Prof. Steeve Thany

Prof Steeve Thany completed his Ph.D in neuroscience behavior and cognition at the University of Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier, France in 2004. He joined the University of Angers as an Assistant Researcher and Lecturer in 2004 and then Assistant Professor in 2005. In 2012, he worked as an Associate Professor at the University of Florida, Emerging Pathogens Institute (Gainesville, Florida) under the supervision of Prof. Jeff Bloomquist. In 2014, he was hired as a full Professor at the University of Orleans (France), the department of Biochemistry and Biology. Prof. Thany is currently the Chair of the French National Council for the Universities in Neuroscience (CNU 69). Professor Thany’s lab focuses on 1) Characterizing the pharmacological properties of insect native neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, including their subunit composition and functional properties in comparison of mammalian nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. 2) Understanding the intracellular pathways regulating the pharmacological properties of native nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. This research combines electrophysiology, molecular biology, and calcium imaging.