PREFACE .......................................................................................................................................... 1 1. DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION OF NERVOUS AND SENSORY SYSTEMS .................... 1 1. People involved ............................................................................................................................. 1 2. Background, aims and objectives .................................................................................................. 1 3. Results ........................................................................................................................................... 2 4. Perspectives ................................................................................................................................ 10 5. Publications .................................................................................................................................. 13 6. List of grants ................................................................................................................................ 15 7. List of external collaborators ........................................................................................................ 16 2. GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS FOR DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION ........................ 17 1. People involved ........................................................................................................................... 17 2. Background, aims and objectives ................................................................................................17 3. Results ......................................................................................................................................... 18 4. Perspectives ................................................................................................................................ 21 5. Publications .................................................................................................................................. 23 6. List of grants ................................................................................................................................ 24 7. List of external collaborators ........................................................................................................ 25 3. COMPARATIVE NEUROPHYSIOLOGY: EXPLORING BIOLOGICAL PLASTICITY FROM CELLS TO BEHAVIOR....................................................................................................................26 1. People involved ........................................................................................................................... 26 2. Background, aims and objectives ................................................................................................ 26 3. Results ......................................................................................................................................... 27 4. Perspectives ................................................................................................................................ 33 5. Publications .................................................................................................................................. 37 6. List of grants ................................................................................................................................ 38 7. List of external collaborators ........................................................................................................ 39 4. REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY: MECHANISMS OF GAMETE MATURATION, FERTILIZATION AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................................................ 40 1. People involved ........................................................................................................................... 40 2. Background, aims and objectives ................................................................................................ 40 3. Results ......................................................................................................................................... 41 4. Perspectives ................................................................................................................................ 46 5. Publications .................................................................................................................................. 47 6. List of grants ................................................................................................................................ 49 7. List of external collaborators ........................................................................................................ 49 5. GENOMICS TO UNDERSTAND THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF EVOLUTION .......................... 50 1. People involved ........................................................................................................................... 50 2. Background, aims and objectives ................................................................................................ 50 3. Results ......................................................................................................................................... 52 4. Perspectives ................................................................................................................................ 55 5. Publications .................................................................................................................................. 58 6. List of grants ................................................................................................................................ 61 7. List of external collaborators ........................................................................................................ 61 6. ECOTOXICOLOGICAL IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS ON MARINE BIOTA ... 63 1. People involved ........................................................................................................................... 63 2. Background, aims and objectives ................................................................................................ 63 3. Results ......................................................................................................................................... 64 4. Perspectives ................................................................................................................................ 70 5. Publications .................................................................................................................................. 71 6. List of grants ................................................................................................................................ 73 7. List of external collaborators........................................................................................................74 7. PLANKTON VARIABILITY IN SPACE AND TIME ....................................................................... 75 1. People involved ........................................................................................................................... 75 2. Background, aims and objectives ................................................................................................ 76 3. Results ......................................................................................................................................... 77 4. Perspectives ................................................................................................................................ 86 5. Publications .................................................................................................................................. 89 6. List of grants ................................................................................................................................ 95 7. List of external collaborators ........................................................................................................ 95 8. ADAPTIVE RESPONSES OF BENTHOS TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES AND MULTIPLE STRESSORS ................................................................................................................................... 97 1. People involved ........................................................................................................................... 97 2. Background, aims and objectives ................................................................................................ 98 3. Results ......................................................................................................................................... 99 4. Perspectives .............................................................................................................................. 105 5. Publications ................................................................................................................................ 108 6. List of grants .............................................................................................................................. 113 7. List of external collaborators ...................................................................................................... 114 9. BIODIVERSITY AND FUNCTIONAL MECHANISMS OF MARINE ORGANISMS, FROM GENES TO POPULATIONS ......................................................................................................................