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Brice Bathellier is a Research Director and team leader at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, where he heads the Neural Code in the Auditory System group within the Hearing Institute – Pasteur Institute Center. His research integrates advanced experimental and computational approaches to investigate auditory perception and neural coding in the mammalian brain. He is also a co-organizer of the international Pasteur Course Hearing: from mechanisms to restoration technologies (HeaR), aimed at Master’s and PhD students, clinicians, and hearing professionals.
His research interests lie at the intersection of systems neuroscience, neurophysiology, and sensory systems, with a primary focus on the auditory system. His team uses two-photon calcium imaging, multichannel electrophysiology, optogenetics, and behavioral analysis to study how sound representations are formed, manipulated, and integrated with other sensory modalities in the brain. Key projects include decoding nonlinear operations in auditory perception, generating artificial auditory percepts via optogenetic stimulation, modeling reinforcement learning in sensory discrimination, and exploring multisensory interactions between auditory, visual, tactile, and olfactory systems.
The team's recent publications reveal a strong interdisciplinary trend, combining in vivo neuroscience, computational modeling, and behavioral neuroscience. Themes include neural coding of sensory identity, cortical dynamics during learning and memory, cross-modal integration, and the impact of network architecture on perception. The work spans molecular, cellular, and systems levels, with applications in understanding brain function and potential neuroprosthetic technologies.
Brice Bathellier supervises several PhD students and postdoctoral researchers, indicating an active mentoring role. His team is part of broader institutional initiatives on brain connectivity and neurodegenerative diseases, suggesting involvement in collaborative, cross-functional research projects. While specific grant details are not mentioned, the scope and technical sophistication of the work imply significant research funding. The team is embedded within the Hearing Institute, a multidisciplinary center focused on progressive sensory deficits, pathophysiology, and therapy.
