Martina Ralle, Ph.D.

  • Professor of Molecular and Medical Genetics, School of Medicine
  • Associate Professor of Molecular and Medical Genetics, School of Medicine
  • Director USR Elemental Analysis Core
  • Molecular and Medical Genetics Graduate Program, School of Medicine
  • Program in Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, School of Medicine

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • Ph.D., 1993, University of Bonn Germany

Memberships and associations:

  • American Chemical Society
  • American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science

Areas of interest

  • The role of trace elements in neurodegenerative diseases
  • Trace metal imaging
  • Tool development for X-ray fluorescence microscopy
  • Cellular metal homeostasis
  • Elemental analysis of biological specimen

Honors and awards

  • Feodor-Lynen Fellowship

Publications

Publications

  • A histochemical approach to activity-based copper sensing reveals cuproplasia-dependent vulnerabilities in cancer

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
    1. Marco S. Messina
    2. Laura Torrente
    3. Aidan T. Pezacki
    4. Hanna I. Humpel
    5. Erin L. Li
    6. Sophia G. Miller
    7. Odette Verdejo-Torres
    8. Teresita Padilla-Benavides
    9. Donita C. Brady
    10. David W. Killilea
    11. Alison N. Killilea
    12. Martina Ralle
    13. Nathan P. Ward
    14. Jun Ohata
    15. Gina M. DeNicola
    16. Christopher J. Chang
  • Studies of Slc30a10 Deficiency in Mice Reveal That Intestinal Iron Transporters Dmt1 and Ferroportin Transport Manganese

    CMGH
    1. Milankumar Prajapati
    2. Jared Z. Zhang
    3. Grace S. Chong
    4. Lauren Chiu
    5. Courtney J. Mercadante
    6. Heather L. Kowalski
    7. Olga Antipova
    8. Barry Lai
    9. Martina Ralle
    10. Brian P. Jackson
    11. Tracy Punshon
    12. Shuling Guo
    13. Mariam Aghajan
    14. Thomas B. Bartnikas
  • An Activity-Based Sensing Approach to Multiplex Mapping of Labile Copper Pools by Stimulated Raman Scattering

    Journal of the American Chemical Society
    1. Yishu Jiang
    2. Elsy El Khoury
    3. Aidan T. Pezacki
    4. Naixin Qian
    5. Miku Oi
    6. Laura Torrente
    7. Sophia G. Miller
    8. Martina Ralle
    9. Gina M. DeNicola
    10. Wei Min
    11. Christopher J. Chang
  • A tandem activity-based sensing and labeling strategy reveals antioxidant response element regulation of labile iron pools

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
    1. Aidan T. Pezacki
    2. Ryan L. Gonciarz
    3. Toshitaka Okamura
    4. Carson D. Matier
    5. Laura Torrente
    6. Ke Cheng
    7. Sophia G. Miller
    8. Martina Ralle
    9. Nathan P. Ward
    10. Gina M. DeNicola
    11. Adam R. Renslo
    12. Christopher J. Chang
  • ATP7A-dependent copper sequestration contributes to termination of β-CATENIN signaling during early adipogenesis

    Molecular Metabolism
    1. H. Yang
    2. E. Kabin
    3. Y. Dong
    4. X. Zhang
    5. M. Ralle
    6. S. Lutsenko
  • Copper levels in cervical mucus of copper intrauterine device users versus non-users

    International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics
    1. Leo L. Han
    2. Alison B. Edelman
    3. Oluwadamilola Sosanya
    4. Bharti Garg
    5. Vivia Chi
    6. Martina Ralle
  • Evaluating mineral biomarkers as mediators and moderators of behavioural improvements in a randomised controlled trial of multinutrients for children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

    British Journal of Nutrition
    1. Lisa M. Robinette
    2. Jeanette M. Johnstone
    3. Priya Srikanth
    4. Alisha M. Bruton
    5. Martina Ralle
    6. Hayleigh K. Ast
    7. Ryan D. Bradley
    8. Brenda Leung
    9. L. Eugene Arnold
    10. Irene E. Hatsu
  • Water soluble azide functionalized cobalt oxide nanoparticles

