Paris-Saclay Institute of Neuroscience
@neuropsi.bsky.social
Leading CNRS and Université Paris-Saclay research center dedicated to the study of the brain.
Website: neuropsi.cnrs.fr
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/institut-des-neurosciences-paris-saclay/
Youtube: youtube.com/@NeuroPSI-saclay
Website: neuropsi.cnrs.fr
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/institut-des-neurosciences-paris-saclay/
Youtube: youtube.com/@NeuroPSI-saclay
⚠️ Call for new group leaders!
➡️ This year again, we are looking to host new research groups. All neuroscience research topics are welcome in our highly interdisciplinary institute!
➡️ Deadline: May the 15th 2026.
➡️ Learn more and apply: neuropsi.cnrs.fr/ao-2026/
➡️ This year again, we are looking to host new research groups. All neuroscience research topics are welcome in our highly interdisciplinary institute!
➡️ Deadline: May the 15th 2026.
➡️ Learn more and apply: neuropsi.cnrs.fr/ao-2026/
February 17, 2026 at 12:34 PM
⚠️ Call for new group leaders!
➡️ This year again, we are looking to host new research groups. All neuroscience research topics are welcome in our highly interdisciplinary institute!
➡️ Deadline: May the 15th 2026.
➡️ Learn more and apply: neuropsi.cnrs.fr/ao-2026/
➡️ This year again, we are looking to host new research groups. All neuroscience research topics are welcome in our highly interdisciplinary institute!
➡️ Deadline: May the 15th 2026.
➡️ Learn more and apply: neuropsi.cnrs.fr/ao-2026/
▶️ Daniel Häufle from Tübingen Universität will join us as a keynote speaker at NeuroControl2026!
▶️ NeuroControl 2026, the conference on the physiology and engineering of limb and prosthesis closed-loop control!
Register and submit your abstract: neurocontrol.sciencesconf.org
▶️ NeuroControl 2026, the conference on the physiology and engineering of limb and prosthesis closed-loop control!
Register and submit your abstract: neurocontrol.sciencesconf.org
February 16, 2026 at 10:19 AM
▶️ Daniel Häufle from Tübingen Universität will join us as a keynote speaker at NeuroControl2026!
▶️ NeuroControl 2026, the conference on the physiology and engineering of limb and prosthesis closed-loop control!
Register and submit your abstract: neurocontrol.sciencesconf.org
▶️ NeuroControl 2026, the conference on the physiology and engineering of limb and prosthesis closed-loop control!
Register and submit your abstract: neurocontrol.sciencesconf.org
▶️ Daniel Huber from Université de Genève is one of 5 keynote speaker at NeuroControl2026!
▶️ Join us at NeuroPSI for NeuroControl 2026, the conference on the physiology and engineering of limb and prosthesis closed-loop control! Register and submit your abstract: neurocontrol.sciencesconf.org
▶️ Join us at NeuroPSI for NeuroControl 2026, the conference on the physiology and engineering of limb and prosthesis closed-loop control! Register and submit your abstract: neurocontrol.sciencesconf.org
February 12, 2026 at 11:26 AM
▶️ Daniel Huber from Université de Genève is one of 5 keynote speaker at NeuroControl2026!
▶️ Join us at NeuroPSI for NeuroControl 2026, the conference on the physiology and engineering of limb and prosthesis closed-loop control! Register and submit your abstract: neurocontrol.sciencesconf.org
▶️ Join us at NeuroPSI for NeuroControl 2026, the conference on the physiology and engineering of limb and prosthesis closed-loop control! Register and submit your abstract: neurocontrol.sciencesconf.org
➡️ In a new Ecology and Evolution paper, Sylvie Rétaux's team @neuropsi.bsky.social and collaborators report on more than 15 years of field studies on the water physicochemical parameters and hydrodynamic regimes in the Mexican tetra blind cave fish habitat 🐟💦.
