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On June 26, 2025, Prof. Renaud Jolivet gave a lecture at PORT, highlighting the growing importance of glial cells in our understanding of brain function and neurological diseases. Despite their crucial role, we still lack a clear framework explaining how glial cells modulate neuronal activity.
During the lecture, Prof. Jolivet shared recent findings on specific glial subtypes, particularly microglia, oligodendrocytes, and astrocytes, and their roles in regulating neuronal function.
In the second part of the talk, he reflected on his professional journey:
The lecture was livestreamed via the SAME-Match Treat platform. Afterward, there was a meeting with Young Investigators, providing a valuable opportunity for discussion, networking, and exchange of ideas.
Prof. Renaud B. Jolivet is Professor of Neural Engineering & Computation at the Maastricht Centre for Systems Biology at Maastricht University, and retains a courtesy appointment at CERN, the particle physics laboratory. His work focusses on NeuroAI and on neurotechnologies to interface with the brain.
Prior to working in the Netherlands, Renaud has worked in Switzerland, Japan and the UK. He has previously served on the boards of the Initiative for Science in Europe, Marie Curie Alumni Association and Organization for Computational Neuroscience, and was a 2023 Neurotech Fellow of the Foresight Institute.
He currently is the stakeholder representative for individual researchers and innovators at the European Commission’s ERA Forum, and the Chair of the Science & Technology Committee of EBRAINS, the European research infrastructure for neurosciences.
He is a recipient of the Marie Curie Alumni Association Career Award (2022), and of the André Mischke Young Academy of Europe Prize for Science and Policy 2023, and a Fellow of the International Science Council and of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy.
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