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INVITED SPEAKER’S INFO Pr<strong>of</strong>. Joël Bockaert Pr<strong>of</strong>essor , Director <strong>of</strong> Institut for Functional Genomics(IGF)Montpellier UMR5203 – INSERM U661 – UMI - UMII 141 Rue de la Cardonille 34094 Montpellier Cedex 5 FRANCE Tel : (+33) 4 67 14 29 30 Fax : (+33) 4 67 14 29 10 E-mail: joel.bockaert@igf.cnrs.fr Education 1961 Entrance examination for the Ecole Normale d'Instituteurs in Mérignac 1963 Baccalauréat <strong>of</strong> Secondary Education : Experimental Science 1964 Physical, Chemical and Natural Sciences (SPCN) at Université de Bordeaux 1966 Licence ès Sciences 1967 Diplôme d'Etudes Supérieures in Natural Sciences 1968 Agrégation in Natural Sciences 1973 Doctorate in Natural Sciences - Honorable distinction Selected Publications over 497 1. Sladeczek F., Pin J.P., Récasens M., Bockaert J.S.Weiss (1985) Glutamate stiumates inositol phosphate formation in striatal neurones. Nature 317: 717-719. 611 citations 2. Harris-Warrick R., Hammond C., Paupardin-Tritsch D., Homburger V., Rouot B. et Bockaert J. (1988) The a subunit <strong>of</strong> GTP binding protein homologous to mammalina Goa mediates a dopamine-induced decrease <strong>of</strong> calcium current in snail neurons. Neuron 1: 27-32 120 citations 3. Dumuis A., Sebben M., Haynes L., Pin .P. et Bockaert J. (1988) NMDA receptors activate the arachidonic acid cascade system in striatal neurons. Nature 336: 68-70. 479 citations 4. Dumuis A, Pin JP, Oomagari K, Sebben M, Bockaert J (1990) Arachidonic acid released from striatal neurons by joint stimulation <strong>of</strong> ionotropic and metabotropic quisqualate receptors. Nature 347: 182-4 203 citations 5. Manzoni,O., Prezeau, L., Marin, P., Bockaert, J, et al. Nitric oxide induced blockade <strong>of</strong> NMDA receptors Neuron 8 : 653- 662 APR 1992 426 citations 6. Lafon-Cazal M., Pietri S., Culcasi M. et Bockaert J. (1993) NMDA-dependent superoxide production and neurotoxicity. Nature 364: 535-537. 863 citations 7. Spengler D., Waeber C., Pantaloni C., Holsboer F., Bockaert J., Seeburg P.H. et Journot L. (1993) Differential signal transduction by five splice variants <strong>of</strong> the PACAP receptor. Nature 265: 170-175 938 citations 8. Pin J.P., Joly C., Heinemann S.F. et Bockaert J. (1994) Domains involved in the specificity <strong>of</strong> G-protein activation in phospholipase C coupled metabotropic