Charlotte Boccara
Academic interests
The role of sleep in cognitive development: Sleep is essential for healthy cognitive development. The last decade has seen a dramatic increase in chronic sleep deprivation among children that amounts to what is now a public health epidemic. Despite the substantial societal impact of sleep deprivation on cognitive neurodevelopmental disorders, we still know very little about the neural mechanisms that promote cognitive development during sleep. To address this crucial gap in our knowledge, I have designed an innovative research project at the junction of developmental neurobiology, system neuroscience and sleep research.
Impact: This research has the ambition to answer a timely health concern. And thus has a clear societal impact with giving incentive to change policies that encourage healthier sleep habits, as well as translational research applications to study associations with neurodevelopmental disorders.
Twitter @ChaBoccara
Research experience
Since 2019: Project Leader 'Sleep, Cognition and Development'
Institute of Basic Medical sciences
Since 2018: Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at UiO
Institute of Basic Medical sciences
2017–2018: Research Associate at King's College London
Centre for Developmental Neurobiology
2012–2016: Postdoctoral Researcher at the IST Austria
Institute of Science and Technology Austria
2006–2012: PhD Student at NTNU
Kavli Institute for Systems Neurosciences
Education
2014 PhD, Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine
(NTNU, Trondheim)
2005 MSc, Neurosciences, Université Marie et Pierre Curie
(UMPC, Paris 6)
2003 BSc, Cellular Biology and Physiology, UMPC
(Paris 6)
Awards
2019 Young Research Talent, Norwegian Research Council
2018 Marie Curie MSCA-IF Postdoctoral Fellowship
2017 MRC CNDD Seed Funds
2006 PhD Fellowship Faculty of Medicine
Teaching
2019–2020 PBL/LBS Physiology
MED1100 & MED 2200 (UIO)
2018–2019 Komparativ anatomi/evolusjon
MED2200 (UIO)
2017 Memory mechanisms in health and diseases
6BBYN309 (King's College)
2014–2016 Systems Neuroscience
C_NEU-205 Graduate school (IST Austria)
Collaborations
Johan Storm (IMB, UiO, Norway)
Rosamund Langston (Dundee, UK)
Dori Derdikman (Technion, Haifa, Israel)
Menno Witter (Kavli Institute, NTNU, Norway)
Hua Hu (IMB, UiO, Norway)
Koen Vervaeke (IMB, UiO, Norway)
Cathrin Canto (NiN, Amsterdam, Nederlands)
Alessandro Treves (SISSA, Trieste, Italy)
Recent talks
Nov. 28, 2018 (IMB, UiO) How do goals alter spatial cognitive maps?
Outreach
DevNeuro Academy (King's College London)
Press
The scientist Quanta magazine Medicalxpress Science.apa.at vbio
Publications
Gofman X , Tocker G, Weiss S, Boccara CN, Lu L, Moser MB, Moser EI, Morris G, Derdikman D
Dissociation between Postrhinal Cortex and Downstream Parahippocampal Regions in the Representation of Egocentric Boundaries
Current Biology 2019 29 (16), 2751-2757. e4
Boccara CN, Nardin M, Stella F, O'Neill J, Csicsvari J.
The Entorhinal Cognitive Map is Attracted to Goals
Science 2019, 363(6434):1443-1447.
O’Neill J, Boccara CN, Stella F, Schoenenberger P,Csicsvari J.
Superficial Layers of the Medial Entorhinal Cortex Replay Independent of the Hippocampus.
Science 2017, 355(6321):184-188.
Simonnet J, Nassar M, Stella F, Cohen I, Mathon B, Boccara CN, Miles R, Fricker D.
Activity dependent feedback inhibition may maintain head direction signals in mouse presubiculum.
Nature Communication 2017, 8:16032.
Boccara CN, Kjønigsen LJ, Hammer I, Bjålie J, Leergaard TB, Witter MP.
A Three-Plane High Resolution Architectonic Atlas of the Rat Hippocampal Region.
Hippocampus 2015, 25(7), 838-57.
Boccara CN, Sargolini F, Hult V, Solstad T, Witter MP, Moser EI and Moser M-B.
Grid Cells in Pre- and Parasubiculum.
Nature Neuroscience 2010, 13, 987-994.
Solstad T, Boccara CN, Kropff E, Moser M-B & Moser EI.
Representation of Geometric Borders in the Entorhinal Cortex.
Science 2008, 322, 1865-1868.
- Boccara, Charlotte N; Nardin, Michele; Stella, Federico; O'Neill, Joseph & Csicsvari, Jozsef (2019). The entorhinal cognitive map is attracted to goals. Science. ISSN 0036-8075. 363(6434), s 1443- 1447 . doi: 10.1126/science.aav4837
- Gofman, Xenia; Tocker, Gilad; Weiss, Shahaf; Boccara, Charlotte N; Lu, Li; Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald; Morris, Genela & Derdikman, Dori Moshe (2019). Dissociation between postrhinal cortex and downstream parahippocampal regions in the representation of egocentric boundaries. Current Biology. ISSN 0960-9822. 29(16), s 2751- 2757.e4 . doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.07.007 Full text in Research Archive.
