Nicolas Pietrancosta

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Nicolas Pietrancosta is a CNRS researcher (section 16: Chemistry and Life Science) since October 2007. He co-leads the transdisciplinary team "Neuropharmacology of VGLUTs" with Dr. Stephanie Daumas (Behavioral Neurosciences) within the Neuroscience Paris Seine department. He did a PhD at the interface between Chemistry and Neuroscience at the Institute of Developmental Biology of Marseille Luminy (IBDML) (2004-2006). During his post-doctoral research again at the Chemistry and Biology interface both in the Laboratory of Enzymology and Structural Biochemistry (LEBS) and the Institute of Chemistry of Natural Substances (ICSN) (2006-2007), Nicolas worked on the implementation of screening assays for chemical libraries and the identification of bioactive molecules using molecular modeling and biochemical approached (eq. Dr. Florence Lederer). Interested in the interface between neuroscience and chemistry, Nicolas first joined F. Acher's team (UMR8601 Université Paris Descartes), in order to develop ligands targeting vesicular glutamate transporters. After the characterization of the immunomodulatory role of other excitatory neurotransmitters, the monoamines (serotonin, dopamine...) in Dr JP Herbeuval's team (UMR8601 Université Paris Descartes), Nicolas joined Sorbonne University where he is interested in the development and characterization of specific ligands of VGLUTs in order to better understand their role during normal aging and in various pathologies (addictions, anxiety...). The different research works are carried out both within the Biomolecules Laboratory (LBM, UMR7203, Sorbonne University) for the chemistry aspect and within the NPS for the neuroscience part. The approaches used in the laboratory range from biochemistry to behaviour and anatomy.

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