In 1992, I obtained my Ph.D. degree in biomembranes, in the laboratory GREAM (Poitiers, France) of Pr. Michel Baudry, where I worked on the protein phosphatase activity of alkaline phosphatase. I pursued my post-doctoral studies in collaboration with Dr. Claude Cochet (CEA Grenoble, France) on the protein kinase CK2. In 1993, I was appointed as an assistant professor in cell biology and in 2001 as a professor of physiology at the University of Poitiers (France). I entered the serotonin and gap junction field in 1996, and my research has mainly focused on the modulation of cell-to-cell communication by humoral factors in collaboration with Dr. Jean Claude Hervé (IPBC, Poitiers). I am currently studying the implication of serotonin and gap junctions in the pathophysiology of brain disorders. I am currently a member of the American Physiological Society, the French Physiological Society, and the French Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.