
Hernando Martinez Vergara
Research group
- Cortical circuit dynamics Junior researcher (R2B)
About me
I studied Biotechnology (UAB), Bioinformatics (KCL), and Cell & Dev. Biology (SFSU). I did my PhD at EMBL on nervous system evolution building gene expression and connectomics atlases, and then I joined SWC in London for a postdoc on striatal circuits and dopamine-dependent learning. Since 2024, I've been a Ramón y Cajal Fellow at the Brain Circuits and Behavior Lab. I am interested in the circuit mechanisms and neuronal computations that underlie learned behaviors, for which I make use of behavioral paradigms and neuronal manipulations in mice, and analyse their effects using mathematical models.
Featured publications
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MoBIE: a Fiji plugin for sharing and exploration of multi-modal cloud-hosted big image data
Authors:Reference: Nature Methods 2023. -
The conserved core of the nereid brain: Circular CNS, apical nervous system and <i>Ihx6</i>-<i>arx</i>-<i>dlx</i> neurons
Authors:Reference: Current Opinion In Neurobiology 2021. -
The Nereid on the rise: Platynereis as a model system
Authors:Reference: Evodevo 2021. -
Whole-body integration of gene expression and single-cell morphology
Authors:Reference: Cell 2021. -
Standardized and reproducible measurement of decision-making in mice
Authors:Reference: Elife 2021. -
miR-206 is required for changes in cell adhesion that drive muscle cell morphogenesis in <i>Xenopus laevis</i>
Authors:Reference: Developmental Biology 2018. -
Whole-organism cellular gene-expression atlas reveals conserved cell types in the ventral nerve cord of <i>Platynereis dumerilii</i>
Authors: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:Reference: Developmental Dynamics 2014.
Featured Projects
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Caracterización molecular y funcional de los circuitos del mesencéfalo que controlan el comportamiento aprendido
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
Code: RYC2022-035145-IDuration: 01/04/2024 - 01/03/2029 -
Dissociation of cell class-specific roles of cortico-striatal circuits during learning and behavior
Duration: 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2020