Alice Davy's team is studying the role of the non-canonical Eph/Ephrin pathway in the maintenance and spatio-temporal sequential specification of neural progenitors in the mouse embryonic neocortex. In this context, I am interested in the possible role of calcium signaling in this pathway. We hypothesize that the molecular cascade involves the activation of certain transcription factors, the chosen candidates being calcium-dependent transcriptional regulators. My aim is to analyze how calcium signaling is involved in the spatio-temporal specification of neural progenitors in the mouse neocortex. The aim is to design a “live imaging” approach, using a calcium-dependent reporter to stably mark progenitors that have undergone calcium variations, in order to trace and analyze their lineage during cortical development.
I'm also involved in scientific outreach activities, and sit on the laboratory's Sustainable Development Committee.