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Laurence Lanfumey

Laurence Lanfumey is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Laurence Lanfumey rather than just read about it. In short: Laurence Lanfumey-Mongredien is a neuroscientist specializing in preclinical research in neuroscience and molecular neuropsychopharmacology. Based at INSERM, she is the team leader of the “Pathophysiology of anxio-depressive and addictive disorders” research group.

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Reference excerpt

Laurence Lanfumey-Mongredien is a neuroscientist specializing in preclinical research in neuroscience and molecular neuropsychopharmacology. Based at INSERM, she is the team leader of the “Pathophysiology of anxio-depressive and addictive disorders” research group. She is also a member of many scientific communities, most notably having served as a councilor on the executive committee of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology.

Career

Education Lanfumey received her PhD in Neurophysiology from Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris VI). Having conducted research at the Universities of Princeton and Yale in the US, she is currently based at INSERM (Paris) as a Director of Research of the Research Centre of Psychiatry and Neuroscience.

Research focus/interests Lanfumey is the team leader of the “Pathophysiology of anxio-depressive and addictive disorders” research group. Its aim is to analyze the roles of environmental and genetic factors on the treatment of psychiatric disorders such as depression, anxiety, and addiction.

Awards and grants Lanfumey has won a number of awards and grants:

1994: Collegium International NeuroPsychoPharmacologicum (CINP) 2002: Merck Sharp and Dohme Medical School Grant (UK) 2013: Prix Georges de Saint-Blanquat (Ireb, France)

Positions of trust and research assessments Lanfumey is on the editorial board of many journals including Neurochemical Research, Naunyn-Schmiedeberg Archives of Pharmacology, Neuroscience, Courrier des Addictions and Frontiers of Neuropharmacology. She is also a member of various scientific societies including the Society for Neurosciences (US), the Association Francaise de Psychiatrie Biologique et de Neuropsychopharmacologie (France), and the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology as a member of the ECNP Review Board and, between 2013 and 2019, the ECNP Executive Committee.

Publications Lanfumey has published extensively. She is co author of 105 papers and reviews in international journals (h index=36).

References

External links “European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP)” “INSERM” Archived 2018-09-08 at the Wayback Machine

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Laurence Lanfumey

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Laurence Lanfumey claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Laurence Lanfumey ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Laurence Lanfumey

In research: Laurence Lanfumey appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Laurence Lanfumey in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Laurence Lanfumey is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1954 births, 20th-century French biologists, 20th-century French scientists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Laurence Lanfumey outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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