After her studies at the École normale supérieure, during which Morgane Thion specialized in neuroscience, she pursued her thesis at the Institut Curie in Sandrine Humbert's laboratory. There, she led an innovative research project on the fundamental roles of huntingtin, the protein involved in Huntington's disease, in the progression of breast cancer.
Morgane Thion then decided to return to neuroscience and joined Sonia Garel's laboratory for her postdoctoral training. She set out to study the developmental roles of microglia in brain wiring, as well as the impact of the microbiota, made up of all microorganisms, on the development of these cells. In particular, her work revealed that the microbiota regulates microglial maturation in a sexually dimorphic way.
In 2018, Morgane Thion obtained a position as a research fellow at the CNRS. Passionate about brain formation, in particular the interactions between the brain and peripheral organs, she is pursuing her research into microglia development. Her research focuses on understanding how microglia colonize the brain in symbiosis with neural tissue and play a part in its formation, as well as the links between microglia and microbiota.
Morgane Thion is the winner of the Delheim Prize 2022 (nominated by Sonia Garel, Chair of Neurobiology and the Immune System).