Marine Laporte

Marine Laporte is a principal investigator at the MeLiS Institute (University of Lyon, France), a recently established department bringing together cell and developmental biologists who study the molecular mechanisms across various cellular compartments—ranging from cilia, membranes, and axons to synapses and neural circuits—with a focus on neuronal and muscular cells. Her primary research interest centers on membrane remodeling mechanisms. Using expansion microscopy combined with genetic manipulation, she investigates how membrane composition and dynamics contribute to ciliary homeostasis and their role in brain-related ciliopathies.