Regular biography
Grégoire Courtine is a Full Professor at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), affiliated with the BIO department. His research focuses on restoring sensorimotor functions after central nervous system disorders, particularly spinal cord injury, through innovative neuroprosthetic systems, robotic interfaces, and neurorehabilitation procedures. He holds the International paraplegic foundation (IRP) chair in spinal cord repair at the Center for Neuroprosthetics and the Brain Mind Institute. Courtine's work combines genetic tools, optogenetics, and viral technologies to study locomotion control and motor recovery mechanisms.
Scholar-generated biography
Gregoire Courtine's research focuses on neuroscience and neurotechnology, with an emphasis on restoring mobility in individuals with spinal cord injuries. His work explores innovative neurotechnological solutions, including brain-spine interfaces and electronic dura mater for long-term neural interfaces. Courtine's studies investigate the recovery of supraspinal control of locomotion and the transformation of nonfunctional spinal circuits into functional states. His research also addresses the role of proprioception and muscle spindle feedback in locomotor recovery. Additionally, he examines the potential of nonhuman primate models to accelerate the translation of treatments for spinal cord injury in humans.