Once again, this year, the researchers at the Paris Brain Institute have met with great success in the generic call for projects of the Agence nationale de la Recherche (ANR, French National Research Agency).
The call for projects of the French National Research Agency funds innovative research projects from all actors of the scientific community, according to four categories: JCJC (Young Researcher), PRC (Collaborative Research Project), PRCE (Collaborative Research Project – Company), PRCI (Collaborative Research Project – International).
19 projects were selected this year, a record rate of 38% for Paris Brain Institute’s researchers.
“Congratulations to all the winners for this record success rate, which underlines the quality and innovative nature of the projects conducted at the Institute. This funding is essential for the continuation of our research and is a real gas pedal for the progress of knowledge on the brain and its pathologies.” Prof. Alexis Brice, Director General of the Paris Brain Institute.
The Paris Brain Institute’s projects selected by the ANR 2021 Generic Call for Projects:
| ASCENTS | PRC | Investigating a newly identified structural asymmetry of the vertebrate | Claire Wyart |
| BBDMI | PRCE | Brain Body Digital Musical Instruments | Vincent NAVARRO |
| CADICI | JCJC | An endocannabinoid-induced switch in cortical disinhibitory circuits | Joana LOUENCO |
| DecoSensoMoL1 | PRC | Decoding sensorimotor integration through cortical Layer 1 microcircuits | Nelson REBOLA |
| DISCOMMODE | PRC | Dissection of molecular and neural circuits underlying impulse control disorders: A translational approach | Jean-Christophe CORVOL |
| DUALTRACK | JCJC | Adaptation vs Interruption: the dual nature of the human medial prefrontal cortex | Philippe DOMENECH |
| EPIDEV | PRC | Cortical defects: from mTOR activation to neuronal hyperexcitability | Stéphanie BAULAC |
| FAB | PRC | Non-invasive gene therapy for Parkinson disease: Improve delivery of AAV vectors by single Intravenous delivery combined with Focused UltraSound (FUS). | Françoise PIGUET |
| FIBERSHAPE | JCJC | Understanding how Reissner’s fiber in cerebrospinal fluid contributes to posterior axis shape acquisition | Yasmine CANTAUT BELARIF |
| IMMUNE-PARK | PRCI | Exploring immune-related pathways in familial forms of Parkinson’s disease | Olga CORTI |
| KETABELIEF | JCJC | Ketamine and belief updating: Neurocognitive mechanisms in the treatment of depressive disorder. | Liane SCHMIDT |
| MOTOMYO | PRC | Matching motoneuron and myofiber subtypes: from embryonic development to pathogenesis | Claire Wyart |
| NeuroNPP | PRC | Control of neuronal cell number and fate by the interplay of temporal regulation of Notch activity and post-translational modification of Proneural Proteins | Bassem HASSAN |
| PREDITOC | PRC | Detection, prediction and monitoring of compulsions | Eric BURGUIERE |
| RADIO-AIDE | PRCE | RADIation-induced neurOtoxicity assessed by spatio-temporal modelling combined with Artificial Intelligence after brain raDiothErapy | Nadya PYATIGORSKAYA |
| RELATIVE | PRC | Relative value learning: computational processes and neural foundations | Sébastien BOURET |
| RESTORE | PRC | Development of kallikrein-related peptidase 6 inhibitors to treat MS | Brahim NAIT OUMESMAR |
| SocialNeuroNet | PRC | Neuroimaging of social networks in semi-free ranging monkeys | Julia SLIWA |
| VAMPHEARS | PRC | Development and Plasticity of the Auditory Cerebrovasculature | Nicolas RENIER |