Department of Pharmacology University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Genetic medecine Building, CB#7365 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7365, USA - ( P. Djian) - IFR 95 CNRS/Université Paris Descartes

(PhD: Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, USA) Cristia Alejandrina has been hosted in E. Dupoux ' team:"Cognitive Science & Psycholinguistics" at the Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris. CNRS - EHESS.

Associate professor at "Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute"  (UCLA, California, USA), Marla B. Feller has been hosted, from august to december 2011, in David Di Gregorio's laboratory "Unit of Dynamic Neuronal" at Institut Pasteur, Paris.

Education and Titles :
- 1985-91 : Bachelors and Masters education at Ecole Normale Supérieure and University Paris VI, Paris, France
- 1991-94 : Doctoral student, Salpêtrière Hosp. and University Paris VI
- 1994-96 : EMBO Postdoctoral fellow, Dept of Cell and Developmental Biology, Princeton University, NJ, USA
- 1996 : CNRS Research fellow
- 1997-2000 : Post-doctoral fellow, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Mammalian Genetics, Munich, Germany
- 2000-2006 : Junior group leader, Technical University of Munich and Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Developmental Genetics
- 2006-2009 : Department leader, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Department of Zebrafish Neurogenetics
- since 2009 : CNRS Research Director, Institute of Neurobiology A. Fessard, Gif-sur-Yvette, France  

Current position :
CNRS Research Director, research group leader

Research interests :
Molecular control of neurogenesis, molecular and cellular mechanisms of neural stem cell maintenance and recruitment, genetics of emotional, motivational and cognitive behavior in zebrafish, zebrafish models of aggression, addiction and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders.

Awards and Prizes :
2006 : Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize for research excellence
2008 : Prize of the Schlumberger Foundation for Education and Research
2010-2013 : Prize of Scientific Excellence of the CNRS

(PhD: California Institute of Technology).Jonathan Bradley has been hosted in A. Marty's team: "Laboratory of brain physiology" at the Centre des Saints-Pères, Paris. CNRS - Paris Descartes Université - Paris Diderot Université.

(PhD: Federal Univ. of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). José Brito has been hosted in N. Le Douarin's team "Development and evolution of the neural crest" at the Collège de France. CNRS.

Professor at "Center for neuroregeneration"  (School for Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburg), Peter Brophy has been hosted, from January 2011 for 12 months, in C. Lubetzki's laboratory "Myelisation and remyelisation" at CRICM, CHU Pitié-Salpétriere, UPMC, Paris.

Ricardo C. Garcez has recently obtained his PhD degree at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil, under the supervision of Pr. Andrea Gonçalves Trentin.
His post-doctoral project, from october 2009 to september 2010 at the Alfred Fessard Institut (Gif-sur-Yvette), at the ENP concerns the "Control of brain development by the cephalic neural crest : how does Hox gene expression interfere with Tgf(beta)/Fgf signaling"

(PhD: Federal Univ. of Santa Catarina, Brazil) Ricardo C. Garcez has been hosted in S. Creuzet's team "Development and evolution of the neural crest" at the Campus de Gif-sur-Yvette. CNRS.

(PhD: Univ. of Beira Interior - Portugal) has been hosted in P. Vincent's team at the Campus de Jussieu, Paris. CNRS - UPMC.

Erika Cerasti has been supporterd for one year from the 1st of March 2010 to 28/02/2011 as a post-doc in Sidney Wiener's group, "Neural bases of spatial memory and navigation", Collège de France. After an initial training in Physics, Erika did her PhD on "Hippocampus and spatial representations" under the supervision of Alessandro Treves, at the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy.

(PhD: International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste, Italy). Erika Cerasti has been hosted in the S. Wiener's team "Neural bases of spatial memory and navigation at the Collège de France, Paris. CNRS.

(Ph.D. in BiologyTexas A&M University, College Station, USA)- Institut de Neurobiologie Alfred Fessard, CNRS UPR 3294- Laboratoire de Neurobiologie et Développement,  CNRS -responsable M.François ROUYER

(PhD: Huazong Univ. of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China) for 3 months, Neurophysiology and new microscopies lab (S. Charpak) - Centre des Saints-Pères, Paris. Paris Descartes Université - INSERM - CNRS.

