. Critical Reviews in Microbiology, 45 (1), 33-50. doi: 10.1080/1040841x.2018.1538933

Life inside and out: making and breaking protein disulfide bonds in Chlamydia

2019

Book Chapter

Studying Munc18:Syntaxin interactions using small-angle scattering

Whitten, Andrew E., Jarrott, Russell J., Hu, Shu-Hong, Duff, Anthony P., King, Gordon J., Martin, Jennifer L. and Christie, Michelle P. (2019). Studying Munc18:Syntaxin interactions using small-angle scattering. SNAREs: methods and protocols. (pp. 115-144) New York, NY, United States: Humana Press. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-8760-3_7

Studying Munc18:Syntaxin interactions using small-angle scattering

2018

Journal Article

Disulfide isomerase activity of the dynamic, trimeric Proteus mirabilis ScsC protein is primed by the tandem immunoglobulin-fold domain of ScsB

Furlong, Emily J., Choudhury, Hassanul G., Kurth, Fabian, Duff, Anthony P., Whitten, Andrew E. and Martin, Jennifer L. (2018). Disulfide isomerase activity of the dynamic, trimeric Proteus mirabilis ScsC protein is primed by the tandem immunoglobulin-fold domain of ScsB. The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 293 (16), 5793-5805. doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA118.001860

Disulfide isomerase activity of the dynamic, trimeric Proteus mirabilis ScsC protein is primed by the tandem immunoglobulin-fold domain of ScsB

2018

Journal Article

Virulence of the melioidosis pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei requires the oxidoreductase membrane protein DsbB

McMahon, Róisín M., Ireland, Philip M., Sarovich, Derek S., Petit, Guillaume, Jenkins, Christopher H., Sarkar-Tyson, Mitali, Currie, Bart J. and Martin, Jennifer L. (2018). Virulence of the melioidosis pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei requires the oxidoreductase membrane protein DsbB. Infection and Immunity, 86 (5) e00938-17, e00938-17. doi: 10.1128/IAI.00938-17

Virulence of the melioidosis pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei requires the oxidoreductase membrane protein DsbB

2018

Journal Article

Inhibition of diverse DsbA enzymes in multi-DsbA encoding pathogens

Totsika, Makrina, Vagenas, Dimitrios, Paxman, Jason J., Wang, Geqing, Dhouib, Rabeb, Sharma, Pooja, Martin, Jennifer L., Scanlon, Martin J. and Heras, Begoña (2018). Inhibition of diverse DsbA enzymes in multi-DsbA encoding pathogens. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling, 29 (7) ars.2017.7104, 653-666. doi: 10.1089/ars.2017.7104

Inhibition of diverse DsbA enzymes in multi-DsbA encoding pathogens

2018

Journal Article

Exploring positive survivorship experiences of Indigenous Australian cancer patients

Tam, Laura, Garvey, Gail, Meiklejohn, Judith, Martin, Jennifer, Adams, Jon, Walpole, Euan, Fay, Michael and Valery, Patricia (2018). Exploring positive survivorship experiences of Indigenous Australian cancer patients. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15 (1) 135, 135. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15010135

Exploring positive survivorship experiences of Indigenous Australian cancer patients

2018

Other Outputs

X-ray diffraction images related to PDB entry 5IDR

Furlong, Emily J, Kurth, Fabian, Choudhury, Hassanul and Martin, Jennifer Louise (2018). X-ray diffraction images related to PDB entry 5IDR. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2018.25

X-ray diffraction images related to PDB entry 5IDR

2018

Other Outputs

X-ray diffraction images related to PDB entry 6C29

Furlong, Emily J, Choudhury, Hassanul G, Kurth, Fabian and Martin, Jennifer Louise (2018). X-ray diffraction images related to PDB entry 6C29. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2018.671

