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John Martin

Graduate Student in Mechanical Engineering
University of Pennsylvania

HOMETOWN
Delran, NJ

EDUCATION
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 2006, The College of New Jersey
M.S. Mechanical Engineering/Bioengineering, 2008, University of Colorado at Boulder

AREAS OF SPECIAL INTERESTS
Animal models of intervertebral disc degeneration Tissue engineering of the intervertebral disc

PUBLICATIONS

1. Martin JT, Gorth DJ, Beattie EE, Smith LJ, Harfe BD, Elliott DM (2012). Mouse Intervertebral Disc Mechanics are Unaffected by Remodeling Following Annulus Fibrosus Injury. (in preparation)
2. Smith LJ, Martin JT, Elliott DM, Haskins ME, Ponder KP (2012). Pathomechanisms of lumbar spine disease in mucopolysaccharidosis VII dogs and response to neonatal gene therapy. Mol Genet Metab (in press)
3. Holguin N, Martin JT, Elliott DM, Judex S (2012). Low-intensity vibrations partially maintain intervertebral disc mechanics and spinal muscle area during deconditioning. Spine J (in press)
4. Showalter BL, Beckstein JC, Martin JT, Beattie EE, Espinoza Orias AA, Schaer TP, Vresilovic EJ, Elliott DM (2012). Comparison of animal discs used in disc research to human lumbar disc: torsion mechanics and collagen content. Spine (in press)
5. Smith LJ, Martin JT, Szczesny SE, Ponder KP, Haskins ME, Elliott DM (2009) Structural and biomechanical foundations of lumbar spine deformity in mucopolysaccharidosis type VII. J Orthop Res; 28(5):616-622

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

1. Martin JT, Beattie EE, Gorth DJ, Smith LJ, Elliott DM (2012). Mechanical Consequences of Needle Puncture Injury in the Mouse Caudal Disc. American Society of Mechanical Engineers Summer Bioengineering Conference, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, USA (PhD Competition Finalist)
2. Martin JT, Beattie EE, Gorth DJ, Smith LJ, Elliott DM (2012). Mechanical and Biochemical Consequences of Needle Puncture Injury in the Mouse Caudal Disc. 58th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, San Francisco, CA (Spotlight Presentation)
3. Martin JT, Beattie EE, Smith LJ, Elliott DM (2011). Mechanical Consequences of Needle Puncture Injury in the Mouse Caudal Disc. Spine Research Symposium: New Horizons in Intervertebral Disc Research, Philadelphia, PA
4. Showalter BL, Beckstein JC, Martin JT, Beattie EE, Espinoza Orías AA, Schaer TP, Vresilovic EJ, and Elliott DM (2011). Disc torsion mechanics: Comparison of animal models to human, American Society of Mechanical Engineers Summer Bioengineering Conference, Farmington, PA
5. Kluge JA, Martin JT, Nerurkar NL, Amaniera FA, Pampati RA, Elliott DM, Mauck RL (2010). Functional Enhancement of Disc-Like Angle-Ply Structures via Dynamic Culture, 57th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, Long Beach, USA
6. Elliott DM, Nerurkar NL, Huang AH, Kluge JA, Smith LJ, Martin JT, Hebela N, Mauck RL (2010). Disc Tissue Engineering - Can We Make it Stick? 6th World Congress on Biomechanics, Suntec City, Singapore (Keynote Presentation)
7. Ponder KP, Smith LJ, Martin JT, Gerasimowicz KM, Haskins ME, Elliott DM (2010) Altered Cervical Spine Biomechanical Properties and Gene Expression in Mucopolysaccharidosis VII Dogs, 11th International Symposium on Mucopolysaccharide and Related Diseases, Adelaide, Australia
8. Ponder KP, Smith LJ, Elliott DM, Martin JT, Wu S, Liu Y, Haskins ME (2010) Molecular Mechanisms for Skeletal/Soft Tissue Pathology, 11th International Symposium on Mucopolysaccharide and Related Diseases, Adelaide, Australia
9. Martin JT, Balderston JR, Gerasimowicz KM, Smith LJ, Hebela N, Elliott DM (2010) Direct effects of intervertebral disc needle puncture injury on mouse lumbar and caudal motion segment mechanical function, 56th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, New Orleans, USA
10. Smith LJ, Ponder KP, Martin JT, Haskins ME, Eliott DM (2010) Lumbar spine Segment mechanical properties, composition and gene expression in Mucopolysaccharidosis VII dogs following neonatal gene therapy, 56th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, New Orleans, USA
11. Martin JT, Ferguson VL (2009) Regional similarites in the mechanical properties of the human umbilical artery, American Society of Mechanical Engineers Summer Bioengineering Conference, Lake Tahoe, USA
12. Smith LJ, Martin JT, Szczesny SE, Ponder KP, Haskins ME, Elliott DM (2009) Mucopolysaccharidosis VII and the developing lumbar spine: consequences for annulus fibrosus and vertebral end plate mechanical properties, American Society of Mechanical Engineers Summer Bioengineering Conference, Lake Tahoe, USA
13. Smith LJ, Martin JT, Ponder KP, Haskins ME, Elliott DM (2009) Structural and mechanical consequences of mucopolysaccharidosis VII for the developing lumbar spine, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine Annual Meeting, Miami, USA
14. Martin JT, Ferguson VL (2008) Biomechanics of Umbilical Cord Tissues, Reproductive Bioengineering 2008, Wenns/Pitzal, Austria