Affiliation: Grenoble Institute of Neuroscience

Dr. Stephane Belin is a research director at INSERM and a team leader at the Grenoble Institute of Neuroscience in France. His research focuses on understanding the role of the ribosome and, more broadly, translational control in physiological and pathological processes. He is particularly interested in mechanisms related to neuroprotection and regeneration within the nervous system.

During his PhD at the University of Lyon, he discovered changes in ribosome composition due to various stresses, such as viral infections and cancer, which reshaped the understanding of ribosomes in translation regulation. After his PhD, he conducted postdoctoral research at Harvard Children’s Hospital, where he studied the injury response of central nervous system neurons and developed a quantitative proteomics method that identified neuroprotective and pro-regenerative pathways.

Since starting his independent lab in France, Dr. Stephane has focused on analyzing the composition of the translational complex, including ribosomes and associated proteins, and its impact on protein synthesis, neuroprotection, and regeneration. His recent investigations have shed light on ribosomal protein S6 and the important interaction between the HTT protein and ribosome, elucidating their roles in protein synthesis and neural regeneration.