The ERC project ‘Elucidating the cellular and molecular divergence of the human cerebellum’, spearheaded by Baptiste Libé-Philippot, seeks to identify and functionally study the role of genes and proteins expressed in the human cerebellum that are not expressed in the cerebellum of other animal species.

The working hypothesis is that these genes and proteins modify the properties of neurons and neuronal circuits in humans compared with other primates.

This approach should reveal new aspects of the development and functioning of the human brain, as well as its evolution compared with other primates.

This could lead to the identification of species-specific sensitivities to brain disorders.