Marta Villani

Assistant Professor - medical

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Our mission is to study the origin of life and the factors that affect its development from embryo to adult.

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Microtubule nucleation from the fibrous corona by LIC1-pericentrin promotes chromosome congression Jingchao Wu, Ainhoa Larreategui-Aparicio, Maaike L.A. Lambers, Dani L. Bodor, Sjoerd J. Klaasen, Eveline Tollenaar, Marta de Ruijter-Villani, Geert J.P.L. Kops
Current Biology, 2023, vol. 33, p.912-925.e6

Parental genomes segregate into distinct blastomeres during multipolar zygotic divisions leading to mixoploid and chimeric blastocysts Tine De Coster, Heleen Masset, Olga Tšuiko, Maaike Catteeuw, Yan Zhao, Nicolas Dierckxsens, Ainhoa Larreategui Aparicio, Eftychia Dimitriadou, Sophie Debrock, Karen Peeraer, Marta de Ruijter-Villani, Katrien Smits, Ann Van Soom, Joris Robert Vermeesch
Genome Biology, 2022, vol. 23

Compromised MPS1 Activity Induces Multipolar Spindle Formation in Oocytes From Aged Mares Marilena Rizzo, Tom A E Stout, Santo Cristarella, Marco Quartuccio, Geert J P L Kops, Marta De Ruijter-Villani
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2021, vol. 9

Overfeeding Extends the Period of Annual Cyclicity but Increases the Risk of Early Embryonic Death in Shetland Pony Mares Nicky M M D'Fonseca, Charlotte M E Gibson, Iris Hummel, David A van Doorn, Ellen Roelfsema, Tom A E Stout, Jan van den Broek, Marta de Ruijter-Villani
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2021, vol. 11, p.1-12

Dual spindles assemble in bovine zygotes despite the presence of paternal centrosomes Isabell Schneider, Marta de Ruijter-Villani, M Julius Hossain, Tom A E Stout, Jan Ellenberg
The Journal of cell biology, 2021, vol. 220

Effect of a long-term high-energy diet on cardiovascular parameters in Shetland pony mares Nicky M M D' Fonseca, Martjin Beukers, Inge D Wijnberg, Cristobal Navas de Solis, Marta de Ruijter-Villani, David A van Doorn, Tom A E Stout, Ellen Roelfsema
Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2021, vol. 35, p.2427-2436