Bechard-Drimaracci Emilie

Position

Post-doctoral researcher

Biosketch

Emilie obtained her Master’s degree in Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Nutritional Regulations from Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 in 2020, during which she specialized in the study of ion channels and cardiac electrophysiology.

She then joined Montpellier to pursue her PhD from 2020 to 2023. Her doctoral research focused on the biophysics of the potassium channel TREK-1, a member of the K2P channel family. In this work, she used patch-clamp technique to investigate the mechanisms regulating TREK-1 activity by polyunsaturated fatty acids and their oxidized derivatives.

Following her PhD, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship between 2023 and 2025 at the Institut Néel in Grenoble, a research institute specialized in condensed matter physics. In a team of physicists, she contributed to the development of a technology based on graphene transistors coupled with microfluidic systems to detect neuronal electrical activity and monitor network dynamics. This work involved the use of primary neuron and astrocyte cultures, calcium imaging techniques, and microelectrode arrays (MEAs).

In 2025, Emilie returned to Montpellier to join IRIM as a postdoctoral researcher in the team led by Raphaël Gaudin. She combines her expertise in electrophysiology and microfabrication to investigate how viral infections influence learning processes and neuronal network communication, using hiPSC-derived brain organoids and adult human brain explants.

 

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Team

Membrane Dynamics & Viruses (MDV)

Contact

Email : emilie.bechard(AT)irim.cnrs.fr

Tel : (+33) 04 34 35 94 77