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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

2026

Manuela Garcia-Canovas, Adelina Lopez-Jara, Inmaculada Parrilla, Alejandro Gonzalez-Plaza, Heriberto Rodriguez-Martinez, Maria A. Gil, Cristina Cuello, Emilio A. Martinez (2026) Correction: Exposure of in vitro maturing pig oocytes to exogenous interleukin-6 is associated with transcriptomic differences in the resulting blastocysts, with enrichment of developmental signaling pathways (vol 12, 1716588, 2026) Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Vol. 13, Article 1802076 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Manuela Garcia-Canovas, Adelina Lopez-Jara, Inmaculada Parrilla, Alejandro Gonzalez-Plaza, Heriberto Rodriguez-Martinez, Maria A. Gil, Cristina Cuello, Emilio A. Martinez (2026) Exposure of in vitro maturing pig oocytes to exogenous interleukin-6 is associated with transcriptomic differences in the resulting blastocysts, with enrichment of developmental signaling pathways Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Vol. 12, Article 1716588 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Isabel Barranco, Pablo Martinez-Diaz, Ana Parra, Maria Jose Martinez-Alborcia, Xiomara Lucas, Heriberto Rodriguez-Martinez, Jordi Roca (2026) Proteomic profiling of porcine seminal extracellular vesicles reveals potential in vivo fertility biomarkers Andrology, Vol. 14, p. 555-570 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2025

Heriberto Rodriguez-Martinez (2025) Book Review: Advances in Pig Breeding and Reproduction in REPRODUCTION IN DOMESTIC ANIMALS, vol 60, issue 12, pp Reproduction in domestic animals, Vol. 60, Article e70150 (Article, book review) Continue to DOI
Henar Gonzalez-Ramiro, Adelina Lopez-Jara, Josep M. Cambra, Alejandro Gonzalez-Plaza, Manuela Garcia-Canovas, Marina Lopez-Arjona, Maria Botia, Maria A. Gil, Cristina Cuello, Heriberto Rodriguez-Martinez, Emilio A. Martinez, Inmaculada Parrilla (2025) Severe claw lesions in pregnant sows reduce prolificacy and increase litter heterogeneity PORCINE HEALTH MANAGEMENT, Vol. 11, Article 52 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

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Publications

2026

Manuela Garcia-Canovas, Adelina Lopez-Jara, Inmaculada Parrilla, Alejandro Gonzalez-Plaza, Heriberto Rodriguez-Martinez, Maria A. Gil, Cristina Cuello, Emilio A. Martinez (2026) Correction: Exposure of in vitro maturing pig oocytes to exogenous interleukin-6 is associated with transcriptomic differences in the resulting blastocysts, with enrichment of developmental signaling pathways (vol 12, 1716588, 2026) Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Vol. 13, Article 1802076 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Manuela Garcia-Canovas, Adelina Lopez-Jara, Inmaculada Parrilla, Alejandro Gonzalez-Plaza, Heriberto Rodriguez-Martinez, Maria A. Gil, Cristina Cuello, Emilio A. Martinez (2026) Exposure of in vitro maturing pig oocytes to exogenous interleukin-6 is associated with transcriptomic differences in the resulting blastocysts, with enrichment of developmental signaling pathways Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Vol. 12, Article 1716588 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Isabel Barranco, Pablo Martinez-Diaz, Ana Parra, Maria Jose Martinez-Alborcia, Xiomara Lucas, Heriberto Rodriguez-Martinez, Jordi Roca (2026) Proteomic profiling of porcine seminal extracellular vesicles reveals potential in vivo fertility biomarkers Andrology, Vol. 14, p. 555-570 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

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