Charlotte Decourt, Imperial College London, UK

Biography

Charlotte Decourt is a pharmacist-scientist and Research Associate in the Department of Brain Sciences at Imperial College London. Her research investigates how inter-organ communication influences regenerative outcomes following spinal cord injury. She began her scientific journey as a pharmacist at the Institute of Pharmaceutical and Biological Sciences in Lyon, where she developed an interest in lipid metabolism and PCSK9 regulation. She then completed a PhD in Neurobiology at the University of Grenoble Alpes, focusing on the molecular mechanisms underlying axonal regeneration in the peripheral and central nervous systems. Her current work is supported by a Human Frontier Science Program Long-Term Fellowship and the Wings for Life Spinal Cord Research Foundation.