Professor Thuret is Head of the Neurogenesis and Mental Health Laboratory and Deputy Head of the Basic and Clinical Neuroscience Department at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London, UK. She is Chair of King’s Research Degrees Examination Board, Director of the MRC Doctoral Training Partnership in Biomedical Sciences, and co-Director of the Wellcome-funded PhD programme in Mental Health Research PhD for Health Professionals.
She advocates diversity at King’s and was her faculty Gender Equality Champion for 5 years and is currently a member of the Culture, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion committee. She is an academic scientific advisor to the non-profit International Life Science Institute (ILSI) on Nutrition and Brain Health and Editor for the peer-reviewed journal Nutrition and Healthy Aging.
Professor Thuret has a background in bioengineering, molecular, cellular, behavioural and ageing biology. She graduated from the University of Heidelberg in Germany with a PhD in Neuroscience in 2002 where she contributed to the understanding of dopaminergic neurons development. She then did her postdoctoral research at the Salk Institute with Prof. F.H. Gage, CA, USA, where she investigated the role of stem cells in the mammalian central nervous system.
She received in 2007 the prestigious UK Research Council Academic Research Award to become independent and establish her lab at King’s and received her lectureship in 2011. Her research lab is investigating environmental and molecular regulatory mechanisms controlling the production of new neurons in the adult brain and how these impact mood and memory, in health and disease.
Overall, she has made significant novel contributions to our understanding of neural stem cell biology in the context of regeneration, neurodegeneration, mental health and neurogenesis with over 7000 citations. She is a passionate at engaging the public, making research accessible, and a TED speaker with over 13 million views and translated in 38 languages. Professor Thuret is currently leading two international research consortia on cognitive ageing, Alzheimer’s disease and brain plasticity.
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