Marian Ros is Full Professor and Chair of the Department of Molecular & Cellular Signaling at the IBBTEC. Prof. Ros completed her MD degree with honors at the University of Cantabria in 1982 and received her PhD degree from the same university in 1986. After a postdoctoral stay at the laboratory of John Fallon (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) studying the roles of Msx and Hox genes in limb development, she established her own research group devoted to understand the molecular basis of morphogenesis: how the formation of a particular form or structure is genetically and molecularly controlled during vertebrate development. Using the limb as a paradigm, Prof. Ros lab has provided relevant information on the molecules and mechanisms contributing to shape an organ, always with a translational interest towards disease, repair and regeneration. Prof. Ros has always combined research with education teaching Human Anatomy and Embryology, Neuroanatomy and Developmental Biology to undergraduate and graduate students. Prof. Ros is member of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Cantabria and the awardee of the 2013 Prize of Investigation Consejo Social de la Universidad de Cantabria.