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Consortium member

Clara Sanchez

Position

Postdoc

Main Research Interests

  • Diet-induced Obesity
  • Neuroinflammation
  • Glial Reactivity
  • Cognitive Disorders
  • Polyunsaturated fatty acids

Biography

Clara is a postdoctoral researcher currently working at the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology (IPMC) at the University Côte d’Azur in France.

She completed her Bachelor degree of Molecular Biology and Genetics at the University Côte d’Azur in Nice in 2017. After that and still at University Côte d’Azur in Nice, she obtained her Master degree in Genetics, Immunology and Animal Development in 2019. She finally completed her PhD on the “Effect of the ⍵6/⍵3 ratio on the obesity development, the neuroinflammation and the associated cognitive deficits” in 2023 at the Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology (IPMC) at the University Côte d’Azur in France.

 

Main GECKO Consortium Study:

geoMOUSE 2.0

 

Key research output:

Cansell C, Stobbe K, Sanchez C, Le Thuc O, Mosser CA, Ben Fradj S, Leredde J, Lebeaupin C, Debayle D, Fleuriot L, Brau F, Devaux N, Benani A, Audinat E, Blondeau N, Nahon JL, Rovere C. Dietary fat exacerbates post-prandial hypothalamic inflammation involving GFAP-positive cells and microglia in male mice. Glia, 2021, doi : 10.1002/glia.23882.