Prof. Dr. Emilie Macé

20042007: Engineering Degree, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles (ESPCI), Paris, France
2007-2008: Master in Bioimaging Sciences (with distinction), Imperial College London, London, UK
March 2012: PhD in Physics (with highest honors), Langevin Institute, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France
2012-2014: Postdoctoral Fellow at the Vision Institute, Paris, France
2015-2019: Human Frontiers Science Program (HFSP) Postdoctoral Fellow at the Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel, Switzerland
2019-2022: Group leader, Max Planck Institute of Biological Intelligence, Munich, Germany
Since 2023: Professor of Dynamics of Excitable Cell Networks at Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Germany
Since 2024: Co-Spokesperson of the Else Kröner Fresenius Center for Optogenetic Therapies

Major Research Interests
The Macé lab addresses how brain-wide networks interact to produce a particular behavior. We use functional ultrasound imaging to follow neuronal activity in the whole mouse brain. We combine this technique with targeted genetic circuit manipulations and electrophysiological measurements. One goal is to better understand how cognitive processes, such as behavioral switching, arise in the brain across multiple scales and uncover dysfunctions of these networks in psychiatric disorders. Our lab also studies visual processing and develops innovative optogenetic strategies against blindness to restore visual perception.

Homepage Department/Research Group
https://brainwidenetworks.uni-goettingen.de/

ORCID: 0000-0003-0096-8436