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Corinne Houart is a Professor of Developmental Neurobiology and Vice Dean (Research) at King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience. She leads the Houart Group, focusing on molecular and cellular mechanisms driving zebrafish forebrain development, including evolutionary mechanisms of vertebrate brain regionalization. Her research integrates zebrafish, mouse, and human models to study neurodevelopmental disorders like FOXG1 syndrome and motor neurodegeneration. Key contributions include establishing genome editing in zebrafish at KCL and building the institution's state-of-the-art fish facility. Her work explores RNA regulation in neurites, ALS/FTD, and therapeutic avenues for developmental neurodisorders.
- Education: Doctor of Health Science (Free University of Brussels, 1991), Bachelor of Biomedical Science (1986).
- Research Interests: Forebrain development, RNA biology, neurodegeneration, zebrafish models.
Awards: 2017 MRC Suffrage Science Award, 2021 EMBO Membership. Collaborations include researchers at King's College London and the Francis Crick Institute.
Grants/Projects: Includes BBSRC Pioneer Award for allele-biased gene expression studies (2024), Wellcome Trust projects on axonal splicing factors (2021-2026), and MRC Human Functional Genomics initiatives.
