Dr. Martina Blank

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsMolecular Biology and Physiology of Nerve and Glia Cells,Biochemistry
KeywordsNeuroinflammation, MALDI MS, Intact cell mass spectrometry, Epigenetic drugs, Lipids

Current contact address

CountryBrazil
CityFlorianopolis
InstitutionUniversidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)
InstituteLaboratorio de Biologia Molecular (LABIME)

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Carsten HopfKompetenzzentrum CeMOS, Hochschule Mannheim, Mannheim
Start of initial sponsorship01/09/2019

Program(s)

2018Capes-Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2021Unger, Melissa S and Blank, Martina and Enzlein, Thomas and Hopf, Carsten: Label-free cell assays to determine compound uptake or drug action using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. In: Nature Protocols, 2021, 1--26
2021Blank, Martina and Hopf, Carsten: Spatially resolved mass spectrometry analysis of amyloid plaque-associated lipids. In: Journal of Neurochemistry, 159, 2021, 330--342
2016Blank, Martina and Petry, Fernanda S and Lichtenfels, Martina and Valiati, Fernanda E and Dornelles, Arethuza S and Roesler, Rafael: TrkB blockade in the hippocampus after training or retrieval impairs memory: protection from consolidation impairment by histone deacetylase inhibition. In: Journal of neural transmission, 123, 2016, 159--165
2015Blank, Martina and Werenicz, Aline and Velho, Luciana Azevedo and Pinto, Diana F and Fedi, Ana Cl{\'a}udia and Lopes, Mark William and Peres, Tanara Vieira and Leal, Rodrigo Bainy and Dornelles, Arethuza S and Roesler, Rafael: Enhancement of memory consolidation by the histone deacetylase inhibitor sodium butyrate in aged rats. In: Neuroscience letters, 594, 2015, 76--81
2014Blank, Martina and Dornelles, Arethuza S and Werenicz, Aline and Velho, Luciana A and Pinto, Diana F and Fedi, Ana Cl{\'a}udia and Schröder, Nadja and Roesler, Rafael: Basolateral amygdala activity is required for enhancement of memory consolidation produced by histone deacetylase inhibition in the hippocampus. In: Neurobiology of learning and memory, 111, 2014, 1--8