DrMarie-Victoire Guillot-Sestier

Dr Guillot-Sestier was awarded a B.Sc. in Life Sciences in 2005, a MSc in Physiology, Pharmacology and Neurobiology in 2007 and completed her PhD in Molecular and Cellular Aspects of Biology, Specialty Neuroscience in 2011 at the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, France . She transitioned to her first postdoctoral position at the University of Southern California (2012-2017) where she secured a BrightFocus Foundation Individual Fellowship. Upon reintegration in Europe as a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow she joined Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience to continue her work on the role of innate and adaptive immunity in brain ageing and in the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. Dr Guillot-Sestier has received several awards including a Junior Faculty Award from ADPD (2011) “for the outstanding nature of the professional contribution to the study of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases” and a Young Investigator Award from the Alzheimer’s Association (2015) “in support of outstanding and innovative research in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease”.
Marie-Victoire recently joined UCD School of Medicine as assistant professor in Physiology and was awarded a Conway fellowship to pursue her research at the interface of Neuroscience and Immunology.