About: Elisa Martí

Biography:

Elisa Marti is a Group leader in the Instituto de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona, CSIC. She obtained a BSc in Biology from the University of La Laguna (Tenerife, Spain). Following her PhD research in Julia Polak laboratory at the Hammersmith Hospital (Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London University) she undertook postdoctoral training at Harvard University, USA with Andrew McMahon. In 1998 she joined CSIC, as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Cajal Institute (Madrid) with Paola Bovolenta and in 2001 she moved to Barcelona to establish her own research group at IBMB. Her current research interest include the role of extracellular signals and the genetic networks that control cell numbers, cell identity and cell shape changes during the embryonic development of the neural tube. To address these questions her lab uses a range of techniques and model systems including mouse, chick and zebrafish.

Website:

http://www.ibmb.csic.es/