Bally-cuif Laure

Biography

She is research director and currently working on the central nervous system (CNS) of vertebrates is a complex arrangement of neurons and glial cells that underlie brain physiology and animal behaviour. Research interests: Molecular control of neurogenesis, molecular and cellular mechanisms of neural stem cell maintenance and recruitment, genetics of emotional, motivational and cognitive behavior in zebrafish, zebrafish models of aggression, addiction and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders. Education and Titles: - 1985-91: Bachelors and Masters Education at Ecole Normale Supérieure and University Paris VI, Paris, France - 1991-94: Doctoral student, Salpêtrière Hosp. and University Paris VI - 1994-96: EMBO Postdoctoral fellow, Dept of Cell and Developmental Biology, Princeton University, NJ, USA - 1996: CNRS Research fellow - 1997-2000: Post-doctoral fellow, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Mammalian Genetics, Munich, Germany - 2000-2006: Junior group leader, Technical University of Munich and Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Developmental Genetics - 2006-2009: Department leader, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Department of Zebrafish Neurogenetics - 2009-2016: CNRS Research Director, Institute of Neurobiology A. Fessard, Gif-sur-Yvette, France - Since Sept 2016: CNRS Research Director, Institut Pasteur, Dept of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Paris, France. She has received many awards and prize for their research work.

Research Interest

Neurology