About our lab!

Our overall research focus is to understand the mechanisms by which metabolic cues, e.g. nutrients and hormones, interact with the mediobasal hypothalamus to control energy balance and physiology.

More precisely, our team aims to decipher the anatomical and functional interactions between glia and neurons in this brain region by combining neuroanatomical, molecular, and physiological approaches.

We are part of the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Lausanne and are located in Rue du Bugnon 7 in Lausanne.

More about our projects here.

Recent news

  • We are organizing the next SNE meeting!
    The next colloque de la Société de Neuroendocrinologie will take place in Lausanne in Octobre 2025. The organizing committee includes…
  • New Lab Member
    Welcome to Xavier!
  • New publication!
    Our new review, entitled Fasting induces metabolic switches and spatial redistributions of lipid processing and neuronal interactions in tanycytes, has…
  • New Lab member
    Welcome to Irina Kolotueva!!!

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