Alain Prochiantz

Biography

 He is neurologist. He is working on the centered on the physiological function of homeoprotein intercellular transfer, a novel signaling mechanism discovered by our group and that of Alain Joliot, also a CIRB member. ALAIN PROCHIANTZ Present position: Professor at Collège de France Education / Training Ecole normale supérieure 1969-1972 Pre-Doc 1969-1971 Faculty of Sciences Paris VII, France and MIT Cambridge, USA PhD 1971-1976 Post-Doc College 1976-1980 Academic carrier Years 1981-1984 Research Director at CNRS (Group leader INSERM U114, Collège de France) 1985-1986 Sabbatical, NYU School of Medicine, (Pr. Michael Shelanski) 1986-1989 Research Director at CNRS (Group leader INSERM U114, Collège de France) 1984-1987 Professor at Ecole Polytechnique, Paris 1990-2001 Research Director at CNRS, Head of CNRS Unit 8542: Development and Evolution of the Nervous System at Ecole Normale Supérieure 1996- 2004 Director of doctoral studies in Neuropharmacology 1987-1994 Member of the CNRS study section on cell interactions 1991-1994 Member of the Human Frontier Science Program Committee, Brain committee 2001-2004 Chairman of the Parkinson's Disease committee Fondation de France 2001-2005 Member of Italian Telethon scientific committee 2002-2005 Chairman of Department of Biology at Ecole normale supérieure 2002-2005 Research Director at CNRS, Deputy-Head of CNRS Unit 8542: Development and Evolution of the Nervous System at Ecole Normale Supérieure

Research Interest

 Neurology