Team
Bossé, Gabriel PhD - Regular researcher
Assistant professor - Université Laval
Research Axis: Integrative Neuroscience and Experimental Therapies, Brain research centre CERVO
Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine – Université Laval
Gabriel Bossé is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at the Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry and a PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology from Université Laval in 2014. His doctoral research focused on the regulation of the microRNA pathway in C. elegans, specifically investigating the role of DCS-1 in regulating microRNA levels.
He then pursued postdoctoral training at the University of Utah, which he completed in 2022. During this time, he developed a drug self-administration assay in juvenile zebrafish to study the biological mechanisms underlying drug-seeking behavior.
Gabriel Bossé joined the CERVO Research Center as an independent investigator in 2022 and was appointed Assistant Professor at Université Laval in 2023.
His lab uses the zebrafish model to study the biological mechanisms that control behavior, with a particular focus on opioid addiction. The team is also developing a model of prenatal opioid exposure to assess its behavioral and biological consequences.
Research interest
Our laboratory uses the zebrafish model to study the biological mechanisms that control behavior, with a particular focus on opioid addiction.
Using a behavior-based platform, we investigate the role of neurosteroids in opioid consumption and apply genetic and pharmacological tools to identify new molecular pathways involved in drug addiction.
We are also interested in developing a model of prenatal opioid exposure to assess the behavioral and biological consequences of such exposure.
Our behavioral and opioid addiction platform is also used to perform small-molecule screens aimed at identifying novel neuroactive compounds. These molecules and their molecular targets have the potential to uncover new biological pathways and therapeutic approaches for various conditions.