Julien Bouvier
jul-bouvier.bsky.social
Julien Bouvier
@jul-bouvier.bsky.social
Neuronal control of movements and locomotion, the brainstem & the spinal cord. Research Director & group leader @neuropsi.bsky.social @cnrs.bsky.social Université Paris-Saclay.

ERC laureate 2022.
https://www.bouvier-lab.com/
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➡️ Vous êtes agents du CNRS, intéressés par cette mobilité ? Contactez-nous !
November 13, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Arrived safely in Sydney! Excited and honored to be in the Southern Hemisphere for the first time and to participate in this "Information in Silicon & Neurons (ISN) Workshop" at Macquarie University. isnworkshop.carrd.co
ISN workshop
Workshop landing page
isnworkshop.carrd.co
November 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Motor Control folks, it's still time to register and even submit an abstract for a poster !!
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Hey #motorcontrol researchers! @jul-bouvier.bsky.social, LeMouel & I organize *Searching for principles in Motor Control* Paris Sept 23-24, 25 @sorbonne-universite.fr @institutducerveau.bsky.social @neuropsi.bsky.social: Submit Abstract for Posters by Aug 31! motorconference.sciencesconf.org?lang=en
August 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Here it is: the exciting program for the upcoming symposium on motor control, in Paris, September 23-24! 😁

You can still register, present a poster, and come to interact with the French scientific community working on motor control in humans and other animals! 👇
motorconference.sciencesconf.org
August 1, 2025 at 7:25 AM
❗ Interested in quantifiying and displaying histological data? Check out our recent python package operating downstream of histological alignement and segmentation pipelines (eg ABBA, QuPath) to calculate and illustrate various metrics, including exquisite tutorials!
joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21...
cuisto: A Python package to quantify neurohistological data from QuPath and ABBA
Le Goc et al., (2025). cuisto: A Python package to quantify neurohistological data from QuPath and ABBA. Journal of Open Source Software, 10(111), 7906, https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.07906
joss.theoj.org
July 18, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Don't miss this upcoming informal gathering on the theme of SEARCHING FOR PRINCIPLES IN MOTOR CONTROL on Sept 23-24, 25 in Sorbonne University. It will enable you to present your work to the French motor community. Registration is free! motorconference.sciencesconf.org
Searching for Principles in Motor Control - Sciencesconf.org
motorconference.sciencesconf.org
July 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The elite of French Neurosciences has arrived in sunny Montpellier for #Neurofrance2025 😂 😎 ! Looking forward to seeing you all. Reminder: we have posters PS1.088 (Wed) PS2.072 (Thu) PS3.094 (Fri), and Symposium S26 on Friday 9:30 am!
@socneuro.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Attending #NeuroFrance2025 next w? Don't miss occasions to hear about motor circuits including posters PS1.088 (Wed) PS2.072 (Thu) PS3.094 (Fri) by the lab and symposium S26 featuring C. Rouaux, M. Azcorra Sedano, @jkaiser87.bsky.social, M. Michon and myself on Friday 9:30am!
@socneuro.bsky.social
Home - NeuroFrance 2025
Every two years, neuroscientists from all over France get together to share their research, discover new ideas and exchange views and opinions.
www.neurosciences.asso.fr
May 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Our institute @neuropsi.bsky.social has an ongoing call for new team leaders, from junior to mid-career levels. All fields of neuroscience are welcome!
Apply before May 30: neuropsi.cnrs.fr/wp-content/u...
@cnrsbiologie.bsky.social @univparissaclay.bsky.social
March 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Registration started for the Janelia meeting on spinal cord and brainstem circuits for sensorimotor adaptation across species. Spinal cord is more than a hub, it does supercomputing!
www.janelia.org/you-janelia/...
Computing Cords: Sensorimotor Control by Nerve Cord Circuits Across Species
Organizers Salil Bidaye, Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience Ansgar Büschges, University of Cologne Graziana Gatto, University of Cologne Abdel El Manira, Karolinska Institutet Julie
www.janelia.org
February 26, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Looking forward to seeing you in Montpellier. We will host a great symposium on descending motor circuits! You have a few more days to submit an abstract 👇👇
🔴 New deadline!
You have until March 27 included to submit an abstract for a poster presentation at #NeuroFrance2025

Don't miss this great opportunity to present your research to a broad multidisciplinary audience

Registration & abstract submission: www.neurosciences.asso.fr/SN25/
March 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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➡️ Apply now to the Master (M2) in Computation Neuroscience and Neuroengineering, co-led by NeuroPSI and CentraleSupélec.
➡️ Application link: inception.universite-paris-saclay.fr/en/
➡️ Deadline: June 2025.
➡️ Learn more: www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/formation/ma...
March 1, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Our latest study is out: Learn more about the way context shapes the modulations of neurons promoting escape and inhibiting startle :

doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Neural circuits underlying context-dependent competition between defensive actions in Drosophila larvae - Nature Communications
Neural circuit mechanisms underlying flexible defensive behaviors are not fully understood. Here authors show that mechanosensory information favors startle actions and activation of nociceptive pathw...
doi.org
January 30, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Reposted by Julien Bouvier
👁️ Don't miss the new paper on Müller glia response to injury from @murielperron.bsky.social team . It is out in Science Advances, now with the correct figure order!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
January 29, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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📢A position of assistant professor (tenure) in developmental biology with a focus on IPSC/organoid technologies will soon be open to competition for a profile in neurodevelopment or development in my research team affiliated to Sorbonne University (good level in French and qualification required).
January 27, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The lab is closed for the week, but nicely decorated! Happy holidays and see you in 2025!🎄🧑‍🎄☃️❄️
December 23, 2024 at 10:31 AM
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🎄✨ Last week we had two incredible days filled with inspiring talks, posters, and new connections. Thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate our #ChristmasMeeting_IN.
See you next year! 🧠💫
More details 👇
in.umh-csic.es/en/the-insti...
December 23, 2024 at 9:34 AM
Honored to have been part of this excellent Christmas Symposium.
Julien Bouvier (Paris-Saclay Institute of Neuroscience) is our keynote speaker and closes the 21st #ChristmasMeeting_IN with his work on the organization of the brainstem neurons for motor control 👏
December 20, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Excited to be part of this Christmas Meeting, and looking forward to discover all the great people and research there!
Our XXI Christmas Meeting is almost here! 🎄✨
Check out the full program and get ready👀🎁 #ChristmasMeeting_IN
@csic.es
December 17, 2024 at 10:57 AM
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Check this out!! Awesome discovery by the labs of Carmelo Bellardita in Copenhagen Univ and Simone di Giovanni in London on the physiological role of macrophages in muscle spindles on proprioceptor afferents - implication in sensorimotor control of movement
www.nature.com/articles/s41....
Macrophages excite muscle spindles with glutamate to bolster locomotion - Nature
A population of macrophages with exclusive molecular and functional signatures in the muscle spindles express machinery for synthesizing and releasing glutamate, and a cellular component, the muscle s...
www.nature.com
December 4, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Reposted by Julien Bouvier
Jean-Didier Vincent has passed away.
He shaped the neurosciences life in the Saclay area at the end of the 20th century, as the head of the Institute of Neuroscience Albert Fessard in Gif-sur-Yvette, now NeuroPSI.
He will be remembered as a prominent thinker and writer.
December 5, 2024 at 9:25 PM