DocWalker 2026 - Emeline Manka shares her doctoral mobility experience at Imperial College London

Emeline Manka, a 2nd year PhD candidate from the Inria Center of Université Côte d’Azur, spent 2 months in the Department of Bioengineering at Imperial College London, funded by EUR DS4H and the RISE Academy's DocWalker program.

What is your research field?

I am a second-year PhD candidate in the Cronos team at the Inria Research Center in Sophia Antipolis. The work carried out by my colleagues, as well as my own, focuses on modeling dynamic neural networks. My thesis, “Modeling of cortical evoked potentials by direct stimulation and their link to electromyography,” is part of the connecTC project, in partnership with the Nice Pasteur II University Hospital. This project aims to improve the quality of life of patients undergoing resection surgery (removal of a glioma, a type of brain tumor) by studying the various signals emitted by the cortex following stimulations applied during this type of operation.

How did your international mobility project begin?

Brain signals are not the only responses that interest me during surgery. It is also possible to record muscle activity generated by stimulation, for example in the forearm muscles. This modality is called electromyography (EMG).

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