Cristina Sáenz de Miera Patin, PhD
Research Investigator
Molecular and Integrative Physiology
North Campus Research Center - 2800 Plymouth Rd
Ann Arbor
48109, United States
[email protected]

Available to mentor
Cristina Sáenz de Miera Patin, PhD
Research Investigator
  • Qualifications
  • Center Memberships
  • Recent Publications
    • Qualifications
    • Postdoc
      University of Michigan, Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 2021
    • Postdoc
      University of Michigan, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, 2018
    • Postdoc
      University of Strasbourg, France, 2016
    • PhD
      University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, 2014
    • PhD
      University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, 2014
    • BSc
      Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, 2010
    • Erasmus exchange program
      University of Manchester, Manchester, 2010
    Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Caswell Diabetes Institute
    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Journal Article
      Glutamate neurotransmission from leptin receptor cells is required for typical puberty and reproductive function in female mice
      Sáenz de Miera C, Bellefontaine N, Allen SJ, Myers MG, Elias CF. 2024 Jun 6; DOI:10.7554/elife.93204.2
    • Journal Article
      Hypothalamic tanycytes as mediators of maternally programmed seasonal plasticity.
      Melum VJ, Sáenz de Miera C, Markussen FAF, Cázarez-Márquez F, Jaeger C, Sandve SR, Simonneaux V, Hazlerigg DG, Wood SH. Curr Biol, 2024 Feb 5; 34 (3): 632 - 640.e6. DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2023.12.042
      PMID: 38218183
    • Journal Article
      Photoperiodic regulation in a wild-derived mouse strain.
      Sáenz de Miera C, Beymer M, Routledge K, Król E, Selman C, Hazlerigg DG, Simonneaux V. J Exp Biol, 2020 Mar 25; 223 (Pt 6): DOI:10.1242/jeb.217687
      PMID: 32098881
    • Journal Article
      An integrative view of mammalian seasonal neuroendocrinology.
      Dardente H, Wood S, Ebling F, Sáenz de Miera C. J Neuroendocrinol, 2019 May; 31 (5): e12729 DOI:10.1111/jne.12729
      PMID: 31059174
    • Journal Article
      Melatonin-independent Photoperiodic Entrainment of the Circannual TSH Rhythm in the Pars Tuberalis of the European Hamster.
      Sáenz de Miera C, Sage-Ciocca D, Simonneaux V, Pévet P, Monecke S. J Biol Rhythms, 2018 Jun; 33 (3): 302 - 317. DOI:10.1177/0748730418766601
      PMID: 29618281
    • Journal Article
      Maternal photoperiod programs hypothalamic thyroid status via the fetal pituitary gland.
      Sáenz de Miera C, Bothorel B, Jaeger C, Simonneaux V, Hazlerigg D. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2017 Aug 1; 114 (31): 8408 - 8413. DOI:10.1073/pnas.1702943114
      PMID: 28716942
    • Journal Article
      A circannual clock drives expression of genes central for seasonal reproduction.
      Sáenz de Miera C, Monecke S, Bartzen-Sprauer J, Laran-Chich M-P, Pévet P, Hazlerigg DG, Simonneaux V. Curr Biol, 2014 Jul 7; 24 (13): 1500 - 1506. DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2014.05.024
      PMID: 24980500
    • Presentation
      The ventral premammillary nucleus as a central site for nutritional integration to reproduction.
      Saenz de Miera Patin C. 2024 Mar;