Adrien Peyrache.

Adrien Peyrache

Associate professor of neurology and neurosurgery
McGill University’s Montreal Neurological Institute

Adrien Peyrache is associate professor of neurology and neurosurgery at McGill University’s Montreal Neurological Institute, joining the institution in 2016. He holds the Canadian Research Chair in Systems Neuroscience and has significantly contributed to understanding memory and spatial navigation, particularly regarding the coordination of neurons during sleep to support memory formation.

As an active proponent of open science, Peyrache co-founded—and, until 2022, chaired—the selection committee of The Neuro – Irv and Helga Cooper Foundation Open Science Prize. He serves on the reviewing editorial board of eLife, and in 2024 he co-founded the Quebec Sleep Research Network, where he is co-director.

Peyrache completed his undergraduate studies at ESPCI-Paris Sciences et Lettres University and obtained a master’s degree in cognitive science at Ecole Normale Supérieure, followed by a Ph.D. in neuroscience at the College de France. For his postdoctoral training, he first worked with Alain Destexhe at the CNRS and then joined the lab of Gyorgy Buzsaki at New York University.

Explore more from The Transmitter

Research image containing repeated structures, suggesting potential image manipulation.

More than two dozen papers by neural tube researcher come under scrutiny

One of the studies, published in 2021 in Science Advances, received an editorial expression of concern on 21 May, after the journal learned that an institutional review of alleged image problems is underway.

By Claudia López Lloreda
9 June 2025 | 6 min read

On the importance of reading (just not too much)

The real fun of being a neuroscientist, and maybe the key to asking and answering new questions, is to think big and take intellectual risks.

By Sheena Josselyn
9 June 2025 | 8 min read
Research image of developing axons in the fly brain.

How developing neurons simplify their search for a synaptic mate

Streamlining the problem from 3D to 1D eases the expedition—a strategy the study investigators deployed to rewire an olfactory circuit in flies.

By Calli McMurray
6 June 2025 | 7 min listen