Ana Martínez Gómez
@brainbyana.bsky.social
PhD student 🐸 Nerea Moreno Lab at the @ucm.es #Neurogenesis #EvoDevo #Neuroscience #DevBio #Evolution #Xenopus
#FENS2026 done! 🧠✨ So thankful for this amazing experience and for my supervisors @loretamedinah.bsky.social & @edesfilis.bsky.social for their support. Until next time! 👋
#FENS2026 🧠 Here we go! I'll be presenting the work I developed at @loretamedinah.bsky.social & @edesfilis.bsky.social lab (IRBLleida-UdL). 📄 "Expression of FOXP2 in Otp and non-Otp neurons of the medial extended amygdala" 📍 BCN | 📅 July 7 | ⏰ 14:00-15:30
Working with complex systems makes even the most mundane thing fascinating. This is cortical reaction in 🐸 embryos. Upon fertilisation, ions are released and draw water in thru osmosis, making zygotes float and orient according to gravity. Do you see the waves?👀 not quite #fluorescencefriday #devbio
1/ Our new study, led by Jingwen Ding, examines the role of transcription factors during human neurogenesis to identify gene regulatory networks influencing cell fate, maturation, and subtype specification www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Dissecting gene regulatory networks governing human cortical cell fate - Nature
Systematic screening of transcription factors reveals conserved mechanisms governing cortical radial glia lineage progression across primates and provides a framework for functional dissecti...
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8 hours. That’s all fish need to heal wounds 🐟⏱️ Why are they so fast compared to humans? I break down the science of rapid regeneration in a microscopy story 🔬 Watch here: youtu.be/Mt9f61adaP0 #FluorescenceFriday #Microscopy
🐸 First results from my PhD project are here! 🧠 "Early Tetrapod Pallial Neurogenesis Revealed in Xenopus laevis: Implications for the Evolutionary Origins of the Cerebral Cortex". Professor Nerea Moreno will be presenting our poster during the Thursday session at #EuroEvoDevo2026.
Excited to share our latest paper! We found that large pieces of the human genome can transfer between cells upon direct contact, endowing recipient cells with heritable phenotypic changes. @cp-cell.bsky.social (1/7) www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Very happy to see our paper on postnatal plasticity in the amygdala of juvenile swine published, with Júlia Freixes and Ester Desfilis @edesfilis.bsky.social and myself as coauthors: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Postnatal plasticity in the paralaminar nucleus of the pallial amygdala in juvenile swine brain - Brain Structure and Function
Brain Structure and Function - The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of immature cells and their phenotype in the pallial amygdala of juvenile swine brains by way of...
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✨ Life in motion ✨ 💙 The beating heart of a Xenopus laevis larva at stage 46. #Xenopus #EvoDevo #DevBio #Science #Neuroscience
Before there’s a heartbeat, there’s this little glowing heart in the neural tube 💕 Chicken neural crest cells in magenta. 📸Image by Rocío Márquez, Strobl-Mazzulla Lab @pstrobl.bsky.social #FluorescentFriday #SciValentine
🐸⭐ Follow the development of Xenopus laevis embryos with me! Read below 👇 #Xenopus #EvoDevo #DevBio #Science #Neuroscience
New to using Jupyter notebooks for the Allen Brain Cell Atlas? Join us on Feb. 11 for a beginner-friendly webinar focusing on installation, set-up, and common questions. Register for the meeting link and recording: https://alleninstitute-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_q0sJzndpRbSZWjrSGblu6A#/
🐸⭐ Follow the development of Xenopus laevis embryos with me! Read below 👇 #Xenopus #EvoDevo #DevBio #Science #Neuroscience
🐸⭐ Follow the development of Xenopus laevis embryos with me! Read below 👇 #Xenopus #EvoDevo #DevBio #Science #Neuroscience
🐸⭐ Follow the development of Xenopus laevis embryos with me! Read below 👇 #Xenopus #EvoDevo #DevBio #Science #Neuroscience
🐸⭐ Follow the development of Xenopus laevis embryos with me! Read below 👇 #Xenopus #EvoDevo #DevBio #Science #Neuroscience
A very curious paper from the De Robertis lab shows how Cerberus - a growth factor that inhibits Wnt signalling, and IGF - a growth factor that activates MAPK signalling, can synergistically induce a new head (aka ectopic archencephalic differentiation) in Xenopus embryos. doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...
🐸⭐ Follow the development of Xenopus laevis embryos with me! Read below 👇 #Xenopus #EvoDevo #DevBio #Science #Neuroscience
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year !! ✨🎄 In my family, Christmas means handmade canelons. Bones festes!
We’ve highlighted some wonderful images and researchers in our ‘Featured image’ series in 2025. To celebrate, we’re inviting you to vote for your favourite in our image competition! #FluorescenceFriday Check them out here: focalplane.biologists.com/2025/12/19/v...
Vote for your favourite 'Featured image' from 2025 - FocalPlane
Vote for your favourite 'Featured image' from 2025 - News
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#SnapshotsinNeuroscience | Featured on the #eNeuro blog from Lustig et al., a whole mount view of a young mouse brain with all cortical layer 5 neurons expressing dystonia-related gene Klhl14, highlighted in green. Photo Credit: Alexander Lammers https://blog.eneuro.org/2025/11/snapshots_klhl14_gene
Lovely little pre-Christmas present to see this out @natcellbio.nature.com! Some 🔥 new results in here since the biorvix incl (1) a new RARE-GFP reporter ✳️🙌, (2) additional NMP quantification 🔢, (3) no neural tube patterning on RA inhibition 🙅 etc. Enjoy! 😍 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Modelling co-development between the somites and neural tube in human trunk-like structures - Nature Cell Biology
Makwana, Tilley et al. generate human stem cell-based trunk-like structures approximating Carnegie stage 13–14 of development. They use them to model and study the development of the thoracic and lumbar trunk.
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🚨🧠 New in Nature: “TSC tunes progenitor balance and upper-layer neuron generation in neocortex”. Read below 👇 DOI: doi.org/10.1038/s415... #DevBio #EvoDevo #Neuroscience #Science #CorticalDevelopment #RadialGlia #Neocortex #Neurogenesis
TSC tunes progenitor balance and upper-layer neuron generation in neocortex - Nature
The balance between radial progenitors and intermediate precursors to generate upper-layer neurons during the development and evolution of the cerebral cortex is mediated by members of the tuberous sc...
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The Sun’s fiery surface, a tattooed tardigrade, rare red lightning and more - these are the best science images from 2025, chosen by Nature's Photo Team Check them out: go.nature.com/3MANqs5
🦎🧬 New in Evolution & Development: “Is Telomere Length Optimized in Hatchling Sand Lizards?” Read below 👇 DOI: doi.org/10.1111/ede.... #Telomeres #Evolution #Ecology #Reptiles #Aging #Science #Genomics #MolecularBiology
Is Telomere Length Optimized in Hatchling Sand Lizards?
The graphical abstract image depicts the complex interplay of factors driving telomere dynamics (with permission from Dr. Chris Friesen).
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🚨🧬 New in Nat Genetics: “Cell-type- and locus-specific epigenetic editing of memory expression”. Read below 👇 DOI: doi.org/10.1038/s415... #Neuroscience #Epigenetics #Memory #BrainResearch #CRISPR #dCas9 #Science #Genomics
Cell-type- and locus-specific epigenetic editing of memory expression - Nature Genetics
CRISPR-based epigenetic editing is used in a cell-type-specific, locus-restricted and temporally controllable manner in the adult mouse brain to modulate memory expression.
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