CV Science

Julien Vezoli PhD Neuroscience (2008); HDR (2023)

Course and current status

2023-present  Research Scientist – CRCN Inserm at the Stem Cell and Brain Research Institute (SBRI), INSERM U1208, Bron, France. Team Cerebral Cortex and Connectome.

2022-2023  Research Associate at the Stem Cell and Brain Research Institute (SBRI), INSERM U1208, Bron, France. Team Building the Cerebral Cortex: Connectomics.

2018-2022  Research Associate at the Ernst Strüngmann Institute (ESI) in cooperation with the Max Planck Society, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Fries Lab: Large-scale connectomics.

2011-2017  Post-Doctoral position at the Ernst Strüngmann Institute (ESI) in cooperation with the Max Planck Society, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Fries Lab: Brain structure-function relationships and neurophysiological correlates of hierarchical processing and cognition.

2008-2010  Post-Doctoral position at the Stem Cell and Brain Research Institute (SBRI), INSERM U846, Bron, France. Integrative Neuroscience Department: PI of a transverse project focused on the MPTP-monkey model of Parkinson's disease (longitudinal follow-up of neurophysiological markers of cognitive troubles in the premotor period, multiparametric evaluation on the therapeutic potential of cellular graft using rhesus ES cells).

Scientific summary

My research interests lie in the leading field of brain structure-function relationships and alterations in neuropathological conditions; the main aim is to relate neuroanatomical connectivity features to neurophysiological interactions and to identify modifications of these relationships in the NHP-model. My studies in neuroanatomy are concerned with understanding inter-areal connectivity and brain networks’ basic characteristics. I use the chronic-ECoG technique and deep multi-laminar recordings to seek for neurophysiological correlates of hierarchical processing and cognitive integration during instrumental conditioning. The aim of my ongoing projects is to provide a mechanistic understanding of the functional laminar-restricted dynamics leading to the behavioral manifestation of cognition at the cellular level.