Guillaume Jouret

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Guillaume Jouret

Medical Doctor · Clinical geneticist, Luxembourg · Principal Investigator, international collaborative studies · Acting Head, Clinical Genetics Service, National Center of Genetics (LNS) · ORCID 0000-0002-9657-197X

Dr Guillaume Jouret is a medical doctor and specialist in genetic medicine practising in Luxembourg, registered with the Medical College of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. He serves as Acting Head of the Clinical Genetics Service at the National Center of Genetics, Luxembourg National Health Laboratory (LNS), where he cares for patients with genetic diseases and hereditary predisposition syndromes. Alongside his clinical work, he leads international, multicentre collaborative research as a principal investigator, coordinating studies that integrate deep phenotyping with genomic data. His work has contributed to the discovery and characterisation of several newly delineated genetic syndromes. He also participates actively in European translational research initiatives and teaches medical genetics at the University of Luxembourg.

Education & training

A dual medicine–science track.

Medicine

  • PCEM1Faculty of Medicine, Marseille, France — ranked 34th of 2,974 medical school students
  • SpecialistSpecialised Diploma in Medical GeneticsFaculty of Medicine, Reims (residency track)
  • DoctorateDoctoral thesis in MedicineClinical and Genomic Characterisation of the New 19p13.3 Microduplication Syndrome. Highest honours, with special commendation from the jury

Sciences

  • MasterMaster 1, Biology–HealthAix-Marseille University, specialising in anthropology, evolution and population genetics
  • GrantResearch year grant — interregional selection commission
  • MasterMaster 2 Research, Genetics, Genomes and EvolutionParis-Saclay University, awarded highest distinction (“Mention très bien”)

Experience

Clinical

  • 2025 → nowActing Head, Clinical Genetics ServiceNational Center of Genetics (NCG), LNS, Luxembourg
  • 2019 → nowSenior Medical specialist in genetic medicineNational Center of Genetics, Clinical Genetics Unit, LNS, Luxembourg
  • 2014–19Specialised medical residency, medical geneticsMedical Genetics Department, Reims University Hospital, Reference Centre for Developmental Disorders and Polymalformative Syndromes

Teaching

  • 2022 → nowAdjunct LecturerUniversity of Luxembourg. Bioclinical module of medical genetics, Bachelor of Medicine, covering intellectual-disability genetics and dysmorphology

Public health & policy

  • 2018–22Member, “Care pathways” working group — National Rare Diseases Plan 2018–2022, Luxembourg Ministry of Health
  • 2020–21Co-supervisor, Working Group Axis 2 (genetic counselling & clinical genetics) — National Rare Diseases Plan 2019–2022, Luxembourg Ministry of Health

Conferences in pictures

Eleven moments from 2019 to 2026: congress talks and posters, an award, and two announcements by the LNS. Scroll sideways, use the arrows, or pick a year.

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Guillaume Jouret named on the ESHG Early Career Award screen, Best Poster in Clinical Research, Gothenburg 2019

June 2019Award

Early Career Award · Best Clinical Research poster

European Society of Human Genetics Conference · Gothenburg

First prize in clinical research among more than 3,000 submissions, for the poster on microcephaly and macrocephaly mechanisms in the 19p13.3 syndrome.

Official ESHG page ↗
Guillaume Jouret speaking at the Assises de Génétique Humaine et Médicale 2020 in Tours

January 2020Oral

Clinical and genomic characterisation of the 19p13.3 microduplication syndrome

Xèmes Assises de Génétique Humaine et Médicale · Tours

The founding cohort of the new syndrome, presented from the medical thesis work.

Read the LNS article ↗
Guillaume Jouret giving the dysmorphology seminar at the CHL Centre in Luxembourg

2020Seminar

From Dysmorphology to Diagnosis

Dysmorphology seminar, CHL Centre · Luxembourg

Continuing-education seminar for physicians in specialisation training, organised by Dr Armand Biver.

Read the LNS article ↗
Guillaume Jouret presenting the BRD4-related syndrome at the Assises de Génétique 2022 in Rennes

2022Oral

Understanding the new BRD4-related syndrome

11èmes Assises de Génétique Humaine et Médicale · Rennes

Clinical and genomic delineation with an international cohort study; the National Center of Genetics represented Luxembourg.

Read the LNS article ↗
Guillaume Jouret's talk on RASopathies at the ESHG 2023 conference in Glasgow

June 2023Oral

Prenatal-onset hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in 47 patients with RASopathies

European Society of Human Genetics Conference · Glasgow

Phenotype–genotype correlations for risk stratification, medical management and targeted therapies.

Read the LNS article ↗
Guillaume Jouret lecturing at the ANLD conference 2023 in Luxembourg

7 December 2023Talk

The challenges of diagnosing rare genetic diseases

Conférences de l’ANLD · Luxembourg

From dysmorphology to the pathogenic variant, for the Association Nationale des Laborantins Diplômés.

Conference page ↗
Guillaume Jouret in front of his RASopathies poster at the ACMG 2025 meeting in Los Angeles

March 2025Poster

Prenatal-onset hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in 54 patients with RASopathies

ACMG Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting · Los Angeles

Cohort extended to 54 patients: genotype–phenotype correlations for risk stratification and targeted therapies.

ACMG abstract ↗
LNS visual with a portrait of Dr Guillaume Jouret announcing the discovery of a new syndrome associated with the XPO1 gene

1 October 2025Publication

Discovery of a new syndrome associated with the XPO1 gene

LNS – Laboratoire national de santé · Luxembourg

LNS announcement of the international study led by Richard van Jaarsveld describing the XPO1-related neurodevelopmental disorder (Genetics in Medicine, PMID 40819229). Visual: LNS.

