2006 Laureate
Current position
Group leader, Research Director (DR1)
Host institution
CRN2M (Centre de Recherche en Neurobiologie et en Neurophysiologie de Marseille), France CNRS, France
patrick.delmas@univ-amu.fr
Recording of the electrical activity of an ion channel piezo
Patrick Delmas is interested in sensory neurons that translate thermal, chemical, and mechanical stimuli. His goal is to understand the molecular basis of somatosensation – the process whereby we experience touch and pain – with an emphasis on identifying molecules that regulate electrogenesis of sensory neurons and detect environmental stimuli. The research conducted in his lab also focuses on characterizing the function of the enteric nervous system in both gastroenterological and neurological disorders.
• 1995 Ph. D. in Neurobiology and Pharmacology, CNRS, Marseille, France, Maurice Gola’s lab
• 1995-2001 Post-doctoral fellow, Wellcome Laboratory for Molecular Pharmacology at University College London, United Kingdom, Noel Buckley's lab
• 2001 Appointed Research Scientist (permanent position), CNRS, Marseille, France
• Program Grant, Human Frontier Science Program, 2014
• FRM Team, Medical Research Foundation (FRM), 2013
• FRM Team, Medical Research Foundation (FRM), 2007
• Research Prize, PACA Region, 2002
• Excellence Prize, Wellcome Trust, 2001
De nouvelles pistes contre la douleur
Feb 2013 Cell
FRM Backing Promising Research on Pain Treatment
Aug 2008 Cell
The team of Dr. Delmas is labeled FRM team
Apr 2008 Cell
Piezo1 ion channel pore properties are dictated by C-terminal region.
May 2015, Nat Commun.
Mechano-gated ion channels in sensory systems.
Oct 2013, Cell
Recording of mechanosensitive currents using
piezoelectrically driven mechanostimulator.
June 2011 , Nat Protoc
Molecular mechanisms of mechanotransduction
in mammalian sensory neurons.
Mar 2011, Nat Rev Neurosci