➡️ Learn more 🔽🔽🔽
➡️ Learn more 🔽🔽🔽
Water Parameters and Hydrodynamics in Rivers and Caves Hosting Astyanax mexicanus Populations Reveal Macro‐, Meso‐ and Microhabitat Characteristics
From 2009 to 2025, we have recorded the physicochemical parameters of the water and the hydrological regimes at localities hosting Astyanax mexicanus cavefish and surface fish populations in Mexico. ...
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January 27, 2026 at 1:22 PM
➡️ In a new Ecology and Evolution paper, Sylvie Rétaux's team @neuropsi.bsky.social and collaborators report on more than 15 years of field studies on the water physicochemical parameters and hydrodynamic regimes in the Mexican tetra blind cave fish habitat 🐟💦.
➡️ Learn more 🔽🔽🔽
➡️ Learn more 🔽🔽🔽
🧠 👩🎓 University Paris-Saclay launches its all-new Master in Neuroscience!
One M1 in neuroscience, followed by three M2:
1️⃣ Cognition, Behavior and Mental disorders.
2️⃣ Systems Neuroscience: from cells to brain functions.
3️⃣ Computational Neurosciences and Neuroengineering.
🔽🔽 Learn more & apply:
One M1 in neuroscience, followed by three M2:
1️⃣ Cognition, Behavior and Mental disorders.
2️⃣ Systems Neuroscience: from cells to brain functions.
3️⃣ Computational Neurosciences and Neuroengineering.
🔽🔽 Learn more & apply:
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January 23, 2026 at 4:01 PM
🧠 👩🎓 University Paris-Saclay launches its all-new Master in Neuroscience!
One M1 in neuroscience, followed by three M2:
1️⃣ Cognition, Behavior and Mental disorders.
2️⃣ Systems Neuroscience: from cells to brain functions.
3️⃣ Computational Neurosciences and Neuroengineering.
🔽🔽 Learn more & apply:
One M1 in neuroscience, followed by three M2:
1️⃣ Cognition, Behavior and Mental disorders.
2️⃣ Systems Neuroscience: from cells to brain functions.
3️⃣ Computational Neurosciences and Neuroengineering.
🔽🔽 Learn more & apply:
👏 Upcoming seminars at NeuroPSI in February
➡️ The 9th at 11:30, Emmanuel Scorsone, CEA & U. Paris-Saclay,
"Synthetic diamonds: from neural interfacing to biological sensors"
➡️ The 27th at 10am, Marc Dhenain, Institut de Biologie François Jacob, "Pseudo-prions to treat neurodegenerative diseases."
➡️ The 9th at 11:30, Emmanuel Scorsone, CEA & U. Paris-Saclay,
"Synthetic diamonds: from neural interfacing to biological sensors"
➡️ The 27th at 10am, Marc Dhenain, Institut de Biologie François Jacob, "Pseudo-prions to treat neurodegenerative diseases."
January 21, 2026 at 10:23 PM
👏 Upcoming seminars at NeuroPSI in February
➡️ The 9th at 11:30, Emmanuel Scorsone, CEA & U. Paris-Saclay,
"Synthetic diamonds: from neural interfacing to biological sensors"
➡️ The 27th at 10am, Marc Dhenain, Institut de Biologie François Jacob, "Pseudo-prions to treat neurodegenerative diseases."
➡️ The 9th at 11:30, Emmanuel Scorsone, CEA & U. Paris-Saclay,
"Synthetic diamonds: from neural interfacing to biological sensors"
➡️ The 27th at 10am, Marc Dhenain, Institut de Biologie François Jacob, "Pseudo-prions to treat neurodegenerative diseases."
🦾/💪 Interested in the physiology of motor control? In robotics? In neuroprosthetics?
▶️ Join us in NeuroPSI for NeuroControl 2026, the conference on the physiology and engineering of limb and prosthesis closed-loop control!
▶️ Register and submit your abstract: neurocontrol.sciencesconf.org
▶️ Join us in NeuroPSI for NeuroControl 2026, the conference on the physiology and engineering of limb and prosthesis closed-loop control!
