CV Science

Xavier Bonnefont PhD Neuroendocrinology Chronobiology

Course and current status

Since 2003: Tenured Researcher at CNRS, Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, Université de Montpellier, France 

2000-2003: Post-doctoral Marie Curie Fellow at Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, The Netherlands

1996-2000: PhD Student at Université de Montpellier, France

Scientific summary

My research interest lies in understanding the interplay between circadian clocks and the neuroendocrine system. To this aim, I have implemented a number of techniques to assess hormonal secretion patterns, as well as circadian gene expression, cell signaling and cell network physiology, and integrated behaviors.

Two complementary approaches are conducted to unravel how circadian clocks coordinate hormonal rhythms (top-down strategy), and to investigate the plasticity of the circadian pacemaker as a function of the physiopathological status of neuroendocrine axes (bottom-up strategy).