• emartz@microbio.umass.edu
• US Mail: Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA 01003-9298
• Martz Faculty Page (less up to date) at the Department of Microbiology Website.

I retired from teaching immunology in January, 2004. I did research in cell biology and immunology 1965-1997, publishing 46 research reports and 19 reviews. My current work is:

Macromolecular Visualization and Structural Bioinformatics

• FirstGlance in Jmol (firstglance.jmol.org): A simple tool for exploring structures of proteins and protein-ligand or protein-drug interactions that works on all popular platforms and browsers without installing anything (except java). Adopted by Nature Structural and Molecular Biology (see 3D View links there) and other bioinformatics resources. Open source, freely downloadable from bioinformatics.org/firstglance. First offered in 2005.
  
  
• Protein Explorer (www.proteinexplorer.org): A popular tool for exploring, understanding, and qualitative analysis of structures of proteins and protein-ligand or protein-drug interactions. MERLOT Classic Award for Biology in 2003: "has revolutionized the teaching of biology at a molecular level". Adopted as a visualization option by several bioinformatics resources. First offered in 1998; continued development is our primary project.

  Evolutionary conservation in the ligand-binding domain of a lymphocyte adhesion molecule revealed by Protein Explorer and the ConSurf Server. The domain above is from the leukocyte integrin LFA-1 (CD11a/CD18) discovered in 1981 by Springer, Martz, et al.. This structure was solved by Qu & Leahy (1995).

• The ConSurf Server automatically identifies evolutionarily conserved surface patches on proteins. We integrated Protein Explorer into ConSurf, which was developed by Nir Ben-Tal, Fabian Glaser et al. at Tel-Aviv University, Israel. First available Fall 2002.

• MolviZ.org: Educational Macromolecular Visualization Tutorials & Resources including structures of DNA, hemoglobin, antibody, MHC, lipid bilayers and channels, animations of molecular vibrations in infra-red spectroscopy, the Protein Morpher, Noncovalent Bond Finder, History of Visualization of Biological Macromolecules, and help for authoring molecular visualization tutorials. Portions first offered in 1996. MolviZ.org domain name starting fall 2004.

• Our illustrated Atlas of Macromolecules provides a handy source of examples to educators and students. First available in 2002.

• Protein Structure Training Workshops can be arranged.

• The World Index of Molecular Visualization Resources (www.molvisindex.org): a visitor-maintained database, first offered in 2000.

• The RasMol Home Page provides the largest and most complete documentation available for RasMol 2.6, a popular macromolecular visualization tool by Roger A. Sayle. Developed 1995-1999.

• PDB Lite (pdblite.org), mirrored worldwide, helps beginners find published protein structures. First available 1998.

• The Molecular Visualization Freeware EMail Discussion provides an international forum for educators and developers. Founded 1995.

Ceramic art of my parents, Karl Martz and Becky Brown

• Microbiology 597V: Macromolecular Visualization Lab: 2002, 2000, 1999. First taught 1998.
• Microbiology 320: Infectious Disease and Defense. Taught 1999-2003.
• Microbiology 540: Immunology. Taught 1981-2003.
• Microbiology 542: Immunology Laboratory. Taught 1981-2003.
• Microbiology 797J: Immunology Journal Club. Co-taught from mid-1980's through 2002.