    Journal of Nanoparticle Research
    1. Christian Scott
    2. Sophia Miller
    3. Pierre Moenne-Loccoz
    4. Craig Eliot Barnes
    5. Martina Ralle
  • FDX1-dependent and independent mechanisms of elesclomol-mediated intracellular copper delivery

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
    1. Mohammad Zulkifli
    2. Amy N. Spelbring
    3. Yuteng Zhang
    4. Shivatheja Soma
    5. Si Chen
    6. Luxi Li
    7. Trung Le
    8. Vinit Shanbhag
    9. Michael J. Petris
    10. Tai Yen Chen
    11. Martina Ralle
    12. David P. Barondeau
    13. Vishal M. Gohil
  • α-lipoic acid ameliorates consequences of copper overload by up-regulating selenoproteins and decreasing redox misbalance

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
    1. Ekaterina Kabin
    2. Yixuan Dong
    3. Shubhrajit Roy
    4. Julia Smirnova
    5. Joshua W. Smith
    6. Martina Ralle
    7. Kelly Summers
    8. Haojun Yang
    9. Som Dev
    10. Yu Wang
    11. Benjamin Devenney
    12. Robert N. Cole
    13. Peep Palumaa
    14. Svetlana Lutsenko
  • Interactions between copper homeostasis and the fungal cell wall affect copper stress resistance

    PLoS pathogens
    1. Corinna Probst
    2. Sarela Garcia-Santamarina
    3. Jacob T. Brooks
    4. Inge Van Der Kloet
    5. Oliver Baars
    6. Martina Ralle
    7. Dennis J. Thiele
    8. J. Andrew Alspaugh
  • Single-cell visualization and quantification of trace metals in Chlamydomonas lysosome-related organelles

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
    1. Stefan Schmollinger
    2. Si Chen
    3. Daniela Strenkert
    4. Colleen Hui
    5. Martina Ralle
    6. Sabeeha S. Merchant
  • The contact activation inhibitor AB023 in heparin-free hemodialysis

    Blood
    1. Christina U. Lorentz
    2. Erik I. Tucker
    3. Norah G. Verbout
    4. Joseph J. Shatzel
    5. Sven R. Olson
    6. Brandon D. Markway
    7. Michael Wallisch
    8. Martina Ralle
    9. Monica T. Hinds
    10. Owen J.T. McCarty
    11. David Gailani
    12. Jeffrey I. Weitz
    13. András Gruber
  • Transcription factor-driven alternative localization of Cryptococcus neoformans superoxide dismutase

    Journal of Biological Chemistry
    1. Aaron D. Smith
    2. Sarela Garcia-Santamarina
    3. Martina Ralle
    4. David R. Loiselle
    5. Timothy A. Haystead
    6. Dennis J. Thiele
  • Altered copper homeostasis underlies sensitivity of hepatocellular carcinoma to copper chelation

    Metallomics
    1. Caroline I. Davis
    2. Xingxing Gu
    3. Ryan M. Kiefer
    4. Martina Ralle
    5. Terence P. Gade
    6. Donita C. Brady
  • Analysis of Wilson disease mutations revealed that interactions between different ATP7B mutants modify their properties

    Scientific Reports
    1. Shubhrajit Roy
    2. Courtney J. McCann
    3. Martina Ralle
    4. Kunal Ray
    5. Jharna Ray
    6. Svetlana Lutsenko
    7. Samuel Jayakanthan
  • Copper Modulation and Memory Impairment due to Hippocampal Tau Pathology

    Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
    1. Christopher J. Harris
    2. Nora E. Gray
    3. Maya Caruso
    4. Marguex Hunter
    5. Martina Ralle
    6. Joseph F. Quinn
  • Lanthanide-Binding Tags for 3D X-ray Imaging of Proteins in Cells at Nanoscale Resolution

    Journal of the American Chemical Society
    1. Tiffany W. Victor
    2. Katherine H. O'Toole
    3. Lindsey M. Easthon
    4. Mingyuan Ge
    5. Randy J. Smith
    6. Xiaojing Huang
    7. Hanfei Yan
    8. Yong S. Chu
    9. Si Chen
    10. Doga Gursoy
    11. Martina Ralle
    12. Barbara Imperiali
    13. Karen N. Allen
    14. Lisa M. Miller
  • Metallothioneins regulate ATP7A trafficking and control cell viability during copper deficiency and excess