- Boccara, Charlotte Nina; Kjønigsen, Lisa Jannicke; Hammer, Ingvild Marie F.; Bjaalie, Jan G.; Leergaard, Trygve Brauns & Witter, Menno (2015). A three-plane architectonic atlas of the rat hippocampal region. Hippocampus. ISSN 1050-9631. 25(7), s 838- 857 . doi: 10.1002/hipo.22407
- Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.; Sargolini, Francesca; Thoresen, Veslemøy Hult; Solstad, Trygve; Witter, Menno; Moser, Edvard Ingjald & Moser, May-Britt (2010). Grid cells in pre- and parasubiculum. Nature Neuroscience. ISSN 1097-6256. 13(8), s 987- U112 . doi: 10.1038/nn.2602 Show summary
- Solstad, Trygve; Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.; Kropff, Emilio; Moser, May-Britt & Moser, Edvard Ingjald (2008). Representation of geometric borders in the entorhinal cortex. Science. ISSN 0036-8075. 322(5909), s 1865- 1868 . doi: 10.1126/science.1166466
- Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald & Boccara, Charlotte Nina (2014). Spatial coding in the hippocampal region.
- Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.; Moser, Edvard Ingjald & Moser, May-Britt (2010, 09. august). Better understanding of mapmaking in the brain. [Internett]. PhysOrg.com.
- Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.; Moser, Edvard Ingjald & Moser, May-Britt (2010, 09. august). Better understanding of mapmaking in the brain. [Internett]. Science Daily.
- Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.; Moser, Edvard Ingjald & Moser, May-Britt (2010, 09. august). Better understanding of mapmaking in the brain. [Internett]. Genetic Engineering News.
- Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.; Moser, Edvard Ingjald & Moser, May-Britt (2010, 09. august). Better understanding of mapmaking in the brain. [Internett]. EurekAlert!.
- Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.; Moser, Edvard Ingjald & Moser, May-Britt (2010, 11. august). Better understanding of mapmaking in the brain. [Internett]. Bionity.com.
- Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.; Moser, Edvard Ingjald & Moser, May-Britt (2010, 10. august). Grid cells that help understand mapmaking in brain discovered. [Internett]. DNA India.
- Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.; Moser, Edvard Ingjald & Moser, May-Britt (2010, 11. august). Grid cells to help understand mapmaking in brain discovered. [Internett]. AndhraNews.net.
- Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.; Moser, Edvard Ingjald & Moser, May-Britt (2010, 10. august). Grid cells to help understand mapmaking in brain discovered. [Internett]. Malaysia Sun.
- Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.; Moser, Edvard Ingjald & Moser, May-Britt (2010, 10. august). Grid cells to help understand mapmaking in brain discovered. [Internett]. NewKerala.com.
- Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.; Moser, Edvard Ingjald & Moser, May-Britt (2010, 10. august). Grid cells to help understand mapmaking in brain discovered. [Internett]. Indian Mirror.
- Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.; Moser, Edvard Ingjald & Moser, May-Britt (2010, 10. august). Grid cells to help understand mapmaking in brain discovered. [Internett]. IndiaVision.
- Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.; Moser, Edvard Ingjald & Moser, May-Britt (2010, 10. august). Grid cells to help understand mapmaking in brain discovered. [Internett]. Africa Leader.
- Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.; Moser, Edvard Ingjald & Moser, May-Britt (2010, 10. august). Study finds 'grid cells' that help brain map locations outside hippocampus. [Internett]. News-Medical.Net.
- Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.; Sargolini, Francesca; Hult, V; Solstad, Trygve; Witter, Menno; Moser, Edvard Ingjald & Moser, May-Britt (2010). Quantitative analysis of grid cells in presubiculum, parasubiculum and medial entorhinal cortex.
- Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.; Sargolini, Francesca; Hult, V; Solstad, Trygve; Witter, Menno; Moser, Edvard Ingjald & Moser, May-Britt (2010). Quantitative analysis of grid cells in presubiculum, parasubiculum and medial entorhinal cortex. Society for Neuroscience : Abstracts.
- Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.; Sargolini, Francesca; Hult, V; Solstad, Trygve; Witter, Menno; Moser, Edvard Ingjald & Moser, May-Britt (2010). Similarities and differences between grid cells in presubiculum, parasubiculum and medial entorhinal cortex.
- Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.; Sargolini, Francesca; Hult, V; Solstad, Trygve; Witter, Menno; Moser, Edvard Ingjald & Moser, May-Britt (2010). Similarities and differences between grid cells in presubiculum, parasubiculum and medial entorhinal cortex. Federation of European Neuroscience Abstracts.
- Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.; Sargolini, Francesca; Hult - Thoresen, Vesle M.; Witter, Menno; Moser, Edvard Ingjald & Moser, May-Britt (2008). Laminar analysis of grid cells in presubiculum and parasubiculum.
- Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.; Sargolini, Francesca; Hult, V; Witter, Menno; Moser, Edvard Ingjald & Moser, May-Britt (2008). Grid cells in presubiculum and parasubiculum.
- Sargolini, Francesca; Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.; Witter, Menno; Moser, May-Britt & Moser, Edvard Ingjald (2006). Grid cells outside the medial entorhinal cortex.