Inspiring the Next Generation: In2STEM at Thuret Lab, August 2025
It was a pleasure to welcome five brilliant A-Level students to the Thuret Lab as part of the In2STEM programme. The day included an introduction to adult hippocampal neurogenesis, hands-on experience with immunocytochemistry and microscopy, and a creative reflective activity. A huge thank you to Gargi, Lucia, and Marleigh for sharing their research journeys!
Sahand and Gargi Win Top Prizes at School of Neuroscience Symposium, June 2025
Congratulations to Gargi Mandal for winning the Best BCN Poster Prize presenting “ Hippocampal neurogenesis and response to ketamine treatment in Depression” and to Sahand Farmand for the Best BCN Talk presenting “ Exercise Alters Neurogenic Markers and Transcriptional Pathways in Human Hippocampal Progenitor Cells” at the 2025 School of Neuroscience PhD symposium.
Zarah Wins Judge’s Choice at IoPPN PGR Showcase, March 2025
Congratulations to Zarah for winning the Judge’s Choice Best Poster Presentation Prize at the IoPPN PGR Showcase (March 2025) on her poster, “The Effect of Psilocin on Human Hippocampal Progenitor Cells During Neurogenesis In Vitro in the Context of Major Depressive Disorder”
Postdoc Curie Kim receives funding for investigating trial participant diversity
Congratulation to Dr Curie Kim who was recently awarded a small grant from the King’s Together Public Mental Health Initiative Early Career Researcher Seed Funding Scheme. She will be conducting her own independent qualitative research project gathering information from ethnic minorities on the main barriers that prevent them and their communities from participating in human trials. Opinions will also be gathered on strategies they believe would be effective in order to guide recruitment strategies for future trials and improve participant diversity.
Tinne Nissen at the FENS-Hertie Winter School: “Neuro-immune interactions in health and disease”
PhD student Tinne Nissen was selected to participate and present her research at the FENS winter school focusing on neuroimmune interactions in health and disease in Austria.
Can Psilocybin Stimulate Neurogenesis in the Hippocampus?
Zarah Haniff, pharmacist and PhD fellow in the Thuret Lab at King’s College London, explores how adult hippocampal neurogenesis may explain how psilocybin works in Psychology Today. This is part of the The Mental Health Innovation Group blog run by COMPASS pathways.
The Thuret Lab wins best group fancy dress at the BCN Christmas party
The Thuret Lab won the BCN Christmas party fancy dress group price. A turkey, Christmas pudding, carrots, parsnips, champagne, a candy cane, gravy, pigs in blankets, and a mushroom wellington. Can you guess our group theme?
PhD-student Tinne Nissen receives a conference grant, December 2022
Congratulations to PhD-student Tinne Amalie Damgaard Nissen who has been awarded a grant from the Danish William Demant Fonden to go to the British Society for Immunology (BSI) Congress 2022 in Liverpool. Swing by her poster Tuesday 6 December, 18:00-19:30 (poster P-277).
Thuret Lab members at Society for Neuroscience 2022! November 2022
Prof. Sandrine Thuret, Dr. Edina Silajdzic, Dr. Hyunah Lee, and Daniel Rock attended SfN 2022 in San Diego.
Thuret Lab members at ECNP, October 2022
Chiara de Lucia, Daniel Rock, and Tinne Nissen are attending the 35th ECNP Congress in Vienna. Monday the 17th of October Chiara will be giving a talk in the New Findings session and Daniel is presenting his poster. Tinne is presenting her work during the poster jam on Tuesday the 18th of October. Come and say hi!
New PhD student Sahand Farmand, October 2022
Welcome to PhD student Sahand Farmand joining the lab to investigate the impact of exercise on neural stem cells and cognition as part of our RLWT-funded consortium investigating the mechanisms underlying the role of gut-microbiota in exercise-induced changes in cognitive function in middle age.
New PhD student Zarah Haniff, October 2022
Welcome to PhD student Zarah Haniff joining the lab to investigate the cellular and molecular mechanisms by which psilocybin impact mood and cognitive function. She is funded by the Wellcome as part of King’s PhD Programme in Mental Health Research for Health Professionals
Congratulations to Dr Thomas Berger
Congratulations to Dr Thomas Berger for successfully obtaining his PhD, being nominated by his examiners for King’s outstanding Thesis Prize and now hired by Catalent, Inc as Genome editing scientist at their German headquarters.
Dan and Tinne win ECNP Excellence Award
Congratulations to PhD students Tinne Nissen and Daniel Rock for winning each a 2022 ECR ECNP Excellence award. Tinne also won the best 1st year poster Prize at King’s 2022 School of Neuroscience symposium.
Vikki wins presentation prize
Congratulations to PhD student Vikki Houghton for receiving the Best Presentation prize at King’s 2022 DTP symposium
Thomas receives ageing research prize
Congratulations and welcome back Neuroscience student Thomas Eve who won the W J Revell Prize for ‘Best research project in ageing’ for his BSc project in our lab. We are lucky that Tom has just returned to complete his MSci project!
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