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Heriberto Rodriguez-Martinez

Professor Emeritus

My research focus on the interactions between the seminal fluid bearing spermatozoa with the female genital tract and the oocytes, before and during fertilization. 

Reproduction, a major sentinel of the health of animals and humans

Environmental and societal changes, including an increased stressful lifestyle, constrain reproduction; a major sentinel of the health of ecosystems, animals and humans.

My research focus on the interactions between the seminal fluid bearing spermatozoa with the female genital tract and the oocytes, before and during fertilization. This includes determining how the seminal fluid is able to signal and elicit genomic shifts in the female genitalia in relation to maternal immune tolerance to the foreign cells and proteins it contains.

My research, covering areas of comparative reproductive biology/biotechnology, andrology and cryobiology, pursues disclosure of valuable biomarkers for male fertility, of the complicated signaling system that the transcriptome and proteome of the seminal fluid is built and how they are constrained by cryopreservation.

Reinforcement of our diagnostic capacity in andrology and assisted reproductive techniques is still my leading star.

Publications

2025

Manuela Garcia-Canovas, Adelina Lopez-Jara, Alejandro Gonzalez-Plaza, Inmaculada Parrilla, Heriberto Rodriguez-Martinez, Cristina Cuello, Emilio A. Martinez, Maria A. Gil (2025) Interleukin-6 supplementation during in vitro maturation improves developmental competence of in vitro fertilized porcine oocytes Theriogenology, Vol. 244, Article 117483 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Josep M. Cambra, Cristina A. Martinez-Serrano, Heriberto Rodriguez-Martinez, Juan M. Vazquez, Cristina Cuello, Maria A. Gil, Emilio A. Martinez, Inmaculada Parrilla (2025) Deciphering immune tolerance in allogeneic pig pregnancy Theriogenology, Vol. 238, Article 117363 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2024

K. I. Khan, E. H. Hazary, G. Miah, A. Das, M. Momin, Manuel Alvarez-Rodriguez, Dominic Wright, Heriberto Rodriguez-Martinez (2024) Effects of STAT5B and BMPR-1B genes on growth and production traits in Red Jungle Fowl, Fayoumi, Hilly chickens, and their crossbreeds South African Journal or Animal Science, Vol. 54, p. 660-672 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Esther Alba, Cristina Castano, Adolfo Toledano-Diaz, Rosario Velazquez, Belen Martinez-Madrid, Alberto Gomez-Crespo, Manuel alvarez-Rodriguez, Heriberto Rodriguez-Martinez, Julian Santiago-Moreno (2024) Detection of Androgen Receptors in Spermatozoa of Small Ruminants: A Putative Modulation Pathway for Cryoresistance Through AQP3 International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol. 25, Article 11972 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
A. Gonzalez-Plaza, M. Garcia-Canovas, I. Parrilla, Heriberto Rodriguez-Martinez, M. A. Gil, E. A. Martinez, C. Cuello (2024) The Cryotop vitrification system is competent for the simultaneous cryopreservation of large numbers of pig in vitro-produced blastocysts Reproduction in domestic animals, Vol. 59, Article e14600 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

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Publications

2025

Manuela Garcia-Canovas, Adelina Lopez-Jara, Alejandro Gonzalez-Plaza, Inmaculada Parrilla, Heriberto Rodriguez-Martinez, Cristina Cuello, Emilio A. Martinez, Maria A. Gil (2025) Interleukin-6 supplementation during in vitro maturation improves developmental competence of in vitro fertilized porcine oocytes Theriogenology, Vol. 244, Article 117483 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Josep M. Cambra, Cristina A. Martinez-Serrano, Heriberto Rodriguez-Martinez, Juan M. Vazquez, Cristina Cuello, Maria A. Gil, Emilio A. Martinez, Inmaculada Parrilla (2025) Deciphering immune tolerance in allogeneic pig pregnancy Theriogenology, Vol. 238, Article 117363 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2024

K. I. Khan, E. H. Hazary, G. Miah, A. Das, M. Momin, Manuel Alvarez-Rodriguez, Dominic Wright, Heriberto Rodriguez-Martinez (2024) Effects of STAT5B and BMPR-1B genes on growth and production traits in Red Jungle Fowl, Fayoumi, Hilly chickens, and their crossbreeds South African Journal or Animal Science, Vol. 54, p. 660-672 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

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