▶️ Register and submit your abstract: neurocontrol.sciencesconf.org
January 20, 2026 at 2:50 PM
🦾/💪 Interested in the physiology of motor control? In robotics? In neuroprosthetics?
▶️ Join us in NeuroPSI for NeuroControl 2026, the conference on the physiology and engineering of limb and prosthesis closed-loop control!
▶️ Register and submit your abstract: neurocontrol.sciencesconf.org
▶️ Join us in NeuroPSI for NeuroControl 2026, the conference on the physiology and engineering of limb and prosthesis closed-loop control!
▶️ Register and submit your abstract: neurocontrol.sciencesconf.org
👏 Upcoming seminars at NeuroPSI in January (11:30am):
➡️ The 23rd, Marc Dhenain, Institut de Biologie François Jacob, "Pseudo-prions to treat neurodegenerative diseases."
Followed by two speakers on motor control:
➡️ The 27th, Maarten Zwart, from St Andrews.
➡️ The 30th, Graziana Gatto, from Cologne.
➡️ The 23rd, Marc Dhenain, Institut de Biologie François Jacob, "Pseudo-prions to treat neurodegenerative diseases."
Followed by two speakers on motor control:
➡️ The 27th, Maarten Zwart, from St Andrews.
➡️ The 30th, Graziana Gatto, from Cologne.
January 18, 2026 at 9:05 PM
👏 Upcoming seminars at NeuroPSI in January (11:30am):
➡️ The 23rd, Marc Dhenain, Institut de Biologie François Jacob, "Pseudo-prions to treat neurodegenerative diseases."
Followed by two speakers on motor control:
➡️ The 27th, Maarten Zwart, from St Andrews.
➡️ The 30th, Graziana Gatto, from Cologne.
➡️ The 23rd, Marc Dhenain, Institut de Biologie François Jacob, "Pseudo-prions to treat neurodegenerative diseases."
Followed by two speakers on motor control:
➡️ The 27th, Maarten Zwart, from St Andrews.
➡️ The 30th, Graziana Gatto, from Cologne.
👩🎓 PhD Defence at NeuroPSI ! Léa Jaulin, from Mohamed Taouis' team, will defend her thesis on Monday the 19th of January, on the role of PPARα receptors in the régulation of hypothalamic FGF21.
January 18, 2026 at 8:37 PM
👩🎓 PhD Defence at NeuroPSI ! Léa Jaulin, from Mohamed Taouis' team, will defend her thesis on Monday the 19th of January, on the role of PPARα receptors in the régulation of hypothalamic FGF21.
🎖️Toutes nos félicitations à Sylvie Rétaux, cheffe de l'équipe DECA à NeuroPSI, qui a été nommée au grade de Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur !
January 18, 2026 at 8:18 PM
🎖️Toutes nos félicitations à Sylvie Rétaux, cheffe de l'équipe DECA à NeuroPSI, qui a été nommée au grade de Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur !
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Do you want to do a PhD on exploring brain-body interactions with expansion microscopy at the Paris-Saclay Institute of Neuroscience, through the Marie-Curie COFUND program?
Apply!
Deadline : 23 February 2026
Supervisor : Tihana JOVANIC
lightinparis.eu
@neuropsi.bsky.social
Apply!
Deadline : 23 February 2026
Supervisor : Tihana JOVANIC
lightinparis.eu
@neuropsi.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Do you want to do a PhD on exploring brain-body interactions with expansion microscopy at the Paris-Saclay Institute of Neuroscience, through the Marie-Curie COFUND program?
Apply!
Deadline : 23 February 2026
Supervisor : Tihana JOVANIC
lightinparis.eu
@neuropsi.bsky.social
Apply!
Deadline : 23 February 2026
Supervisor : Tihana JOVANIC
lightinparis.eu
@neuropsi.bsky.social
📅 NeuroPSI Seminar Series. On the 8th of January at 10:30am, we will be hosting Colline Poirier, Biosciences Institute of Newcastle University.
