User:Elodie Drapeau

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

EDUCATION/TRAINING

University of Bordeaux 1, France Maîtrise (BS) 1999 Cell biology & Physiology University of Bordeaux 2, France Master 2000 Neurosciences University of Bordeaux 2, France PhD 2003 Neurosciences Columbia University, New York, USA 2004-2009 Neurosciences Pharmacology Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA 2009- Neuroscience

Positions and Employment 1999-2000 Master student, laboratoire de Psychobiologie des Comportements Adaptatifs, INSERM U259, Bordeaux, France 2000-2003 PhD student, Laboratoire de psychobiologie des comportements adaptatifs, INSERM U588, Bordeaux, France 2003-2004 ATER (attaché temporaire de recherche et d’enseignement) research and teaching fellowship, Bordeaux University, France 2004 -2009 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Doetsch’s laboratory, Columbia University, New York City, USA 2009 - Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Buxbaum’s laboratory, Mount Sinai School of Medecine, New York City, USA

Honors 2001 Servier Institute award. 5ème Colloque de la Société des Neurosciences, Toulouse, France, 28- 31 mai 2001

Selected Peer-reviewed Publications 1. Döbrössy M.*, Drapeau E.*, Aurousseau C., Le Moal M., Piazza P.V., and Abrous D. N. Differential effects of learning on neurogenesis: learning increases or decreases the number of newly born cells depending on their birth date. Mol Psychiatry. 2003. 8 : 974-982 * Döbrössy and Drapeau contributed equally to this work 2. Abrous DN, Drapeau E, Koehl M, Lemaire V, Montaron MF, Le Moal M, Mayo W. Neurogénèse hippocampique, glucocorticostéroïdes, et vieillissement. Dans « Neuroendocrinologie des démences », 2003. Edition Solal, 53-64. 3. Drapeau E., Mayo W., Aurousseau C., Le Moal M., Piazza PV., and Abrous D. N. Spatial memory capacities in aged rats predict levels of hipppocampal neurogenesis. 2003. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 100: 14385-14390. 4. Montaron M. F., Koehl M., Lemaire V., Drapeau E., Abrous D.N., Le Moal M. Environmentally induced long-term structural changes: cues for functional orientation and vulnerabilities. Neurotoxicity Research, 2004. 6(7-8) : 571-580 5. Dupret,D., Montaron,M.F., Drapeau,E., Aurousseau,C., Le Moal,M., Piazza,P.V., Abrous,D.N. Methyl-azoxymethanol acetate does not fully block cell genesis in the young and aged dentate gyrus. Eur. J. Neurosci. 2005. 22(3): 778-783. 6. Montaron M. F.*, Drapeau E.*, Aurousseau C., Le Moal M., Piazza P.V., and Abrous D. N. Lifespan corticosterone secretion determined age-related decline in hippocampal neurogenesis and in cognitive functions. Neurobiol. Aging. 2006. 27(4) : 645-654. * Montaron and Drapeau contributed equally to this work 7. Drapeau E., Montaron M. F., Aurousseau C., Le Moal M., Piazza P.V., and Abrous D. N. Learning-induced survival of new neurons depends upon the cognitive status of aged rats. J.Neurosci., 2007. 27(22): 6037-44. 8. Riquelme P.A., Drapeau E. and Doetsch F. Brain Micro-ecologies: Neural Stem Cell Niches in the Adult Mammalian Brain. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B., 2008. 363(1489): 123-37. 9. Drapeau E. and Abrous DN. Role of neurogenesis in age-related memory disorders, Aging Cell, 2008 Aug;7(4):569-89.

Research Support

French National education and research ministry 1999-2000 Relation between hippocampal neurogenesis, cell death, PSA-NCAM expression and cognitive abilities in aging rats. Role: Co-Investigator

French National education and research ministry 2000-2004 Contribution to the study of hippocampal plasticity: relationships between neurogenesis and spatial learning Role: Co-Investigator

Fondation pour la recherche médicale 2004-2005 In Vivo molecular and functional characterization of adult neural stem cell Role: Co-Investigator

David and Lucile Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering 2004 Microarray single cell transcriptional analysis of SVZ stem cells and their progeny (#DLP 2004-27666) Role: Co-Investigator

Gatsby Initiative in Brain Circuitry Pilot Project 2007-2008 Molecular Dissection of the Transcriptional Networks For Adult Neurogenesis Role: Co-Investigator