After completing a Master’s degree in her hometown of Bordeaux, Léa defended her PhD in Neuroscience in 2022 at Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (NeuroMyoGene Institute). In the same year, she joined Prof. Kessen Patten’s lab at Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) as a postdoctoral research fellow, in collaboration with Dr. Tom Durcan’s lab at McGill University in Montreal. Her postdoctoral research focused on zebrafish models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), aiming to uncover novel pathophysiological mechanisms driven by C9ORF72 mutations and identify potential therapeutic targets, while also developing new zebrafish models to better understand and characterize rare neurodevelopmental disorders. In 2026, Léa returned to France and joined the laboratory as a postdoctoral researcher. Her current work centers on introducing her favorite model organism-the zebrafish_into the lab, with a particular focus on adult neurogenesis in the physiological context of reproductive behavior. She is particularly interested in this species’ remarkable proliferative and regenerative capacities. Outside the lab, Léa enjoys browsing bookstores for new reads, hiking in nature, spending time by the ocean, and practicing watercolor painting!
ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7115-7342