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Professor Corinne Houart

Professor of Developmental Neurobiology

  • Vice Dean (Research)

Research interests

  • Biomedical and life sciences
  • Neuroscience

Biography

I am the Vice Dean for Research and a Professor of Developmental Neurobiology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London.

I lead the Houart group, which has been internationally recognised as leading research into the molecular and cellular mechanisms that drive zebrafish forebrain development and the evolutionary mechanisms underlying vertebrate brain regionalisation. My team is identifying similarities and divergences between zebrafish, mouse and human early forebrain regionalization. This basic research direction brought an understanding of profound development disorders (eg. Foxg1 syndrome). We also devote part of our research effort in understanding motor neurodegeneration and developed an original approach to understanding local RNA regulation driving neuronal maturation and neurodegenerative processes. I have established the use of genome editing in zebrafish at KCL and I drove the initiative of building KLC's state-of-the-art fish facility. We are also interested in RNA regulation in developing and mature neurites in health and disorders (ex: ALS, FTD) and understanding therapeutic avenues for FOXG1 syndrome and related developmental neuro disorders. In 2017 I received the Suffrage Science Award from the Medical Research Council.

Please see my  Research Staff Profile for more detail

Find out more about my research:

CDN - Corinne Houart

Key collaborators:

  • Professor Christopher Shaw, King's College London
  • Professor Eugene Makeyev, King's College London
  • Professor Laure Bally-Cuif, King's College London
  • Professor Rosalind Segal, King's College London

Research

synthetic-biology
RNA Biology

RNA is at the forefront of biomedical research for its central role in how information is transferred from DNA to protein. This Research Interest Group is open to all interested parties from across the University.

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The Francis Crick Institute

King’s is delighted to be a founding academic partner alongside UCL and Imperial College in the Francis Crick Institute, joining the multidisciplinary research expertise from all the Partners together to deliver world-leading biomedical research.

News

BBSRC Pioneer Award funds research into the impact of allele-biased gene expression on animal physiology

Professor Hindges, Professor Houart, and Dr Ch’ng at the Centre for Developmental Neurobiology will establish a novel zebrafish model to study the...

Zebrafish

Lord O'Shaughnessy visits King's College London and the NIHR King's Clinical Research Facility

Lord O’Shaughnessy, Former Health Minister and Senior Partner at consultancy firm Newmarket Strategy visited IoPPN and the NIHR King's Clinical Research...

Lord O’Shaughnessy with King's College academics

Researchers reveal a new ALS hallmark, shedding light on a likely trigger of neurodegeneration

New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London has identified a new hallmark of the...

test-tubes ALS

Scientists identify novel essential non-nuclear roles of spliceosome protein during neuronal connectivity

This is the first evidence that a major protein component of a splicing machinery located outside the nucleus can regulate key splicing events in neuronal...

artistic impression of the paper's main findings, illustrated by Leah Nikolaou.

Professor Corinne Houart & Professor Beatriz Rico elected as new EMBO Members

Professor Corinne Houart and Professor Beatriz Rico have been elected as new members of the European Molecular Biology Organization.

Clapping Award 800x450

Researchers discover new gene mechanism underlying neurodegenerative disorders

Researchers from King’s College London and the Francis Crick Institute have discovered a key gene mechanism which is associated with neurodegenerative...

Researchers discover new gene mechanism underlying neurodegenerative disorders

The Suffrage Science Awards

The Suffrage Science awards, curated by the MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences, celebrate women in science and engineering, and encourage others to...

Suffrage Science Logo

Features

Celebrating Neuroscience Research this Brain Awareness Week

This year, Brain Awareness Week was held from 14 to 22 March 2022. Brain Awareness Week is the global campaign to foster public enthusiasm and support for...

neurons3

Research

synthetic-biology
RNA Biology

RNA is at the forefront of biomedical research for its central role in how information is transferred from DNA to protein. This Research Interest Group is open to all interested parties from across the University.

Crick
The Francis Crick Institute

King’s is delighted to be a founding academic partner alongside UCL and Imperial College in the Francis Crick Institute, joining the multidisciplinary research expertise from all the Partners together to deliver world-leading biomedical research.

News

BBSRC Pioneer Award funds research into the impact of allele-biased gene expression on animal physiology

Professor Hindges, Professor Houart, and Dr Ch’ng at the Centre for Developmental Neurobiology will establish a novel zebrafish model to study the...

Zebrafish

Lord O'Shaughnessy visits King's College London and the NIHR King's Clinical Research Facility

Lord O’Shaughnessy, Former Health Minister and Senior Partner at consultancy firm Newmarket Strategy visited IoPPN and the NIHR King's Clinical Research...

Lord O’Shaughnessy with King's College academics

Researchers reveal a new ALS hallmark, shedding light on a likely trigger of neurodegeneration

New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London has identified a new hallmark of the...

test-tubes ALS

Scientists identify novel essential non-nuclear roles of spliceosome protein during neuronal connectivity

This is the first evidence that a major protein component of a splicing machinery located outside the nucleus can regulate key splicing events in neuronal...

artistic impression of the paper's main findings, illustrated by Leah Nikolaou.

Professor Corinne Houart & Professor Beatriz Rico elected as new EMBO Members

Professor Corinne Houart and Professor Beatriz Rico have been elected as new members of the European Molecular Biology Organization.

Clapping Award 800x450

Researchers discover new gene mechanism underlying neurodegenerative disorders

Researchers from King’s College London and the Francis Crick Institute have discovered a key gene mechanism which is associated with neurodegenerative...

Researchers discover new gene mechanism underlying neurodegenerative disorders

The Suffrage Science Awards

The Suffrage Science awards, curated by the MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences, celebrate women in science and engineering, and encourage others to...

Suffrage Science Logo

Features

Celebrating Neuroscience Research this Brain Awareness Week

This year, Brain Awareness Week was held from 14 to 22 March 2022. Brain Awareness Week is the global campaign to foster public enthusiasm and support for...

neurons3