Sandrine Thuret
Professor Sandrine Thuret
Professor of Neuroscience
Head Neurogenesis and Mental Health Laboratory; co-Head Basic and Clinical Neuroscience Department; co-Director Wellcome KCL PhD Programme in Mental Health Research for Health Professionals; Director MRC DTP in Biomedical Sciences; Co-Director King’s Institute for Human and Synthetic Minds, King’s College London (UK)
Session: In vitro studies of stem cell activities – Thursday 15 May (10.30am-12pm)
Sandrine Thuret is Head of the Neurogenesis and Mental Health Laboratory and co-Head of the Basic & Clinical Neuroscience Department at King’s College London, UK. She has a background in bioengineering, molecular, cellular, behavioural and ageing biology. She graduated from the University of Heidelberg, Germany with a PhD in Neuroscience and 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. Sandrine’s lab is investigating environmental and molecular regulatory mechanisms controlling the production of new neurons in the postnatal brain and how these impact mood and memory, in health and disease. Overall, she has made novel contributions to our understanding of neural stem cell biology in the context of regeneration, neurodegeneration, mental health and neurogenesis with over 10,000 citations. She is a TED speaker with 15 million views and currently leading two international research consortia on cognition and brain plasticity.