Accueillie au sein du laboratoire de Denis Le Bihan, de septembre 2008 à septembre 2009 avec pour projet l' "étude du développement cérébral et des corrélations entre la maturation anatomique et la maturation fonctionnelle".

(PhD: Univ. Paris-Sud 11) Jessica Dubois has been hosted in D. Le Bihan's team: "Brain imaging laboratory" at
 Neurospin, Gif-sur-Yvette. CEA.

Univ. of Maryland, School of Medecine, Baltimore, USA

U 839 - Team "Developmental role of neurotransmitters "; Patricia Gaspar

(PhD: Cold Spring Pearl Harbor, NY, USA) for 9 months, Perception and memory lab (P-M. Lledo) - Institut Pasteur, Paris. CNRS.

Distinguished professor at "David Geffen School of Medecine" (UCLA, California, USA), Jack L. Feldman has been hosted, from september 2009 to ferbruary 2010, in Jean Champagnat's laboratory "Genetic and integrative neurobiology" at Institut Alfred Fessard, Gif-sur-Yvette.

(PhD: Univ. of Seville, Spain) Beatriz Galan-Rodriguez has been hosted in the J. Caboche's team: "Neuronal signaling and gene regulation’s lab" at the Campus de Jussieu, Paris. UPMC - INSERM.

(PhD: Institute of Genomics and intergrative biology, India) for 1 year, Molecular and cellular mechanisms of cortical development (M.Groszer) - Institut du Fer à Moulin, Paris. INSERM - UPMC.

Since 2007,M.G has join "l'institut du Fer à Moulin."His research project : Neuropsychiatric disorders are often caused by perturbations during cortical development. Neurons of upper cortical layers particularly contribute to higher cognitive functions and are thought to arise mainly from intermediate progenitor cells in the cortical subventricular zone (SVZ). Here we propose to study the developmental trajectories from generation to specification of upper cortical layer neurons. As entry point we will explore the T-box transcription factor Tbr2 during cortical development in hypothesis-driven and hypothesis-generating experiments. Tbr2 is specifically and transiently expressed in intermediate progenitor cells during corticogenesis and Tbr2 deficiency in humans causes microcephaly and cognitive deficits.
We have generated a mouse model carrying a conditional, brain specific deletion of Tbr2.  These mice display a decreased pool of intermediate progenitor cells and disturbed generation and differentiation of upper cortical layer neurons. To further dissect underlying molecular and cell biological mechanisms in this animal model we will perform a series of in-vitro experiments. In genetic fate-mapping experiments we will dissect the specific contribution of Tbr2+ progenitors to cortical development. To identify new SVZ specific genes we will explore direct targets of Tbr2 transcriptional activity in a combined of approach using in-vivo chromatin-immunoprecipitation sequencing and expression profiling. Consecutively these genes will be analysed in morphological and functional studies. These experiments aim to advance our knowledge of upper cortical layer generation and specification and are therefore of fundamental importance for understanding complex neurodevelopmental disorders in humans.

Associate Professor at the Laboratory of Cerebral Cortex Research, Department of Cellular and Network Neurobiology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Budapest, Hungary.

Hosted in the laboratory of Richard Miles, Cortex & Epilepsy, from september 2009  to february 2010.

Head of Departement of Molecular and Cell Biology from University of California, Berkeley.Hosted in the laboratory of Serge Charpak at Neurophysiology and new microscopies laboratory, Imagerie et physiologie neurovasculaire du bulbe olfactif from February 15th to July 15th, 2009.

Manuel Mameli developed has a strong background in the neurobiology of addiction. He was trained as an in vitro electrophysiologist in the laboratory of Prof. C.F. Valenzuela in the Departement of Neurosciences at the University of New Mexico and in the laboratory of Prof. Christian Lüscher at the University of Geneva. He joined the "Institut du Fer à Moulin" in September 2010 as a recipient of the ENP “Chair of Excellence”.

Professor at "Instituto Cajal - CSIC"  (Madrid, SPAIN), L. Menendez de la Prida has been hosted, from september to december 2011, in Richard Miles's laboratory "Cortex & Epilepsie" at CHU Pitié-Salpétriere, UPMC Paris.

