MR physicist by training, I move through neuroimaging to a postion of Professor in Neuroscience at the Medical School of Marseille. I am heading the team 'MRI exploration of CNS' of the Center for Magnetic Resonance in Biology and Medicine (CRMBM) in Marseille. This is developing and applying advanced MRI techniques at High (3T) and UHF (7T) to study neurological diseases.