Christine Holt
Christine Elizabeth Holt FRS, FMedSci (born 28 August 1954) is a British developmental neuroscientist.
Christine Holt | |
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| Born | Christine Elizabeth Holt 28 August 1954 |
| Alma mater | BSc in biological sciences, University of Sussex; PhD in zoology, King's College, London University |
| Spouse | W.A. Harris |
| Awards | Elected Member of EMBO (2005), Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (2007), Fellow of the Royal Society (2009), Remedios Caro Almela Prize in Developmental Neurobiology (2011), Champalimaud Foundation Vision Award (2016), Rosenstiel Award (2022) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neuroscience |
| Institutions | Professor of Developmental Neuroscience, University of Cambridge |
| Website | http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/holt/index.shtml |
She has been Professor of Developmental Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, since 2003 and a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University, since 1997.
Holt is best known for her work in understanding the "basic mechanisms that govern how the vertebrate brain becomes wired up in the highly specific and complex way that it does." In 2009, she was part of an international team that received a Human Frontiers Science Program grant to develop molecular probes that will help researchers better understand the "cellular GPS" system that guides neurons to create a properly wired nervous system." Her research provides leads for future therapies for nerve damage and neurodevelopmental disorders.