Education

Doctor in Medicine, University of Murcia, Extraordinary doctorate prize, 1987

Current position

University Professor of Human Anatomy and Embryology (Faculty of Medicine UMH)

Coordinator of the Brain Pathology Program

Deputy Director of the Institute of Neuroscience

Professor at the Ecole du Doctorale Institute Pasteur et ENSuperieur (Paris-France)

Publications

Relevant publications (n= 10)

1. Martinez-Ferre, A., Navarro-Garberi, M., Bueno, C. and Martinez, S. (2013). Wnt signal specifies the intrathalamic limit and its organizer properties by regulating Shh induction in the alar plate. J Neurosci 33(9): 3967-3980.
   
2. Blanquer, M., Moraleda, J. M., Iniesta, F., Gomez-Espuch, J., Meca-Lallana, J., Villaverde, R., Perez-Espejo, M. A., Ruiz-Lopez, F. J., Garcia Santos, J. M., Bleda, P., Izura, V., Saez, M., De Mingo, P., Vivancos, L., Carles, R., Jimenez, J., Hernandez, J., Guardiola, J., Del Rio, S. T., Antunez, C., De la Rosa, P., Majado, M. J., Sanchez-Salinas, A., Lopez, J., Martinez-Lage, J. F. and Martinez, S. (2012). Neurotrophic bone marrow cellular nests prevent spinal motoneuron degeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients: a pilot safety study. Stem Cells 30(6): 1277-1285.
   
3. Diez-Roux, G., Banfi, S., Sultan, M., Geffers, L., Anand, S., Rozado, D., Magen, A., Canidio, E., Pagani, M., Peluso, I., Lin-Marq, N., Koch, M., Bilio, M., Cantiello, I., Verde, R., De Masi, C., Bianchi, S. A., Cicchini, J., Perroud, E., Mehmeti, S., Dagand, E., Schrinner, S., Nurnberger, A., Schmidt, K., Metz, K., Zwingmann, C., Brieske, N., Springer, C., Hernandez, A. M., Herzog, S., Grabbe, F., Sieverding, C., Fischer, B., Schrader, K., Brockmeyer, M., Dettmer, S., Helbig, C., Alunni, V., Battaini, M. A., Mura, C., Henrichsen, C. N., Garcia-Lopez, R., Echevarria, D., Puelles, E., Garcia-Calero, E., Kruse, S., Uhr, M., Kauck, C., Feng, G., Milyaev, N., Ong, C. K., Kumar, L., Lam, M., Semple, C. A., Gyenesei, A., Mundlos, S., Radelof, U., Lehrach, H., Sarmientos, P., Reymond, A., Davidson, D. R., Dolle, P., Antonarakis, S. E., Yaspo, M. L., Martinez, S., Baldock, R. A., Eichele, G. and Ballabio, A. (2011). A high-resolution anatomical atlas of the transcriptome in the mouse embryo. PLoS Biol 9(1): e1000582.
   
4. Pombero, A., Bueno, C., Saglietti, L., Rodenas, M., Guimera, J., Bulfone, A. and Martinez, S. (2011). Pallial origin of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons in the nucleus basalis of Meynert and horizontal limb of the diagonal band nucleus. Development 138(19): 4315-4326.
   
5. Martinez-Ferre, A. and Martinez, S. (2009). The development of the thalamic motor learning area is regulated by Fgf8 expression. J Neurosci 29(42): 13389-13400.
   
6. Martinez, S., Crossley, P. H., Cobos, I., Rubenstein, J. L. and Martin, G. R. (1999). FGF8 induces formation of an ectopic isthmic organizer and isthmocerebellar development via a repressive effect on Otx2 expression. Development 126(6): 1189-1200.
   
7. Miyashita-Lin, E. M., Hevner, R., Wassarman, K. M., Martinez, S. and Rubenstein, J. L. (1999). Early neocortical regionalization in the absence of thalamic innervation. Science 285(5429): 906-909.
   
8. Crossley, P. H., Martinez, S. and Martin, G. R. (1996). Midbrain development induced by FGF8 in the chick embryo. Nature 380(6569): 66-68.
   
9. Rubenstein, J. L., Martinez, S., Shimamura, K. and Puelles, L. (1994). The embryonic vertebrate forebrain: the prosomeric model. Science 266(5185): 578-580.
   
10. Martinez, S., Wassef, M. and Alvarado-Mallart, R. M. (1991). Induction of a mesencephalic phenotype in the 2-day-old chick prosencephalon is preceded by the early expression of the homeobox gene en. Neuron 6(6): 971-981.