Yves Pichon

Yves Pichon was born in Brittany before WW2 and obtained his Degrees (biology) from the University of Rennes. During his first year at University, he has been fascinated by the experiments of Hodgkin and Huxley on squid axons (1956 , Croonian Lecture, ) and their formulation of the ionic theory of nerve function. Since then, first as technician, then as full time resarcher at the CNRS (Paris), Yves has spent 45 years in several Laboratories, (Rennes, Gif sur Yvette, Cambridge, Plymouth, WoodsHole) to elucidate the various functions of ions (mostly Na+ and K+) in the nervous system of invertebrates. He has published numerous paper, edited several books and organized several international meetings, the last one in Rennes (2004), was entitled «Ion channels: from biophysics to disorders» and is published in the European biophysical Journal.In the present short report the author illustrates the main findings of his research in which he has combined many innovating electrophysiological techniques and sophisticated computer programs.