Cathie Martin Explained

Cathie Martin
Birth Name:Catherine Rosemary Martin
Known For:Blue tomato
Workplaces:University of East Anglia
John Innes Centre
Field:Plant Biology
Thesis Title:Plant cell differentiation during seed germination
Thesis Url:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.277433
Thesis Year:1981
Alma Mater:University of Cambridge (BA, PhD)
Notable Students:Beverley Glover[1]

Catherine Rosemary Martin (born April 1955) is a Professor of Plant Sciences at the University of East Anglia (UEA) and project leader at the John Innes Centre, Norwich, co-ordinating research into the relationship between diet and health and how crops can be fortified to improve diets and address escalating chronic disease globally.[2] [3]

Education

Martin received a first class honours degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge. She then went on to obtain her PhD in Biochemistry in 1981, also from Cambridge.[4]

Research and career

Her research has included work on blood oranges[5] and high anthocyanin purple tomatoes.[6]

After a period as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Cambridge[7] she moved to the John Innes Centre's department of genetics in 1983. She was the first to identify genes which regulated cell shape in plants.[7]

Since 2000, Cathie's research has focused on diet and health, researching how crops can be fortified to combat chronic disease across the world. This research has focused on plants which contain natural chemical compounds, which can be seen as 'natural medicines'. In 2022 Martin's laboratory produced genetically manipulated tomatoes containing high levels of a precursor to vitamin D. These were scheduled for field trials, and intended to improve dietary intake of vitamin D.[8] [9]

With Liam Dolan, Alison Mary Smith, George Coupland, Nicholas Harberd, Jonathan Jones, Robert Sablowski and Abigail Amey she is a co-author of the textbook Plant Biology.[10]

She was the editor-in-chief of The Plant Cell, as well as the first woman and first non-American to hold this post.[7] She holds seven patents and co-foundedthe University spin-off company Norfolk Plant Sciences with Jonathan Jones, to bring the benefits of plant biotechnology to Europe and the United States.[11] [7] Her former doctoral students include Beverley Glover.[1]

Awards and honours

Martin was appointed a Member of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for "services to plant biotechnology"[12] and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) most promising innovator 2014.[13] Cathie's research into Purple Tomatoes gained her and Eugenio Butelli BBSRC's most promising innovator award in 2014. She has also been recognised by:

Notes and References

  1. Glover. Beverley Jane. Cellular differentiation in plants. . 53660442. 1996. University of East Anglia. PhD.
  2. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20160322013905/https://www.jic.ac.uk/directory/cathie-martin/. 22 March 2016. Cathie Martin: Metabolic biology. John Innes Centre. Norwich.
  3. Web site: Prof Cathie Martin - John Innes Centre. Creative. Sponge. Jic.ac.uk. 9 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20160322013905/https://www.jic.ac.uk/directory/cathie-martin/. 22 March 2016. dead.
  4. PhD. University of Cambridge. Plant cell differentiation during seed germination. Catherine Rosemary. Martin. 1981. cam.ac.uk. . 557040208.
  5. Web site: Scientists create new orange superjuice to help beat heart disease. 13 March 2012. independent.co.uk. The Independent. 10 June 2016.
  6. Web site: Genetically-modified purple tomatoes heading for shops. bbc.co.uk. . 24 January 2014 . 10 June 2016.
  7. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20150123161726/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2004_2009/documents/dv/cv_martin_/CV_Martin_en.pdf. Cathie Martin Profile. 23 January 2015. European Parliament. Brussels.
  8. Ledford . Heidi . Gene-edited tomatoes could provide new source of vitamin D . Nature . 2022 . 10.1038/d41586-022-01443-2 . 35606436 . 249015294 . 25 May 2022.
  9. Web site: Geddes . Linda . Scientists create tomatoes genetically edited to bolster vitamin D levels . theguardian.com . 23 May 2022 . 25 May 2022.
  10. Book: Smith . Alison Mary . Alison Mary Smith . Coupand . George . George Coupland . Dolan . Liam . Liam Dolan . Harberd . Nicholas . Nicholas Harberd . Jones . Jonathan . Jonathan D. G. Jones . Martin . Cathie . Cathie Martin . Sablowski . Robert . Amey . Abigail . 2009 . Plant Biology . . 978-0815340256 . registration .
  11. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20160610113822/https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/LhuZDrYofdS0K_xx7cInPY8h5HI/appointments. Anon. 2016. 10 June 2016. Catherine Rosemary MARTIN. Companies House. London.
  12. Web site: Life Sciences Index » Nutrition Integrates 2014 Speaker – Cathie Martin . 19 January 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150119173638/http://www.lifesciencesindex.com/nutrition-integrates-2014-speaker-cathie-martin . 19 January 2015 .
  13. Web site: Innovators 2014 part three – Cathie Martin and Eugenio Butelli's purple tomatoes . 2014. BBSRC. Anon. bbsrc.ac.uk. 10 June 2016. 2 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150202072448/http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/news/people-skills-training/2014/140515-f-innovators-pt3-martin-butelli.aspx. dead.
  14. Web site: Society for Experimental Biology President's Medallists. sebiology.org. 10 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304134227/http://www.sebiology.org/Documents/Meetings/Pres_Meds.pdf. 4 March 2016. dead.
  15. Web site: Fellows – AAAS MemberCentral. aaas.org. 10 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20150119183326/http://membercentral.aaas.org/fellows?page=3&LastName=M&Section=All&Country=All&State=All&name=&company=&AMCV_242B6472541199F70A4C98A6%40AdobeOrg_=-996416310%7CMCMID%7C63093029850094837050129865212467437497%7CMCAID%7CNONE%7CMCAAMLH-1422288452%7C6. 19 January 2015. dead.
  16. Web site: Prof Cathie Martin made an MBE – John Innes Centre. jic.ac.uk. 10 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160804075542/https://www.jic.ac.uk/news/2013/06/prof-cathie-martin-made-an-mbe/. 4 August 2016. dead.
  17. Web site: Kronfeld . Shoshana . 2017-03-28 . Announcing the 2017 ASPB Award Winners . 2024-06-02 . Plant Science Today . en-US.
  18. Web site: Catherine Martin. royalsociety.org. Royal Society. London. Anon. 2018. 9 May 2018.
  19. Web site: 2021-09-28. Rank Prize for Nutrition awarded to Professor Cathie Martin. 2021-09-28. John Innes Centre. en-GB.

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