Biography
Gabriel Bossé is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Medicine at Université Laval. He pursued his graduate studies in Cellular and Molecular Biology with Martin Simard, studying the regulation of the microRNA pathway in the nematode C.elegans. After obtaining his PhD, he became interested in developing new approaches to studying neurobiology and setting up models of neurological diseases. He joined the Randall Peterson's laboratory at Harvard/University of Utah, to discover the zebrafish as a study model and to use unbiased methods, such as small molecule screening, to study brain function. During his postdoctoral studies, Gabriel developed different platforms to utilize the strengths of the zebrafish, including a system to train fish to self-administer opioids. He also carried out small molecule screenings that shed light on the role of neurosteroids in opioid consumption.
In 2022, he opened his lab at CERVO.
