Mark Corbett
Medicine
University of Adelaide
Australia
Biography
My primary research aim is to map the genetic landscape of neurological disorders, with a view to understanding the basic biology of cognition and to provide an in-road for therapies for these devastating disorders. My PhD training was centred on the analysis of a transgenic mouse model for the most commonly observed congenital myopathy (nemaline myopathy). This project showed me the value and power of an accurate model to facilitate understanding of the aetiology of human genetic disease from physiology down to the molecular level. I have built my career in human genetics by implicating a host of new genes in intellectual disability, epilepsy and other neurodevelopmental disorders. These individually rare but collectively common disorders affect about 3% of the population and have a huge social, financial and welfare burden on those affected.
Research Interest
Medicine,Medical Education,Research,etc