*Three seminars of Liset Menendez de la Prida, from November to December 2011

(PhD: Department of pharmacology of the Univ. of Pensilvania, USA)for 12 months, Molecular and cellular mechanisms of cortical development (M.Groszer) - Institut du Fer à Moulin, Paris. INSERM - UPMC.

(PhD: Univ. of Rome «La Sapienza», Italy). Gianluigi Mongillo has been hosted in the N. Brunel's team: "Dynamics, learning and memory"  at theCentre des Saints-Pères, Paris. CNRS -
Paris Descartes Université.

Distinguished professor at the Colorado Intellectual and Development Disabilities Research Center, University of Colorado, Denver, USA, Karl Pfenninger has been hosted for a sabbatical stay from April 12th to May 22th 2010, in Thierry Galli's group "Membrane traffic in neuronal and epithelial morphogenesis", at the Jacques Monod Institute, Paris Diderot University.

From the Univ. Western Australia, Perth, Australia, Jennifer Rodger has been hosted from June to September 2009, in Jean Mariani's research group "Development and aging of the nervous system", Paris.

(PhD: University Munchen, Germany) for 6 months, Maintenance of neural progenitor cells and the modulation of behavior (Ph.Vernier et L.Bally-Cuif) - Institut Alfred Fessard, Gif-sur-Yvette. CNRS

Professeur at the Univ. of New Mexico School of Medicine, Nevada, USA, William Shuttleworth has hosted by Ph. Hantraye team : "Neuro-degenerative diseases" lab.

(University of California, San Diego - Center for Neural Circuits and Behavior) - pour une période de 6 mois - projet de recherche sur le theme "Mapping the neural circuits for slow locomotion in a simple vertebrate"- sous la direction de de Claire Wyart  equipe « Excitabilité, synapse, et pathologies associées » Centre de Recherche ICM – Hôpital Salpetrière Paris

(MPI for medical research in Heidelberg & FMI a Bâle) -.pour une période de 6 mois -  projet de recherche sur le thème :« Circuit mechanisms in the olfactory bulb underlying multi-band oscillations and discrimination performance” -  Sous la direction de Nicolas BRUNEL dans le laboratoire ; UMR 8119 CNRS - Université Paris Descartes - et de Pierre Marie Lledo dans le laboratoire ; URA 2182 CNRS - Institut Pasteur - Paris.

Univ. of Maryland, School of Medecine, Baltimore, USA, Tang Cha-Min was hosted by V. Emiliani "Neurophysiology and new microscopy ".

Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience - UCL DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSCIENCE, PHYSIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY- période de 7 mois -projet de recherche portant sur « les neurones du cortex visuel», au sein de l'unité d'Imagerie dynamique neurone de l'Institut Pasteur dirigée par M. David DI GREGORIO.

2011-now : Group Leader in the Brain and Spine institute (ICM)
2005-2010: Assistant specialist in UC Berkeley
2000-2004: PhD in Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg

Field of expertise : circuit breaking, behavior, optophysiology, locomotion, sensorimotor integration

Technical approaches : optogenetics, behavior, patch clamp, imaging of population activity in vivo, zebrafish

Awards and prizes :
2011 : Emergences de la Mairie de Paris
2011 : International Reintegration Grant
2010 : Chaire of Excellence of Ecole des Neurosciences de Paris (ENP)
2010 : Atip-Avenir Award
2010 : Prix de la foundation FYSSEN
2010 : Prize of the Bettencourt-Schueller foundation
2009 : Society for Neuroscience Chapter Award
2009 : Zebrafish Meeting Best Poster Award
2007-10 : Marie Curie Outgoing International Post-doctorate Fellowship (OIF)
2005 : Prize “Fondation Blancmesnil” for the documentary Terma
2004 : Prize “Défi Jeunes” for the science project Terma
2004 : Prize for the best PhD thesis from the scientific council of the ULP

(PhD: Univ. of Tennessee, Memphis, USA). Kei Yamamoto has been hosted int the Ph. Vernier's team: "Development, evolution, plasticity of the nervous system" at the Campus de Gif-sur- Yvette. CNRS.