About me

Dr. Julien Courchet is a Research Director at Inserm and group leader at the Institut NeuroMyoGène in Lyon, France. He earned a Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from the National Veterinary School of Lyon, then obtained a PhD in Cell Biology from the University of Lyon. Dr. Courchet was trained in neurobiology during a postdoc in the laboratory of Franck Polleux at the Neuroscience Center from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, the Scripps Institute in San Diego, and Columbia University in New York. His work uncovered some of the links between axonal mitochondria distribution and the stabilization of axon collaterals. His team uses microscopy-based methods to investigate neuronal mitochondria dynamics and metabolic activity, and correlate metabolic deregulation and miswiring of the brain in mouse models of altered neurodevelopment.