Education

Ph.D. in Biology (Genetics), Departamento de Genética y Microbiología, Universidad de Murcia, 1989

Current position

Associate Professor in Genetics, Departamento de Biología Aplicada, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Spain

Publications (since 2006)

1. Rodriguez-Cazorla, E., Ripoll, J. J., Andujar, A., Bailey, L. J., Martinez-Laborda, A., Yanofsky, M. F. and Vera, A. (2015). K-homology nuclear ribonucleoproteins regulate floral organ identity and determinacy in arabidopsis. PLoS Genet 11(2): e1004983.
   
2. Gonzalez-Reig, S., Ripoll, J. J., Vera, A., Yanofsky, M. F. and Martinez-Laborda, A. (2012). Antagonistic gene activities determine the formation of pattern elements along the mediolateral axis of the Arabidopsis fruit. PLoS Genet 8(11): e1003020.
   
3. Ripoll, J. J., Rodriguez-Cazorla, E., Gonzalez-Reig, S., Andujar, A., Alonso-Cantabrana, H., Perez-Amador, M. A., Carbonell, J., Martinez-Laborda, A. and Vera, A. (2009). Antagonistic interactions between Arabidopsis K-homology domain genes uncover PEPPER as a positive regulator of the central floral repressor FLOWERING LOCUS C. Dev Biol 333(2): 251-262.
   
4. Martínez-Laborda, A and Vera, A (2009). Arabidopsis fruit development. In: Østergaard, L. (ed). Fruit development and seed dispersal. Blackwell Publishing. Annual Plant Reviews 38: 172-203.
   
5. Ochando, I., Gonzalez-Reig, S., Ripoll, J. J., Vera, A. and Martinez-Laborda, A. (2008). Alteration of the shoot radial pattern in Arabidopsis thaliana by a gain-of-function allele of the class III HD-Zip gene INCURVATA4. Int J Dev Biol 52(7): 953-961.
   
6. Alonso-Cantabrana, H., Ripoll, J. J., Ochando, I., Vera, A., Ferrandiz, C. and Martinez-Laborda, A. (2007). Common regulatory networks in leaf and fruit patterning revealed by mutations in the Arabidopsis ASYMMETRIC LEAVES1 gene. Development 134(14): 2663-2671.
   
7. Alonso-Peral, M. M., Candela, H., del Pozo, J. C., Martinez-Laborda, A., Ponce, M. R. and Micol, J. L. (2006). The HVE/CAND1 gene is required for the early patterning of leaf venation in Arabidopsis. Development 133(19): 3755-3766.
   
8. Ripoll, J. J., Ferrandiz, C., Martinez-Laborda, A. and Vera, A. (2006). PEPPER, a novel K-homology domain gene, regulates vegetative and gynoecium development in Arabidopsis. Dev Biol 289(2): 346-359.
   
9. Ochando, I., Jover-Gil, S., Ripoll, J. J., Candela, H., Vera, A., Ponce, M. R., Martinez-Laborda, A. and Micol, J. L. (2006). Mutations in the microRNA complementarity site of the INCURVATA4 gene perturb meristem function and adaxialize lateral organs in arabidopsis. Plant Physiol 141(2): 607-619.