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Overview

Michèle Studer is affiliated with Université Côte d'Azur in France and has a research focus spanning multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience. Their work contributes to understanding gene regulation, neural dynamics, and developmental processes at molecular and cellular levels.

Their main fields of study include Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology with 44 publications, and Neuroscience with 28 publications. Specific subfields in which they are active include Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Genetics, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Developmental Neuroscience.

Research topics commonly addressed in their publications include RNA Research and Splicing, Neural dynamics and brain function, Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, Pluripotent Stem Cells Research, Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling, and RNA regulation and disease.

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Michèle Studer demonstrate a focus on neurodevelopmental and molecular aspects of brain function and disease:

  • NR2F1 regulates regional progenitor dynamics in the mouse neocortex and cortical gyrification in BBSOAS patients, 2020, The EMBO Journal
  • Structural and Functional Aspects of the Neurodevelopmental Gene NR2F1: From Animal Models to Human Pathology, 2021, Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
  • The Parkinson's-disease-associated mutation LRRK2-G2019S alters dopaminergic differentiation dynamics via NR2F1, 2021, Cell Reports
  • COUP-TFI/Nr2f1 Orchestrates Intrinsic Neuronal Activity during Development of the Somatosensory Cortex, 2020, Cerebral Cortex
  • Pathophysiological Heterogeneity of the BBSOA Neurodevelopmental Syndrome, 2022, Cells

Michèle Studer frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Michele Bertacchi, Chiara Tocco, Gwendoline Maharaux, Agnès Loubat, and Sara Mercurio, showing ongoing scientific partnerships across various projects.

The scientist's work is regularly published in well-established venues, with multiple papers appearing in outlets such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Neurobiology of Disease, Disease Models & Mechanisms, BIO-PROTOCOL, and Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature.

Best Publications

  • Altered segmental identity and abnormal migration of motor neurons in mice lacking Hoxb-1

    Michéle Studer;Andrew Lumsden;Linda Ariza-McNaughton;Allan Bradley

  • Oral-facial-digital type I protein is required for primary cilia formation and left-right axis specification.

    Maria Immacolata Ferrante;Alessandro Zullo;Adriano Barra;Sabrina Bimonte

  • Hoxa1 and Hoxb1 synergize in patterning the hindbrain, cranial nerves and second pharyngeal arch

    A. Gavalas;M. Studer;A. Lumsden;F.M. Rijli

  • Genetic interactions between Hoxa1 and Hoxb1 reveal new roles in regulation of early hindbrain patterning

    Michèle Studer;Anthony Gavalas;Heather Marshall;Linda Ariza-McNaughton

  • Role of a conserved retinoic acid response element in rhombomere restriction of Hoxb-1

    Michèle Studer;Heike Pöpperl;Heather Marshall;Atsushi Kuroiwa

  • The nuclear hormone receptor Coup-TFII is required for the initiation and early maintenance of Prox1 expression in lymphatic endothelial cells

    R. Sathish Srinivasan;Xin Geng;Ying Yang;Yingdi Wang

  • COUP-TFI regulates the balance of cortical patterning between frontal/motor and sensory areas.

    Maria Armentano;Shen-Ju Chou;Giulio Srubek Tomassy;Axel Leingärtner

  • Excitatory Projection Neuron Subtypes Control the Distribution of Local Inhibitory Interneurons in the Cerebral Cortex

    Simona Lodato;Caroline Rouaux;Kathleen B. Quast;Chanati Jantrachotechatchawan

  • Geniculocortical input drives genetic distinctions between primary and higher-order visual areas.

    Shen Ju Chou;Zoila Babot;Axel Leingar̈tner;Michele Studer

  • Hox homeobox genes and regionalisation of the nervous system

    Robb Krumlauf;Heather Marshall;Michéle Studer;Stefan Nonchev

  • Rapid Conversion of Fibroblasts into Functional Forebrain GABAergic Interneurons by Direct Genetic Reprogramming.

    Gaia Colasante;Gabriele Lignani;Alicia Rubio;Lucian Medrihan

  • COUP-TFI Coordinates Cortical Patterning, Neurogenesis, and Laminar Fate and Modulates MAPK/ERK, AKT, and ß-Catenin Signaling

    Andrea Faedo;Giulio Srubek Tomassy;Youlin Ruan;Hannah Teichmann

  • Area-specific temporal control of corticospinal motor neuron differentiation by COUP-TFI

    Giulio Srubek Tomassy;Elvira De Leonibus;Denis Jabaudon;Simona Lodato

  • Conditional Deletion of Hand2 Reveals Critical Functions in Neurogenesis and Cell Type-specific Gene Expression for Development of Neural Crest-derived Noradrenergic Sympathetic Ganglion Neurons

    Tyler J. Hendershot;Hongbin Liu;David E. Clouthier;Iain T. Shepherd

  • Expression of COUP-TFII Nuclear Receptor in Restricted GABAergic Neuronal Populations in the Adult Rat Hippocampus

    Pablo Fuentealba;Thomas Klausberger;Theofanis Karayannis;Wai Yee Suen

  • The COUP-TF nuclear receptors regulate cell migration in the mammalian basal forebrain.

    Marco Tripodi;Alessandro Filosa;Maria Armentano;Michèle Studer

  • Retinoids control anterior and dorsal properties in the developing forebrain

    Aida Halilagic;Vanessa Ribes;Norbert B. Ghyselinck;Maija H. Zile

  • COUP-TFI is required for the formation of commissural projections in the forebrain by regulating axonal growth

    Maria Armentano;Alessandro Filosa;Gennaro Andolfi;Michèle Studer

  • Reciprocal gene replacements reveal unique functions for Phox2 genes during neural differentiation.

    Eva Coppola;Alexandre Pattyn;Sarah C Guthrie;Christo Goridis

  • Loss of COUP-TFI Alters the Balance between Caudal Ganglionic Eminence- and Medial Ganglionic Eminence-Derived Cortical Interneurons and Results in Resistance to Epilepsy

    Simona Lodato;Giulio Srubek Tomassy;Elvira De Leonibus;Yoryani G Uzcategui

  • Assembly of the auditory circuitry by a Hox genetic network in the mouse brainstem.

    Maria Di Bonito;Maria Di Bonito;Yuichi Narita;Bice Avallone;Luigi Sequino

Frequent Co-Authors

Joel C. Glover
Joel C. Glover University of Oslo
Luis Puelles
Luis Puelles University of Murcia
Paola Arlotta
Paola Arlotta Harvard University
François Guillemot
François Guillemot The Francis Crick Institute
Paola Bovolenta
Paola Bovolenta Spanish National Research Council
Denis Jabaudon
Denis Jabaudon University of Geneva
Carolina Frassoni
Carolina Frassoni Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Brunella Franco
Brunella Franco University of Naples Federico II
Sydney Brenner
Sydney Brenner Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Andrew R. Webster
Andrew R. Webster University College London

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