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PhD, Associate Professor, University of Montpellier Contact: sylvain.bartolami(at)univ-montp2.fr / sylvain.bartolami(at)umontpellier.fr Group 2: Cellular determinants of neuroprotection |
Presentation
After a bachelor in animal physiology (University Grenoble I), I moved to Brighton and took part in a research project studying the development of the chick inner ear (University of Sussex, Prof. Richardson’s Lab). Then, I undertook a master degree in Biochemistry Molecular and Cellular Biology (University Montpellier 2) followed by a PhD degree (Prof. Pujol’s Lab, University Montpellier 2). The subject of my thesis was the characterisation of the muscarinic innervation in the cochlea. My postdoc was carried out at the University of Michigan (Prof. Schacht’s Lab) where I studied the motile behaviour of the auditory cells. Back to France , I jointed a team involved in the neurobiology of balance disorders (Prof Sans and Dr Chabbert, University Montpellier 2 and Montpellier Institute of Neurosciences) and started, amongst others, researches on the physiology of transitional cells of the vestibular neuroepithelium and on the proliferative properties of the vestibular Schwann cells. In the past years, I kept on working in the glial cell field and got involved in the study of the molecular mechanisms underlying the myelinisation of peripheral nerves by Schwann cells (Dr Tricaud’s team, Montpellier Institute of Neurosciences). At present, the Profs Perrin and Verdier (University of Montpellier, MMDN Lab) proved me with the opportunity to start a new challenge: understanding the glial cell responses following spinal cord injury. Our goal is to determine conditions that will favour neuroregeneration in lesioned spinal cord. (List of publications is given in the curriculum vitae file)