Vincent Prevot

My postdoctoral work in the laboratory of S. Ojeda at the Oregon National Primate Research Center/Oregon Health & Science University, USA, continued the study of neuronal and glial plasticity in the GnRH system, crucial for the onset of puberty and adult fertility, that I initiated for my doctorate under J.-C. Beauvillain at the University of Lille, France. These studies have led and continue to lead to many seminal contributions and groundbreaking concepts in our understanding of the central control of mammalian reproduction. Following my postdoctoral training, I returned to France to take up a tenured Associate Researcher position at the Inserm in 2002, establishing an independent research group at Lille. In 2006, I became head of the “Development and Plasticity of the Postnatal Brain” Inserm laboratory at Lille, which currently comprises 22 researchers, clinicians, postdoctoral fellows, Ph.D. students and technicians. I was officially promoted to the rank of Research Director in 2009. My current research focuses on Systems Neuroscience and Neuroendocrinology, in particular the brain circuits that control reproduction and metabolism and the neural pathways through which they respond to peripheral information. I participate in and have served on the Executive Committees of several learned societies and currently hold the position of President of the International Federation of Neuroendocrinology (INF), treasurer of the French Brain Council (FBC) and Past President of the French Society for Neuroendocrinology and Treasurer of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS).