Hernando Martinez Vergara

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Featured publications

• Dopaminergic action prediction errors serve as a value-free teaching signal.

  Authors:

  Greenstreet F; Vergara HM; Johansson Y; Pati S; Schwarz L;

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  Cohen J; Thompson E; Margrie TW; Clopath C; Stephenson-Jones M.

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  Reference: Nature 2025.

• MoBIE: a Fiji plugin for sharing and exploration of multi-modal cloud-hosted big image data

  Authors:

  Pape, Constantin; Meechan, Kimberly; Moreva, Ekaterina; Schorb, Martin; Chiaruttini, Nicolas;

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  Moore, Josh; Arendt, Detlev; Kreshuk, Anna; Schwab, Yannick; Tischer, Christian.

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  Reference: Nature Methods 2023.

• The conserved core of the nereid brain: Circular CNS, apical nervous system and lhx6-arx-dlx neurons

  Authors:

  Arendt, Detlev; Urzainqui, Idoia Quintana; Vergara, Hernando Martinez;

  Reference: Current Opinion In Neurobiology 2021.

• The Nereid on the rise: Platynereis as a model system

  Authors:

  Ozpolat, B Duygu; Randel, Nadine; Williams, Elizabeth A; Bezares-Calderon, Luis Alberto; Andreatta, Gabriele;

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  Vervoort, Michel; Jekely, Gaspar; Tessmar-Raible, Kristin; Raible, Florian; Arendt, Detlev.

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  Reference: Evodevo 2021.

• Whole-body integration of gene expression and single-cell morphology

  Authors:

  Vergara, Hernando M; Pape, Constantin; Meechan, Kimberly, I; Zinchenko, Valentyna; Genoud, Christel;

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  Schwab, Yannick; Friedrich, Rainer W; Kreshuk, Anna; Tischer, Christian; Arendt, Detlev.

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  Reference: Cell 2021.

• Standardized and reproducible measurement of decision-making in mice

  Authors:

  Aguillon-Rodriguez, Valeria; Angelaki, Dora; Bayer, Hannah; Bonacchi, Niccolo; Carandini, Matteo;

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  Wells, Miles; Wilson, Christian J; Witten, Ilana B; Wool, Lauren E; Zador, Anthony M.

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  Reference: Elife 2021.

• miR-206 is required for changes in cell adhesion that drive muscle cell morphogenesis in Xenopus laevis

  Authors:

  Vergara, Hernando Martinez; Ramirez, Julio; Rosing, Trista; Nave, Ceazar; Blandino, Rebecca;

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  Saraf, Parag; Piexoto, Gabriel; Coombes, Coohleen; Adams, Melissa; Domingo, Carmen R.

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  Reference: Developmental Biology 2018.

• Whole-organism cellular gene-expression atlas reveals conserved cell types in the ventral nerve cord of Platynereis dumerilii

  Authors:

  Vergara, Hernando Martinez; Bertucci, Paola Yanina; Hantz, Peter; Tosches, Maria Antonietta; Achim, Kaia;

  Vopalensky, Pavel; Arendt, Detlev.

  Reference: Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2017.

• The Role of Sdf-1α Signaling in Xenopus laevis Somite Morphogenesis

  Authors:

  Leal, Marisa A; Fickel, Sarah R; Sabillo, Armbien; Ramirez, Julio; Vergara, Hernando Martinez;

  Nave, Ceazar; Saw, Daniel; Domingo, Carmen R.

  Reference: Developmental Dynamics 2014.

Featured Projects

• Caracterización molecular y funcional de los circuitos del mesencéfalo que controlan el comportamiento aprendido

  Principal investigator: Hernando Martinez Vergara

  Funder: Agencia Estatal de Investigación

  Duration: 01/12/2024 - 01/12/2027

• Ramón y Cajal, to Dr. Hernando Martinez Vergara in Fundació De Recerca Clínic Barcelona-Institut D'investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer

  Principal investigator: Hernando Martinez Vergara

  Funder: Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades

  Code: RYC2022-035145-I

  Duration: 01/04/2024 - 01/03/2029

• Dissociation of cell class-specific roles of cortico-striatal circuits during learning and behavior

  Principal investigator: Hernando Martinez Vergara

  Funder: European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

  Duration: 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2020