FAVREL Pascal
Professor
PHARE
CAMPUS I, CAEN
pascal.favrel@unicaen.fr
+33 2 31 56 53 61

Research themes

Keywords: Mollusc, reproduction, Development, genomics, peptidomics, GPCRs, Neuropeptides.

Development of expression data (transcripts and neuropeptides) and functional genomics tools in the Pacific oyster . Characterization of Receptor/Ligand couples by reverse endocrinology/pharmacology. Study of the neuroendocrine and paracrine controls of reproduction and development in molluscs.

Teaching and knowledge diffusion

Teaching Comparative Animal Biology and Physiology (Bachelor’s in Life Sciences, Master’s in SVT – Life and Earth Sciences), Cellular and Molecular Biology (Bachelor’s in Life Sciences), Evolutionary and Comparative Endocrinology, Genomics and Evolution (Master’s).

Admin responsabilities

  • Director of the ICORE Federative Research Structure ( ) (Cell-Organism-Environment Interaction) at the University of Caen Lower-Normandy ( ) https://www.unicaen.fr/icore/
  • Coordinator of the International ANR project NEMO (“NEuropeptides of Marine Organisms”) (ANR 14CE02 0020: 2014-2019) “Challenge: Frugal Resource Management and Adaptation to Climate Change”
  • Co-head of the working group “Evolution, Development, Biodiversity” of the GDR 3606 REPRO: Integrative and Translational Approach to Animal and Human Reproduction.

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