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Nicolas Bonnet
- PhD degree from the University of Orleans, France, in 2006
- Post-doctoral fellow in the group of Prof. S Ferrari at the research laboratory of the Division of Bone Diseases, in Geneva, Switzerland
- Dr Bonnet has a keen interest in the molecular and signaling mechanisms for mechanotransduction of physical activity to the skeleton
- He has received is privat docent in 2015 by the faculty of medicine of Geneva on is work on “Periostin, a bone matrix protein involved in bone anabolism, implication in bone health from basic to clinical research”
- In 2015 he has been promoted senior lecturer where he focused on the gut-bone axis and role of the bone tissue in glucose homeostasis with key publications in Cell metab, J Clin Invest, PNAS
- In April 2019, he joins the physical health department in Nestlé research center as a senior scientist in bone and joint physiology
- His new areas of research are focus on how nutrition can impact:
- Bone mass acquisition in infant, toddler and children, with the idea that osteoporosis is a pediatric disease
- Bone and muscle loss, with the idea to improve mobility, implication in aging and metabolic disease
- He is an avid supporter of connection between scientist coming from different horizon, and founder of the ECTS academy to advance bone research – together