▶️ She will talk about: "Using spontaneous behaviour to assess primate welfare"
▶️ She will talk about: "Using spontaneous behaviour to assess primate welfare"
January 5, 2026 at 3:15 PM
📅 NeuroPSI Seminar Series. On the 8th of January at 10:30am, we will be hosting Colline Poirier, Biosciences Institute of Newcastle University.
▶️ She will talk about: "Using spontaneous behaviour to assess primate welfare"
▶️ She will talk about: "Using spontaneous behaviour to assess primate welfare"
Join the development of the mouse forelimb prosthesis as a post-doc, apply!
January 5, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Join the development of the mouse forelimb prosthesis as a post-doc, apply!
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Really happy to join NeuroPSI at Paris Saclay to lead a research group funded by an ERC Consolidator grant #ERCCoG . We'll study the origins of the vertebrate brain using shark embryos. 🦈 🧠 Reach out if you are interested in joining the team 🤍
🙋♀️ We are welcoming Idoia Quintana Urzainqui to NeuroPSi as a junior Professor! In her new team, she will research the Mechanisms that shaped early vertebrate brains, thanks to funding from a 2025 ERC Consolidator grant.
➡️ Learn more here: neuropsi.cnrs.fr/en/idoia-qui...
➡️ Learn more here: neuropsi.cnrs.fr/en/idoia-qui...
December 22, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Really happy to join NeuroPSI at Paris Saclay to lead a research group funded by an ERC Consolidator grant #ERCCoG . We'll study the origins of the vertebrate brain using shark embryos. 🦈 🧠 Reach out if you are interested in joining the team 🤍
🙋♀️ We are welcoming Idoia Quintana Urzainqui to NeuroPSi as a junior Professor! In her new team, she will research the Mechanisms that shaped early vertebrate brains, thanks to funding from a 2025 ERC Consolidator grant.
➡️ Learn more here: neuropsi.cnrs.fr/en/idoia-qui...
➡️ Learn more here: neuropsi.cnrs.fr/en/idoia-qui...
December 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
🙋♀️ We are welcoming Idoia Quintana Urzainqui to NeuroPSi as a junior Professor! In her new team, she will research the Mechanisms that shaped early vertebrate brains, thanks to funding from a 2025 ERC Consolidator grant.
➡️ Learn more here: neuropsi.cnrs.fr/en/idoia-qui...
➡️ Learn more here: neuropsi.cnrs.fr/en/idoia-qui...
🙋♀️ Welcome to Marion Rivalan, who joins NeuroPSI as a CNRS Junior Professor!
➡️ Her project will leverage AI-based methods for the classification and prediction of individual profiles of model animals housed in a naturalistic environment.
➡️ Learn more: neuropsi.cnrs.fr/en/marion-ri...
➡️ Her project will leverage AI-based methods for the classification and prediction of individual profiles of model animals housed in a naturalistic environment.
➡️ Learn more: neuropsi.cnrs.fr/en/marion-ri...
December 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
🙋♀️ Welcome to Marion Rivalan, who joins NeuroPSI as a CNRS Junior Professor!
➡️ Her project will leverage AI-based methods for the classification and prediction of individual profiles of model animals housed in a naturalistic environment.
➡️ Learn more: neuropsi.cnrs.fr/en/marion-ri...
➡️ Her project will leverage AI-based methods for the classification and prediction of individual profiles of model animals housed in a naturalistic environment.
➡️ Learn more: neuropsi.cnrs.fr/en/marion-ri...
💎 Valérie Lavallée, responsable de la plateforme de zootechnie de l’Institut des Neurosciences Paris-Saclay, a obtenu la Médaille de cristal du CNRS 2025: une récompense pour son parcours et sa contribution essentielle à la recherche dans notre institut !
