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After a PhD in Neurosciences at the University of Geneva on synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus, I worked with Prof. Fred Gage at the Salk Institute, in San Diego, one of the first labs that rediscovered the existence of adult neurogenesis. After this, I worked at Hoffmann-La-Roche and AClmmune, on Alzheimer's disease. Since 2010, I established the Tonilab at the University of Lausanne.

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Thomas Larrieu, PhD., Postdoctoral fellow

During my PhD in neurosciences, at the University or Bordeaux (NutriNeuro lab), I studied the mechanisms underlying the effect of omega-3 defficiency on anxiety- and depressive-related behaviors in mice. Then I have pursued my career as a postdoctoral researcher at the EPFL (LGC lab), in which I showed that social organization in a group of inbred mice differentially affects vulnerability/resilience to both chronic social defeat and chronic restraint stress.
I joined the Tonilab in September 2017 to investigate the role of blood circulating molecules in adult neurogenesis and behavior in mice.

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Charline Carron, Bsc

After obtaining my bachelor in Biology at the University of Lausanne, I continued my studies in Lausanne by following a Master in Medical Biology, with a specialization in Neurosciences. I conducted my premaster work in the lab of Prof. Bernard Thorens, in the Center for lntegrative Genomics. I was working on the int1uence of postnatal overnutrition on the innervation of the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus.
Since May 2018, I joined the Tonilab to conduct my Master Project by working on the identifications of molecules released by astrocytes that influence adult neurogenesis, under the supervision of Dr Frédéric Cassé.

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Jeanne Espourteille, PhD student

After obtaining a bachelors degree in Behavioral Neuroscience at Lehigh University, I came to the University of Lausanne to pursue a master in Medical Biology with a specialization in Neuroscience. In June 2020, I joined the Tonilab under the supervision of Prof. Nicolas Toni and Dr. Kevin Richetin and began my master project studying the potential for brain-derived extracellular vesicles to be used as early diagnostic tools for various tauopathies and dementias. I then continued working on this project since June 2021 as a PhD student.

Fabio Grieco, PhD student

After my bachelor's in Biology at the University of Florence I pursued my studies at the University of Turin obtaining a master in Cellular and Molecular Biology with a specialization in Neurobiology. I Joined the Tonilab in August 2021 as a Ph.D. student. My project aims at investigating the role of adult hippocampal neurogenesis in the eme·rgence of emotional individuality in the context of anxiety and depression.

Thibault Sprenger, PhD student

I started my academic journey in 2015, with a Bachelor in Life Science Engineering at the EPFL I then continued with a Master in Neuroscience and Neuroengineering. Having always been interested in fundamental research on the brain, focusing on the yet unclear machinery of memory, I joined the Tonilab in December 2021. for my PhD. My aim is to understand the role of astrocytic activity in adult hippocampal neurogenesis and age-related memory impairment.

Marta Vilademunt Alcaide, PhD student

In 2018 I graduated as a Human Biologist at Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona. In 2021 I completed my Master in Neurosciences at Tubingen University, Germany, in the Jucker Lab, where I validated a chimeric model for Alzheimer's disease using organotypic mouse hippocampal slice cultures and iPS-derived microglia. In April 2022, after recieving the Life Science UNIL PhD fellowship, I joined the Toni Lab to study the role of microglia-astrocyte crosstalk in the regulation of adult hipocampal neurogenesis.