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Patrice Mollard is the head of the Department of Physiology at the Institute of Functional Genomics of Montpellier, France (https://www.igf.cnrs.fr/index.php/en/research-en/departments-en/physiology-en/11-thematic-axis/physiology?layout=blog ). His is a basic scientist. His research deals with the brain-endocrine system dialog, with a particular focus on the pituitary gland from embryonic development through to adulthood. He earned his PhD at the University of Poitiers, France. He went on the University of Bordeaux where he got an assistant Professor position in Pharmacy and earned Doctorate-ès-Sciences focused on pituitary cell signaling from both rodent models and human pituitary adenoma. He got a research scientist position at CNRS and did a sabbatical leave at The Medical College of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia. He moved to Montpellier in 1995 when he installed his lab and became Research Director at CNRS.
Mollard’s lab pioneered in the early 2000’s studies of large-scale functional organization of endocrine cell types within the pituitary gland. Their identification and analysis of 3D-endocrine cell networks have altered the concept of the pituitary as a static organ which non-dynamically responds to hypothalamic inputs, to a gland capable of integrating and memorizing numerous external cues to appropriately adapt tissue output to prevailing environmental conditions. P Mollard is internationally recognized (>30 invited talks/keynote lectures in the last five years) and published more than 100 papers (e.g. Nature, PNAS, Nat. Commun, Nat Rev Endoc, Endocrinology…). He has always been committed to knowledge transfer, e.g. Mollard has recently written one ‘how to’ text book chapter aimed at undergraduate/postgraduate students (‘Masterclasses: Mathematical Modelling in Neuroendocrinology’).

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Employment (1)

CNRS Délégation Languedoc-Roussillon: Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, FR

2005-01-01 to present | Research Director (Institute of Fonctional Genomics)
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Education and qualifications (1)

Université de Bordeaux: Talence, Aquitaine, FR

1989-06-09 to present | Doctor ès-Sciences
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Works (9)

The satiety hormone cholecystokinin gates reproduction in fish by controlling gonadotropin secretion

eLife
2024-12-24 | Journal article
Contributors: Lian Hollander-Cohen; Omer Cohen; Miriam Shulman; Tomer Aiznkot; Pierre Fontanaud; Omer Revah; Patrice Mollard; Matan Golan; Berta Levavi-Sivan
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The satiety hormone cholecystokinin gates reproduction in fish by controlling gonadotropin secretion

eLife
2024-12-24 | Journal article
Contributors: Lian Hollander-Cohen; Omer Cohen; Miriam Shulman; Tomer Aiznkot; Pierre Fontanaud; Omer Revah; Patrice Mollard; Matan Golan; Berta Levavi-Sivan
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Paracrine FGF1 signaling directs pituitary architecture and size

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2024-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Konstantin Khetchoumian; Kevin Sochodolsky; Chrystel Lafont; Arthur Gouhier; Amandine Bemmo; Yacine Kherdjemil; Marie Kmita; Paul Le Tissier; Patrice Mollard; Helen Christian et al.
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Gonadotrophs have a dual origin, with most derived from pituitary stem cells during minipuberty

2024-09-09 | Preprint
Contributors: Daniel Sheridan; Probir Chakravarty; Gil Golan; Yolanda Shiakola; Jessica Olsen; Elise Burnett; Christophe Galichet; Patrice Mollard; Philippa Melamed; Robin Lovell-Badge et al.
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Median eminence blood flow influences food intake by regulating ghrelin access to the metabolic brain

JCI Insight
2023-02-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Nicola Romanò; Chrystel Lafont; Pauline Campos; Anne Guillou; Tatiana Fiordelisio; David J. Hodson; Patrice Mollard; Marie Schaeffer
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A New Perspective on Regulation of Pituitary Plasticity: The Network of SOX2-Positive Cells May Coordinate Responses to Challenge

Endocrinology
2022-08-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Paul R Le Tissier; Joanne F Murray; Patrice Mollard
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Nested calcium dynamics support daily cell unity and diversity in the suprachiasmatic nuclei of free-behaving mice

PNAS Nexus
2022-07-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Lama El Cheikh Hussein; Pierre Fontanaud; Patrice Mollard; Xavier Bonnefont; Marisa Bartolomei
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Development of the gonadotropin‐releasing hormone system

Journal of Neuroendocrinology
2022-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Anne H. Duittoz; Paolo E. Forni; Paolo Giacobini; Matan Golan; Patrice Mollard; Ariel L. Negrón; Sally Radovick; Susan Wray
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Synaptic communication mediates the assembly of a self-organizing circuit that controls reproduction

Science Advances
2021-02-19 | Journal article
Contributors: M. Golan; J. Boulanger-Weill; A. Pinot; P. Fontanaud; A. Faucherre; D. S. Gajbhiye; L. Hollander-Cohen; T. Fiordelisio-Coll; A. O. Martin; P. Mollard
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Peer review (2 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

Review activity for Molecular systems biology. (1)
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