Scientific event: the Neuroscience Graduate School highlights its young researchers

During this half-day scientific event, seven PhD candidates and one student from the Neuroscience Master 2 program presented their research on a variety of topics.

After an introduction by Dr. Delphine Meffre, Associate Professor in Cell Biology and Neuroscience at Université Paris Cité, the Master’s students from the NMDA student association led a series of presentations that highlighted the diversity of research conducted within the Graduate School.

Rich and diverse presentations

During this half-day scientific event, seven PhD candidates and one Master’s student from the Neuroscience Master 2 program presented their research on a variety of topics:

• Felix Dumont, Alumni of the Master Neuroscience and third-year PhD student (ED SVS) started by presenting his research project, entitled «Investigating the function and drugability of heparan sulfates in neuromuscular junction formation and repair.» (IMRB, Inserm U955, Relaix team)
• Raúl Flores Berdines, third-year PhD student (ED MTCI), presented his research work, entitled «Study of the role of the extracellular vesicles in the myelination of the PNS.» (Inserm UMR-S 1124, Massaad team)
• Ines Jani, second-year PhD student (ED Pierre Louis de santé publique) et alumni of the Master Neuroscience presented her research work, focused on the «Early parieto-frontal functional connectivity predicts proportional motor recovery after stroke.» (IPNP, Inserm 1266, Turc team)
• Clémence Raimond, third-year PhD student (ED 3C) presented her research work, focused on the «Study of oligodendrocytes degeneration and study of repetitive magnetic stimulation in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).» (SPPIN, UMR 8003, Guerout team)
• Rasha Slika, third-year PhD student (ED MTCI) presented her research work, focused on the «Impact of HDAC6 Inhibition on Muscle Atrophy in Spinal Muscular Atrophy.» (Inserm UMR-S 1124, Charbonnier team)
• Matthieu Tuffery, second-year PhD student (ED3C) et alumni du Master Neuroscience presented his research work, entitled «Functional investigation of rln3a expressing neurons in zebrafish larvae.» (Institut de la vision, Del bene team)
• Léa Vinel, first-year PhD student (ED BioSPC) et alumni du Master Neuroscience presented her research work, focused on the «Role of Parathyroid Hormone in the central control of energy metabolism and metabolic disorders.» (INEM, Inserm UMR-U1151, CNRS UMR-825, Oury team)
• Yadu Gopakumar, student from the Neuroscience Master 2 program, presented his research work, focused on the «Anatomical and Functional Study of LC-NE Projections to the Raphe Nucleus in Response Chronic Stress.» (M1 internship, NCC, UMR 8002, Isingrini team)

Scientific commitment recognized

The event concluded with a moment of discussion, followed by the announcement of the award winners for the best oral presentation.

The jury prizes, awarded by Dr. Laure Weill, Dr. Eleni Siopi, Dr. Damien Carrel, Dr. Nicolas Guerout, as well as Lou Gineste and Ruggero Berranger, both Master’s students in Neuroscience, were given to Matthieu Tuffery and Clémence Raimond.

The audience award, composed of students from the Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering–Neurotechnologies, and Cog-SUP Master’s programs, as well as alumni, was awarded to Yadu Gopakumar.

Congratulations to all the awardees!

“I was very happy to come back to the Saints-Pères campus to share my work with the new (and also former!) Master’s students. I study a little-known neurotransmitter, Relaxin-3, using a sometimes overlooked model, the zebrafish. It’s always a challenge to explain everything in just ten minutes. What I especially enjoyed was being able to talk with the students after the presentation, answer their questions, and go deeper into certain points. It’s very rewarding to see that my presentation genuinely interested them.” Matthieu Tuffery, awardee of the Jury Prize for best oral presentation.

“As a PhD student, I think it’s a very good exercise to present our research throughout our doctoral work. It also gives Master’s students insight into the kinds of projects one can conduct during a PhD. As for the tablet I won, I think it’s an excellent work tool, and I use it regularly for both professional and personal purposes. I’m very grateful for it.” Clémence Raimond, awardee of the Jury Prize for best oral presentation.

The three awardees : Yadu Gopakumar, Matthieu Tuffery and Clémence Raimond.