In 2007 Marie-Laure Volvert graduated in Biomedical Sciences, after having presented a dissertation on ‘The role of phosphorylated derivatives of thiamine in the response to stress: transitory cerebral ischaemia and hypoxemia.’

In the same year she joined the neurobiology of development group at the University of Liège’s GIGA-Neurosciences unit and specializes in particular in neurobiology and embryology. She has since embarked on a doctorate on the ‘Functional characterization of microRNA involved in the regulation of cerebral corticogenesis,’ under the supervision of Gustave Moonen and Laurent Nguyen. She has also received the Nicolas Jacquet Prize.

Selection of publications

Marie-Laure Volvert1, Sandrine Seyen1, Marie Piette2, Brigitte Evrard2, Marjorie Gangolf1, Jean-Christophe Plumier 1, Lucien Bettendorff1§ :Benfotiamine, a synthetic S-acyl thiamine derivative, has a different pharmacological profile than lipid-soluble thiamine disulfide derivatives. BMC Pharmacol, 8:10 (IF=1,79) .

Catherine Creppe, 1,2,3,* Lina Malinouskaya, 4,* Marie-Laure Volvert, 4 Magali Gillard, 1,2,3 Pierre Close, 1,2,3,§ Olivier Malaise, 4 Sophie Laguesse, 4 Isabelle Cornez, 1,2,3 Souad Rahmouni,1,5 Shibeshih Belachew, 4,6 Brigitte Malgrange, 4 Jean-Paul Chapelle, 1,2,3 Ulrich Siebenlist, 7Gustave Moonen, 4,6 Alain Chariot, 1,2,3, ‡,* and Laurent Nguyen 4, ‡,* :Elongator Controls the Migration and Differentiation of Cortical Neurons through Acetylation of Alpha tubulin. Cell. 2009

Juliette D Godin; Kelly Colombo; Maria Molina-Calavita; Guy Keryer; Diana Zala; Bénédicte C Charrin; Paula Dietrich; Marie-Laure Volvert; François Guillemot; Ioannis Dragatsis;Yohanns Bellaiche; Frederic Saudou, PhD; Laurent Nguyen; Sandrine Humbert : Huntingtin is Required for Proper Spindle Orientation during Mitosis in Drosophila and Mammals. Neuron 2010