Biography
Dr. Manon Defaye is an Assistant Professor at Université Laval and a researcher within the Neurosciences Axis of the CRCHU de Québec – Université Laval. Her laboratory uses translational and multidisciplinary approaches to uncover the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the resolution of visceral pain and to identify the role of the gut microbiota in this process.
In 2015, she completed a Master’s degree in Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the Université Paul Sabatier in Toulouse (France). She then obtained, in 2018, a PhD in Neurogastroenterology from the Université Clermont Auvergne (France), Under the supervision of Drs. Frédéric Delbac and Frédéric Carvalho. Her doctoral work focused on the role of Blastocystis, the most prevalent protist in humans, in the development of irritable bowel syndrome. She then pursued a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Calgary (Canada), under the supervision of Dr. Christophe Altier, where her research contributed to a better understanding the mechanisms underlying the transition from acute to chronic pain.
