Charlotte Boccara

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Email charlotte.boccara@ncmm.uio.no
Phone +47 22851205
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Visiting address Gaustadalléen 21 Forskningsparken 0349 Oslo
Postal address Postboks 1137 Blindern 0318 Oslo

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

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

Recent talks

Nov. 28, 2018 (IMB, UiO) How do goals alter spatial cognitive maps?

Outreach

DevNeuro Academy (King's College London)

Press

Publications

  • Dapsance, Florian; Hou, Jie; Dufour, Damien; Boccara, Charlotte; Briand, Nolwenn & Martinsen, Ørjan Grøttem (2023). Adipose Tissue Characterization With Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy and Machine Learning. IEEE Sensors Letters. ISSN 2475-1472. 7(10). doi: 10.1109/LSENS.2023.3317921. Full text in Research Archive
  • Spalla, Davide; Treves, Alessandro & Boccara, Charlotte (2022). Angular and linear speed cells in the parahippocampal circuits. Nature Communications. ISSN 2041-1723. 13. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-29583-z. Full text in Research Archive
  • Spalla, Davide; Treves, Alessandro & Boccara, Charlotte (2021). Angular and Linear Speed Cells in the Parahippocampal Circuits. bioRxiv. ISSN 2692-8205. doi: 10.1101/2021.01.28.428631.
  • Gofman, Xenia; Tocker, Gilad; Weiss, Shahaf; Boccara, Charlotte N; Lu, Li & Moser, May-Britt [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2019). Dissociation between postrhinal cortex and downstream parahippocampal regions in the representation of egocentric boundaries. Current Biology. ISSN 0960-9822. 29(16), p. 2751–2757.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.07.007. Full text in Research Archive
  • 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), p. 1443–1447. doi: 10.1126/science.aav4837. Full text in Research Archive
  • O'Neill, Joseph; Boccara, Charlotte N; Stella, Federico; Schoenenberger, Philipp & Csicsvari, Jozsef (2017). Superficial layers of the medial entorhinal cortex replay independently of the hippocampus. Science. ISSN 0036-8075.
  • 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), p. 838–857. doi: 10.1002/hipo.22407.
  • Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.; Sargolini, Francesca; Thoresen, Veslemøy Hult; Solstad, Trygve; Witter, Menno & Moser, Edvard Ingjald [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2010). Grid cells in pre- and parasubiculum. Nature Neuroscience. ISSN 1097-6256. 13(8), p. 987–U112. doi: 10.1038/nn.2602.
  • 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), p. 1865–1868. doi: 10.1126/science.1166466.