Valérie Lavallée
Grâce à son parcours autodidacte remarquable, Valérie Lavallée a connu une progression de carrière constante jusqu’à être nommée responsable de la plateforme de zootechnie de l’Institut des Neurosciences Paris-Saclay (NeuroPSI - CNRS/Université Paris-Saclay), situé sur le campus du CEA Saclay. En 2021, elle a notamment relevé le défi de l’installation d’une plateforme de zootechnie multi-espèces lors du déménagement du laboratoire. En 2025, le CNRS décernera la médaille de cristal à Valérie Lavallée pour la qualité de son travail et pour son rôle majeur dans ce déménagement, qui a permis le regroupement des sites zootechniques de Gif-sur-Yvette et Orsay vers le nouveau bâtiment de NeuroPSI. Cette plateforme est désormais une vitrine de l’excellence en zootechnie scientifique.
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December 21, 2025 at 12:11 AM
💎 Valérie Lavallée, responsable de la plateforme de zootechnie de l’Institut des Neurosciences Paris-Saclay, a obtenu la Médaille de cristal du CNRS 2025: une récompense pour son parcours et sa contribution essentielle à la recherche dans notre institut !
Congratulations to our NeuroPSI team leader Carole Escartin for the 2025 Prize Marie-Paule Burrus from @frm-officiel.bsky.social !
December 21, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Congratulations to our NeuroPSI team leader Carole Escartin for the 2025 Prize Marie-Paule Burrus from @frm-officiel.bsky.social !
Sylvie Granon, chercheuse à NeuroPSI, a participé à une émission de SynapseTV, la première webTV dédiée à la santé mentale, autours de la thématique des écrans et de leur impact sur le cerveau:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1v9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1v9...
December 21, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Sylvie Granon, chercheuse à NeuroPSI, a participé à une émission de SynapseTV, la première webTV dédiée à la santé mentale, autours de la thématique des écrans et de leur impact sur le cerveau:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1v9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1v9...
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#JNeurosci: Lorenz, Das et al. studied the spontaneous activity of the cortical–basal ganglia circuit across sleep & wake in songbirds, identifying coordinated dynamics & large-scale events that resemble those observed in mammals. @neuropsi.bsky.social
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1903-24.2025
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1903-24.2025
December 16, 2025 at 11:55 PM
#JNeurosci: Lorenz, Das et al. studied the spontaneous activity of the cortical–basal ganglia circuit across sleep & wake in songbirds, identifying coordinated dynamics & large-scale events that resemble those observed in mammals. @neuropsi.bsky.social
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1903-24.2025
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1903-24.2025
A Post-Doc position is open in the @touchmovelab.bsky.social of the institute. Learn more and apply 🔽🔽🔽
We have opened a call for a post-doctoral researcher !
Our team @touchmovelab.bsky.social researches strategies to provide direct cortical feedback during brain-machine interface control of an upper limb prosthesis in the mouse model.
Our team @touchmovelab.bsky.social researches strategies to provide direct cortical feedback during brain-machine interface control of an upper limb prosthesis in the mouse model.
December 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
A Post-Doc position is open in the @touchmovelab.bsky.social of the institute. Learn more and apply 🔽🔽🔽
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How do reproducible brain activity patterns really emerge? Analyzing the MICrONS dataset, Alain Destexhe and collaborators @domguarino.bsky.social and @janantolik.bsky.social propose a new view based on a hierachy of neurons.
▶️ Learn more in @natcomms.nature.com 🔽🔽🔽
How do reproducible brain activity patterns really emerge? Analyzing the MICrONS dataset, Alain Destexhe and collaborators @domguarino.bsky.social and @janantolik.bsky.social propose a new view based on a hierachy of neurons.
▶️ Learn more in @natcomms.nature.com 🔽🔽🔽
Convergent information flows explain recurring firing patterns in cerebral cortex - Nature Neuroscience
Reproducible cortical firing patterns arise from hierarchical modular networks shaped by distance-dependent connectivity rather than attractor dynamics, suggesting that cortex is prewired for scaffold...