X-ray diffraction images related to PDB entry 6C29

2018

Other Outputs

X-ray diffraction images related to PDB entry 4XVW

Kurth, Fabian, Furlong, Emily J, Premkumar, Lakshmanane and Martin, Jennifer Louise (2018). X-ray diffraction images related to PDB entry 4XVW. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2018.26

X-ray diffraction images related to PDB entry 4XVW

2018

Other Outputs

X-ray diffraction images related to PDB entry 5ID4

Furlong, Emily J, Kurth, Fabian, Choudhury, Hassanul and Martin, Jennifer Louise (2018). X-ray diffraction images related to PDB entry 5ID4. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2018.27

X-ray diffraction images related to PDB entry 5ID4

2017

Journal Article

Revisiting interaction specificity reveals neuronal and adipocyte Munc18 membrane fusion regulatory proteins differ in their binding interactions with partner SNARE Syntaxins

Christie, Michelle P., Hu, Shu-Hong, Whitten, Andrew E., Rehman, Asma, Jarrott, Russell J., King, Gordon J., Collins, Brett M. and Martin, Jennifer L. (2017). Revisiting interaction specificity reveals neuronal and adipocyte Munc18 membrane fusion regulatory proteins differ in their binding interactions with partner SNARE Syntaxins. PloS one, 12 (10) e0187302, 1-16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0187302

Revisiting interaction specificity reveals neuronal and adipocyte Munc18 membrane fusion regulatory proteins differ in their binding interactions with partner SNARE Syntaxins

2017

Journal Article

The nature of the Syntaxin4 C-terminus affects Munc18c-supported SNARE assembly

Rehman, Asma, Hu, Shu-Hong , Tnimov, Zakir, Whitten, Andrew E., King, Gordon J., Jarrott, Russell J., Norwood, Suzanne J., Alexandrov, Kirill, Collins, Brett M., Christie, Michelle P. and Martin, Jennifer L. (2017). The nature of the Syntaxin4 C-terminus affects Munc18c-supported SNARE assembly. PLoS One, 12 (8) e0183366, e0183366. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183366

The nature of the Syntaxin4 C-terminus affects Munc18c-supported SNARE assembly

2017

Journal Article

A shape-shifting redox foldase contributes to Proteus mirabilis copper resistance

Furlong, Emily J., Lo, Alvin W., Kurth, Fabian, Premkumar, Lakshmanane, Totsika, Makrina, Achard, Maud E. S., Halili, Maria A., Heras, Begona, Whitten, Andrew E., Choudhury, Hassanul G., Schembri, Mark A. and Martin, Jennifer L. (2017). A shape-shifting redox foldase contributes to Proteus mirabilis copper resistance. Nature Communications, 8 (1) 16065, 16065. doi: 10.1038/ncomms16065

A shape-shifting redox foldase contributes to Proteus mirabilis copper resistance

2017

Journal Article

Exploratory study into the unmet supportive needs of people diagnosed with cirrhosis in Queensland, Australia

Valery, Patricia C., Clark, Paul J., McPhail, Steven M., Rahman, Tony, Hayward, Kelly, Martin, Jennifer, Horsfall, Leigh, Volk, Michael L., Skoien, Richard and Powell, Elizabeth (2017). Exploratory study into the unmet supportive needs of people diagnosed with cirrhosis in Queensland, Australia. Internal Medicine Journal, 47 (4), 429-435. doi: 10.1111/imj.13380

Exploratory study into the unmet supportive needs of people diagnosed with cirrhosis in Queensland, Australia

Availability

Emerita Professor Jenny Martin is:
Not available for supervision

Supervision history

Completed supervision

Enquiries

Contact Emerita Professor Jenny Martin directly for media enquiries about:

  • antibacterials
  • Antibiotic discovery
  • antibiotics
  • bacteria
  • bacterial infection
  • Crystallography - protein
  • diabetes
  • drug discovery
  • Enzyme inhibition
  • infection
  • inflammation
  • insulin
  • Protein crystallography
  • Protein function
  • Protein structure
  • Proteins
  • science policy
  • scientific leadership
  • superbugs
  • women in science

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