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  • Boccara, Charlotte & Skrøder, Karoline (2023). Dårlig søvn: Kan ha sammenheng med ADHD og autisme. [Newspaper]. Oslo – VG.
  • Boccara, Charlotte (2023). Research on rodents and significance as a model organism in studying sleep.
  • Boccara, Charlotte (2023). Sleep: a new target for precision medicine.
  • Modi, Brijesh; Annavini, Eis & Boccara, Charlotte (2023). Benchmarking algorithms to automatically detect sharp wave ripples.
  • Korchynska, Solomiia; Modi, Brijesh & Boccara, Charlotte (2023). Maturation of sleep architecture across development.
  • Boccara, Charlotte; Nardin, Michele; Stella, Federico & Csicsvari, Jozsef (2023). Learning and sleep: hippocampal-parahippocampal differential roles in updating and consolidating mnemonic traces.
  • Boccara, Charlotte (2023). How memories can be stored and modified: decoding hippocampal algorithms during learning and sleep.
  • Annavini, Eis; Korchynska, Solomiia; Babursah, Ela; Hafting, Torkel & Boccara, Charlotte (2022). A benchmark for sharp wave-ripple detection algorithms.
  • Boccara, Charlotte (2022). Goal encoding during sleep .
  • Boccara, Charlotte (2022). Panel discussion related to the path to research excellence.
  • Boccara, Charlotte (2022). Uncovering the mechanisms linking sleep and health. [Internet]. Nordic EMBL Partnership website.
  • Boccara, Charlotte (2022). Du er faktisk en mattenerd. [Internet]. forskning.no.
  • Boccara, Charlotte (2022). Norske forskere: Hjernen din har superceller! [Internet]. VG.
  • Boccara, Charlotte (2022). Natteangst: Slik får du sove. [Internet]. Dagbladet.
  • Boccara, Charlotte (2022). Decoding hippocampal representation.
  • Korchynska, Solomiia; Annavini, Eis; Modi, Brijesh; Vharegui, Luca & Boccara, Charlotte (2022). Sleep architecture dynamics across the lifespan. .
  • Boccara, Charlotte (2021). Investigate the role of sleep in cognitive development.
  • Boccara, Charlotte & Stranden, Anne Lise (2021). De som sto opp en time tidligere, var mindre deprimerte. [Internet]. oslo.
  • Boccara, Charlotte (2021). 167th WPI-IIS seminar.
  • Nardin, Michele; Stella, Federico; Boccara, Charlotte & Csicsvari, Jozsef (2021). Medial entorhinal cortex integrates hippocampal offine inputs into independent, persistent memory representations.
  • Boccara, Charlotte N (2020). How reward and speed may shape the spatial code?
  • Boccara, Charlotte N (2020). How reward and speed shape spatial representation in the hippocampal region.
  • Nardin, Michele; Stella, Federico; Boccara, Charlotte N & Csicsvari, Jozsef (2020). Distorted Entorhinal Maps Are Stabilized during Sleep while Hippocampal Maps are more Labile.
  • Davide, spalla; Treves, Alessandro & Boccara, Charlotte N (2020). Angular and Linear Velocity Coding in the Parahippocampal Circuits.
  • Spalla, Davide; Treves, Alessandro & Boccara, Charlotte N (2020). Angular and Linear Velocity Coding in the Parahippocampal Circuits.
  • Boccara, Charlotte N (2020). Goal distortion of grid cells.
  • Boccara, Charlotte N (2020). Grid cell metrics and beyond: from network interactions to non-periodic firing.
  • Dæhlen, Marte & Boccara, Charlotte N (2020). Hjernen vår spiller av hendelser på nytt når vi sover. [Internet]. https://forskning.no.
  • RISNES JR., PER ASBJØRN & Boccara, Charlotte N (2020). Mindre søvn, mer problemer. [Internet]. https://www.forskningsdagene.no.
  • RISNES JR., PER ASBJØRN & Boccara, Charlotte N (2020). Kan bedre søvn hjelpe barn med ADHD og lærevansker? [Internet]. https://forskning.no.
  • Boccara, Charlotte N; Hu, Hua; Enger, Rune & Bojarskaite, Laura (2020). Hvorfor sover vi?
  • Krokvid Birkelid, Ingrid & Boccara, Charlotte N (2020). Seks timer søvn hver natt kan få alvorlige konsekvenser. [Internet]. klikk.no.
  • Boccara, Charlotte N (2020). REM-søvn. Store Norske Leksikon (Nettutgaven).
  • Boccara, Charlotte N (2020). non-REM-søvn. Store Norske Leksikon (Nettutgaven).
  • Boccara, Charlotte N (2020). søvnsyklus. Store Norske Leksikon (Nettutgaven).
  • Boccara, Charlotte N (2020). somnogener. Store Norske Leksikon (Nettutgaven).
  • Boccara, Charlotte N (2020). oreksin. Store Norske Leksikon (Nettutgaven).
  • Boccara, Charlotte N (2020). Søvn. Store Norske Leksikon (Nettutgaven).
  • Boccara, Charlotte N & Yasinski, Emma (2019). Memories Can Distort the Brain’s GPS. [Journal]. https://www.the-scientist.com.
  • Cepelewicz, Jordana & Boccara, Charlotte N (2019). Goals and Rewards Redraw the Brain’s Map of the World. quanta magazine. ISSN 2640-2661.
  • Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.; Moser, Edvard Ingjald & Moser, May-Britt (2010). Better understanding of mapmaking in the brain. [Internet]. PhysOrg.com.
  • Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.; Moser, Edvard Ingjald & Moser, May-Britt (2010). Grid cells to help understand mapmaking in brain discovered. [Internet]. AndhraNews.net.
  • Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.; Moser, Edvard Ingjald & Moser, May-Britt (2010). Grid cells that help understand mapmaking in brain discovered. [Internet]. DNA India.
  • Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.; Moser, Edvard Ingjald & Moser, May-Britt (2010). Grid cells to help understand mapmaking in brain discovered. [Internet]. Malaysia Sun.
  • Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.; Moser, Edvard Ingjald & Moser, May-Britt (2010). Grid cells to help understand mapmaking in brain discovered. [Internet]. NewKerala.com.
  • Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.; Moser, Edvard Ingjald & Moser, May-Britt (2010). Grid cells to help understand mapmaking in brain discovered. [Internet]. Indian Mirror.
  • Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.; Moser, Edvard Ingjald & Moser, May-Britt (2010). Grid cells to help understand mapmaking in brain discovered. [Internet]. IndiaVision.
  • Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.; Moser, Edvard Ingjald & Moser, May-Britt (2010). Better understanding of mapmaking in the brain. [Internet]. Science Daily.
  • Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.; Moser, Edvard Ingjald & Moser, May-Britt (2010). Better understanding of mapmaking in the brain. [Internet]. Genetic Engineering News.
  • Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.; Moser, Edvard Ingjald & Moser, May-Britt (2010). Grid cells to help understand mapmaking in brain discovered. [Internet]. Africa Leader.
  • Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.; Moser, Edvard Ingjald & Moser, May-Britt (2010). Study finds 'grid cells' that help brain map locations outside hippocampus. [Internet]. News-Medical.Net.
  • Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.; Moser, Edvard Ingjald & Moser, May-Britt (2010). Better understanding of mapmaking in the brain. [Internet]. EurekAlert!.
  • Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.; Moser, Edvard Ingjald & Moser, May-Britt (2010). Better understanding of mapmaking in the brain. [Internet]. Bionity.com.
  • Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.; Sargolini, Francesca; Hult, V; Solstad, Trygve; Witter, Menno & Moser, Edvard Ingjald [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (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 [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (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, V; Solstad, Trygve; Witter, Menno & Moser, Edvard Ingjald [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (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 [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (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; Witter, Menno; Moser, Edvard Ingjald & Moser, May-Britt (2008). Grid cells in presubiculum and parasubiculum.
  • 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.
  • Sargolini, Francesca; Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.; Witter, Menno; Moser, May-Britt & Moser, Edvard Ingjald (2006). Grid cells outside the medial entorhinal cortex.
  • Boccara, Charlotte; Gosse, Laure; Briand, Nolwenn & Dufour, Damien (2023). Innervation of adipose tissue in mice. Sorbone Universite.
  • Boccara, Charlotte; Saigal, Ruchi; Korchynska, Solomiia & Komisarczuk, Anna Zofia (2023). Optimizing cellular tools to engineer a CRISPR-mediated REM-sleep deprivation model. OsloMet.
  • Boccara, Charlotte & Rajagopal, Anjali (2022). Review of neurotransmitters and neuromodulators qualitative distribution across sleep stages: hypothesis to their role in generating specific sleep oscillations. Universitetet i Oslo.
  • Boccara, Charlotte & Babursah, Ela (2022). MASTER 1 NEUROSCIENCE Research Internship Report – A comparison of automatic sharp wave ripple detection algorithms . Université de Paris Cité.
  • Boccara, Charlotte & Várhegyi, Luca (2021). Development of electrophysiological tools to record sleep across life stages. Universitetet i Oslo.
  • Boccara, Charlotte; Spalla, Davide & Treves, Alessandro (2020). Spatial neural coding . SISSA – International School for Advanced Studies.
  • Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald & Boccara, Charlotte Nina (2014). Spatial coding in the hippocampal region. NTNU-trykk. ISSN 9788232601226.

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