    Scientific Reports
    1. Nikita Gudekar
    2. Vinit Shanbhag
    3. Yanfang Wang
    4. Martina Ralle
    5. Gary A. Weisman
    6. Michael J. Petris
  • 4′-Phosphopantetheine corrects CoA, iron, and dopamine metabolic defects in mammalian models of PKAN

    EMBO Molecular Medicine
    1. Suh Young Jeong
    2. Penelope Hogarth
    3. Andrew Placzek
    4. Allison M. Gregory
    5. Rachel Fox
    6. Dolly Zhen
    7. Jeffrey Hamada
    8. Marianne van der Zwaag
    9. Roald Lambrechts
    10. Haihong Jin
    11. Aaron Nilsen
    12. Jared Cobb
    13. Thao Pham
    14. Nora Gray
    15. Martina Ralle
    16. Megan Duffy
    17. Leila Schwanemann
    18. Puneet Rai
    19. Alison Freed
    20. Katrina Wakeman
    21. Randall L. Woltjer
    22. Ody C.M. Sibon
    23. Susan J. Hayflick
  • Hemozoin produced by mammals confers heme tolerance

    eLife
    1. Rini H. Pek
    2. Xiaojing Yuan
    3. Nicole Rietzschel
    4. Jianbing Zhang
    5. Laurie Jackson
    6. Eiji Nishibori
    7. Ana Ribeiro
    8. William Simmons
    9. Jaya Jagadeesh
    10. Hiroshi Sugimoto
    11. Md Zahidul Alam
    12. Lisa Garrett
    13. Malay Haldar
    14. Martina Ralle
    15. John D. Phillips
    16. David M. Bodine
    17. Iqbal Hamza
  • Localization of the locus coeruleus in the mouse brain

    Journal of Visualized Experiments
    1. Katharina Schmidt
    2. Bilal Bari
    3. Martina Ralle
    4. Clorissa Washington-Hughes
    5. Abigael Muchenditsi
    6. Evan Maxey
    7. Svetlana Lutsenko
  • Manganese co-localizes with calcium and phosphorus in Chlamydomonas acidocalcisomes and is mobilized in manganese-deficient conditions

    Journal of Biological Chemistry
    1. Munkhtsetseg Tsednee
    2. Madeli Castruita
    3. Patrice A. Salomé
    4. Ajay Sharma
    5. Brianne E. Lewis
    6. Stefan R. Schmollinger
    7. Daniela Strenkert
    8. Kristen Holbrook
    9. Marisa S. Otegui
    10. Kaustav Khatua
    11. Sayani Das
    12. Ankona Datta
    13. Si Chen
    14. Christina Ramon
    15. Martina Ralle
    16. Peter K. Weber
    17. Timothy L. Stemmler
    18. Jennifer Pett-Ridge
    19. Brian M. Hoffman
    20. Sabeeha S. Merchant
  • Obesity is associated with copper elevation in serum and tissues

    Metallomics
    1. Haojun Yang
    2. Chin Nung Liu
    3. Risa M. Wolf
    4. Martina Ralle
    5. Som Dev
    6. Hannah Pierson
    7. Frederic Askin
    8. Kimberley E. Steele
    9. Thomas H. Magnuson
    10. Michael A. Schweitzer
    11. G. William Wong
    12. Svetlana Lutsenko
  • Altered zinc balance in the Atp7b−/− mouse reveals a mechanism of copper toxicity in Wilson disease

    Metallomics
    1. Kelsey A. Meacham
    2. María Paz Cortés
    3. Eve M. Wiggins
    4. Alejandro Maass
    5. Mauricio Latorre
    6. Martina Ralle
    7. Jason L. Burkhead
  • ATP7A and ATP7B copper transporters have distinct functions in the regulation of neuronal dopamine--hydroxylase

    Journal of Biological Chemistry
    1. Katharina Schmidt
    2. Martina Ralle
    3. Thomas Schaffer
    4. Samuel Jayakanthan
    5. Bilal Bari
    6. Abigael Muchenditsi
    7. Svetlana Lutsenko