iBraiN Deputy Director - Group Leader : Ultrasound - Imaging & Therapy

Jean-Michel Escoffre earned his M.Sc. degrees in Vectorology, Gene Therapy, Vaccinology and in Structure/Function in Macromolecules and Living Processes in 2005 and 2006 respectively, at the University Paul Sabatier (Toulouse, France). He obtained his Ph.D. degrees in Cell Biophysics in 2010 at the Institute of Pharmacology and Structural Biology (IPBS/CNRS, UMR 5089) and University Paul Sabatier. During his PhD fellowship, he investigated the molecular & cellular mechanisms of gene electrotransfer. For his first post-doctoral fellowship, he joined the Institute of Imaging and Brain of the French Institute for Health and Medical Science (Inserm, UMR 930) in Tours, France (2010-2013). He worked in the fields of gene and drug delivery using microbubble-assisted ultrasound. Then, he joined the Imaging Division at UMC Utrecht, The Netherlands. His main research interest was the development of HIFU-mediated anticancer immunotherapy (2013-2015). He is currently pursuing his research as Inserm Senior Researcher at the Institute of Imaging and Brain of the French Institute for Health and Medical Science (Inserm, University of Tours) in Tours, France. His main research interest lie in the fields of biodrug delivery using ultrasound-guided therapeutic ultrasound.