Author

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:
1. Bone mass acquisition in infant, toddler and children, with the idea that osteoporosis is a pediatric disease
2. 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