Denis Jabaudon

Denis Jabaudon

Function: Professeur ordinaire

Group name: Developmental neurobiology and plasticity

Group type: Main

Affiliations: Faculty of Medicine, Department of Basic Neurosciences

Domains: Development and Plasticity

Keywords: brain development, brain networks, gene expression

Research activities

My research interests are in studying the genetic mechanisms that control cortical neuron circuit assembly during development. Specifically, work in my laboratory is aimed at identifying the gene expression programs that enable distinct subtypes of thalamic and neocortical neurons to assemble into modality-specific circuits, and understanding how sensory experience regulates these differentiation programs during development. The approaches we use to address these questions include in vivo genetic gain-and-loss of function approaches, including in utero electroporation; structural and functional analysis of transgenic mice, and electrophysiology. We have recently demonstrated functionally critical reciprocal interactions between developmental gene expression programs and circuit formation, and trust that in the long term these processes could be used to direct the recruitment of developmental mechanisms to repair abnormal or lesioned circuits.

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Prof. Denis Jabaudon

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Alexis Assens

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Eline Balavoine

Graduate student

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Natalia Baumann

Graduate student

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Audrey Benoit

Lab technician

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Riccardo Bocchi

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Clothilde Ferreira

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Sabine Fievre

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Laura Frangeul

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Daniel Fuciec

Graduate student

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Marisa Jaconi

Senior scientist

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Awais Javed

Postdoc

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Quentin Lo Giudice

Graduate student

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Emma Maino

Master student

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Ilaria Morassut

Graduate student

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Théo Ribierre

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Sergi Roig Puiggros

Postdoc

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Moein Sarhadi

Graduate student

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Aline Schwab

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Timea Szalai

Graduate Student

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Jiafeng Zhou

Graduate student

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Faculté de médecine
Université de Genève
Email: Denis.Jabaudon@unige.ch