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December 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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How do reproducible brain activity patterns really emerge? Analyzing the MICrONS dataset, Alain Destexhe and collaborators @domguarino.bsky.social and @janantolik.bsky.social propose a new view based on a hierachy of neurons.
▶️ Learn more in @natcomms.nature.com 🔽🔽🔽
How do reproducible brain activity patterns really emerge? Analyzing the MICrONS dataset, Alain Destexhe and collaborators @domguarino.bsky.social and @janantolik.bsky.social propose a new view based on a hierachy of neurons.
▶️ Learn more in @natcomms.nature.com 🔽🔽🔽
👩🎓 Upcoming thesis defense !
▶️ Cinthia Hernandez Puente will soon defend her PhD on the Redox control of stemness in the Xenopus retina 🐸👁️🧠, supervised by Morgane Locker, in the team of @murielperron.bsky.social.
📅 Join her at NeuroPSI on December the 16th at 1:30pm !
▶️ Cinthia Hernandez Puente will soon defend her PhD on the Redox control of stemness in the Xenopus retina 🐸👁️🧠, supervised by Morgane Locker, in the team of @murielperron.bsky.social.
📅 Join her at NeuroPSI on December the 16th at 1:30pm !
November 28, 2025 at 9:07 PM
👩🎓 Upcoming thesis defense !
▶️ Cinthia Hernandez Puente will soon defend her PhD on the Redox control of stemness in the Xenopus retina 🐸👁️🧠, supervised by Morgane Locker, in the team of @murielperron.bsky.social.
📅 Join her at NeuroPSI on December the 16th at 1:30pm !
▶️ Cinthia Hernandez Puente will soon defend her PhD on the Redox control of stemness in the Xenopus retina 🐸👁️🧠, supervised by Morgane Locker, in the team of @murielperron.bsky.social.
📅 Join her at NeuroPSI on December the 16th at 1:30pm !
😱🕊️ Isabelle George @neuropsi.bsky.social is part of consortium @themanybirds.bsky.social (89 institutions!) that showed that the diversity in fear-of-novelty response across bird 🦢 🦜 species 🦉 🦆 🦃 is driven by their diet and migratory behavior!
▶️ Read their latest @plosbiology.org article:
▶️ Read their latest @plosbiology.org article:
A large-scale study across the avian clade identifies ecological drivers of neophobia
Neophobia (the aversive response to novelty) varies considerably across species and individuals, and can impact adaptability and survival. This study assesses neophobia in 1400 subjects from 136 bird ...
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November 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
😱🕊️ Isabelle George @neuropsi.bsky.social is part of consortium @themanybirds.bsky.social (89 institutions!) that showed that the diversity in fear-of-novelty response across bird 🦢 🦜 species 🦉 🦆 🦃 is driven by their diet and migratory behavior!
▶️ Read their latest @plosbiology.org article:
▶️ Read their latest @plosbiology.org article:
📅 Mark the date !
▶️We will soon host Maria Antonietta Tosches (Assistant Professor, Columbia University, New-York).
▶️ She will present her work on the Evolution of cell types and circuits in the vertebrate brain in the NeuroPSI seminar, on Friday 05 Dec 2025 at 11h30.
▶️We will soon host Maria Antonietta Tosches (Assistant Professor, Columbia University, New-York).
▶️ She will present her work on the Evolution of cell types and circuits in the vertebrate brain in the NeuroPSI seminar, on Friday 05 Dec 2025 at 11h30.
November 25, 2025 at 9:55 AM
📅 Mark the date !
▶️We will soon host Maria Antonietta Tosches (Assistant Professor, Columbia University, New-York).
▶️ She will present her work on the Evolution of cell types and circuits in the vertebrate brain in the NeuroPSI seminar, on Friday 05 Dec 2025 at 11h30.
▶️We will soon host Maria Antonietta Tosches (Assistant Professor, Columbia University, New-York).
▶️ She will present her work on the Evolution of cell types and circuits in the vertebrate brain in the NeuroPSI seminar, on Friday 05 Dec 2025 at 11h30.