Dr. Julien Rossignol

Dr. Julien Rossignol is a Professor of Biochemistry and Neuroscience (Founding Faculty) at the College of Medicine at Central Michigan University. He arrived at CMU in 2007 as a neuroscientist at the Department of Psychology. He joined the new College of Medicine in 2011, where he is the founding course director of the Neuroscience and Behavioral Sciences course. He holds degrees in cell biology, biochemistry, molecular biology, biophysics, and neuroscience from the University of Nantes and the University of Orleans in France. His graduate work involved studies on the therapeutic effect of adult stem cell transplantations in Huntington's disease rat model, following post-doctoral fellowships at INSERM U643 in Nantes, France, and in the Neuroscience Program and the Department of Psychology at Central Michigan University, where he continued his work with stem cells as a potential cure for neurodegenerative diseases. As a CMU College of Medicine faculty member, he leads a team involving undergraduate, graduate, and medical students, working to deliver cell therapy and genomic editing to the brain through human-made dendrimer molecules.