Humeau Yann

Biography

Yann Humeau is a tenured CNRS Investigator since 2008. After achieving his graduate studies (University of Rennes), he moved to the University of Strasbourg where he received a PhD in Neuroscience in 2002 under the supervision of Bernard Poulain. He then joined the lab of Pr Andreas Luthi (Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel, Switzerland) as a post-doctoral fellow (2002-2004). In 2004, he joined the CNRS as a junior investigator in Strasbourg (UPR 2356), and started the "SynIQ" project dedicated to the study of the synaptic deficits associated with cognitive disorders. Since 2011 he is leading the ATIP+ team "Synapse in Cognition" at IINS in Bordeaux. Yann Humeau was awarded by the Pfizer price for scientific research (2006) and the bronze medal of the CNRS (2008).

Research Interest

Neurology