Consortium member
Marie Pignol
Biography
Marie is a PhD student at the Molecular and Cellular Pharmacological Institute (IPMC-CNRS), in France.
Shortly after completing a Master of Research in Neurosciences at Aix-Marseille University in July 2020, she joined the IPMC as a Research Officer to work on the role of the melanin-concentrating hormone in the regulation of neuroendocrine functions in a high fat diet context in mice.
Marie started to actively contribute to the GECKO Consortium in 2022 by conducting the geoMOUSE 2.0 study under the direction of Romain Barrès. In 2024, she started her PhD training to continue working on this project aiming to reveal the influence of paternal nutrition on epigenetic modifications and cognitive performance.