I am a dedicated and innovative neuroscientist with a strong track record of making significant contributions in behavioral and molecular neuroscience. Early during my academic training, I developed a great interest in understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms of memory. I received my Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of Bordeaux where I studied the role of glutamate receptor synaptic trafficking during consolidation and forgetting of remote memories. Then, I started a postdoc at New York University where I have been investigating how early life memories are formed and how they can influence adult behavior. During my postdoc, I successfully identified new metabolic mechanisms of memory formation in the infant and juvenile brains and I discovered that the “forgotten” early life memories can be reactivated in adulthood and guide new adult learning experiences. 

- Miranda JM, Cruz E, Bessières B, Alberini CM. Hippocampal parvalbumin interneurons play a critical role in memory development. Cell Reports (in press).

- Cruz E, Bessières B, Magistretti P, Alberini CM. Differential role of neuronal glucose and PFKFB3 in memory formation during development. Glia 24:248 (2022).

- Bessières B, Cruz E, Alberini CM. Metabolomic profiling reveals a differential role for hippocampal glutathione reductase in infantile memory formation. eLife 10:e68590 (2021).

- Bisaz R*, Bessières B*, Miranda JM, Travaglia A, Alberini CM. Recovery of memory from infantile amnesia is developmentally constrained. Learning & Memory 28: 300-306 (2021).

- Bessières B*, Travaglia A*, Mowery TM, Zhang X, Alberini CM. Early life experiences selectively mature learning and memory abilities. Nature Communications 11: 628 (2020).

- Bessières B, Jia M, Travaglia A, Alberini CM. Developmental changes in plasticity, synaptic, glia, and connectivity protein levels in rat basolateral amygdala. Learning & Memory 26: 436-448 (2019).

- Alberini CM, Cruz E, Descalzi G, Bessières B, Gao V. Astrocyte glycogen and lactate: New insights into learning and memory mechanisms. Glia 66: 1244-1262 (2018).

- Bessières B, Nicole O, Bontempi B. Assessing recent and remote associative olfactory memory in rats using the social transmission of food preference paradigm. Nature Protocols 12: 1415-1436 (2017).