LNS post on LinkedIn ↗
Guillaume Jouret speaking at the Clinical Research Luxembourg Conference 2025

12 November 2025Oral

Decoding the Undiagnosed: Syndrome Discovery in the Era of Collaborative Genomics

Clinical Research Luxembourg Conference · Luxembourg

Conference organised by the Luxembourg Institute of Health, CHL Centre auditorium.

Abstract and biosketch ↗
Guillaume Jouret and Nathalie Vanden Eynde in front of the NFIC poster at the ESHG 2026 meeting

June 2026Poster

Delineation of a novel mirror syndrome: NFIC variants cause syndromic intellectual disability with macrocephaly

European Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting · Sweden

Last-author work with N. Vanden Eynde, L. Hérissant, E. Landais and an international consortium of 39 co-authors, published in Clinical Genetics (2026).

Published article ↗
Guillaume Jouret, Nathalie Vanden Eynde and Lucas Hérissant, the LNS clinical genetics team, in the laboratory hall

11 August 2026Publication

A new neurodevelopmental syndrome linked to the NFIC gene

Clinical Genetics Service, LNS · Luxembourg

From left to right: Dr Guillaume Jouret, Dr Nathalie Vanden Eynde and Lucas Hérissant, PhD, the LNS team behind the NFIC syndrome description with ERN ITHACA. Photo: LNS.

LNS post on LinkedIn ↗

Research and publications

21 peer-reviewed articles, 2016–2026.

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Articles

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First author

2

Last author

13

Journals

574

Collaborators

2026

The pseudouridine synthase PUSL1 modifies U39 of mitochondrial tRNAs and is linked to human neurological phenotypes

Rebelo-Guiomar P, Kra-Oz N, Powell C, Guillaume Jouret, Plutino M, Paquis-Flucklinger V, Schwartz S, Sas-Chen A, Minczuk M.

Nucleic Acids Res 2026 Aug 10 10.1093/nar/gkag805 PubMed ↗

Delineation of a Novel Mirror Syndrome: NFIC Variants Cause Syndromic Intellectual Disability With Macrocephaly

Vanden Eynde N, Hérissant L, Landais E, Egloff M, Rio M, Baujat G, Giuliano F, Karmous-Benailly H, Coutton C, Satre V, Vieville G, Kuentz P, Nizon M, Beneteau C, Isidor B, Callier P, Marquet V, Bieth E, Lévy J, Tabet AC, Cartault F, Scheidecker S, Gouronc A, Schalk A, Angélini C, Pennamen P, Rooryck C, Trajkova S, Gagachovska B, Shrom-Model B, Braddock SR, Hillman P, Liu L, Fenger CD, Hammer TB, Schanze I, Zenker M, Doco-Fenzy M, Poirsier C, Guillaume Jouret.

Clin Genet 2026 Jul 24 10.1111/cge.70215 PubMed ↗

Eating behaviour phenotype in the MYT1L-related neurodevelopmental disorder: a deep phenotyping study using standardized questionnaires

Coursimault J, Guillon E, Lecoquierre F, Charbonnier C, Guerrot AM, Goldenberg A, Nicolas G, Schaefer E, Ayrolles A, Delorme R, Riccardi F, Grelet M, Caumes R, Nizon M, Isidor B, Guillaume Jouret, Rooryck C, Amiel J, Alaix AS, Morel V, Jacquinet A, Mignot C, Faivre L, Fraile-Caietta E, Chalopin S, Dubern B, Poitou C.

Orphanet J Rare Dis 2026 Jul 21 10.1186/s13023-026-04497-x PubMed ↗

Novel Variants in PUS7 Associated With Intellectual Disability and Growth Retardation: Expanding the Clinical Spectrum in 13 Patients

Bergès C, Sauvestre C, Naudion S, Delorme CV, Smol T, Rama M, Moortgat S, Maystadt I, Kersseboom R, Wilke M, Barakat S, Vial Y, Perrin L, Passemard S, Ahmad F, Umair M, Haack T, Grimmel M, Kuechler A, Slavotinek A, Devine P, Hodoglugil U, Zafar F, Afzal E, Dudding-Byth T, Guillaume Jouret, Herissant L, Efthymiou S, Houlden H, Legendre M, Michaud V.

Clin Genet 2026 Jun 5 10.1111/cge.70192 PubMed ↗

2025

Characterization of CTNND2-related neurodevelopmental disease, phenotype-genotype spectrum and WNT dynamics in early neurogenesis

Shahsavani M, Wincent J, Reiter R, Soltysova A, Schuy J, Helgadottir HT, Eisfeldt J, Ek M, Ficek A, Druschke L, Kusikova K, Hsieh TC, Krichhoff A, Krawitz P, Li JM, Webersinke G, Gorokhova S, Missirian C, Riccardi F, Pavinato L, Brusco A, Mandrile G, Trajkova S, Pintus F, Gagachovska B, Waisfisz Q, van Hagen A, Bedoukian E, Izumi K, Granger L, Petersen A, Oegema R, Huibers M, Demurger F, Brischoux-Boucher E, Julia S, Banneau G, Zavala MJ, Lagos C, Repetto GM, Guillaume Jouret, Kentros C, Ganapathi M, Chung WK, May H, Hiatt SM, Kelley WV, Förster A, Olfe L, Shillington A, Dauriat B, Mercier S, Cogné B, Engel C, Dahlen E, Rosenberger G, Sauvigny T, Abdallah HH, Courtin T, Stray-Pedersen A, Bernat JA, Paolillo VK, Viso FD, Alaimo JT, Thiffault I, Farrow EG, Cohen ASA, Weis S, Duba HC, Nordgren A, Falk A, Weis D, Lindstrand A.

Res Sq [Preprint] 2025 Dec 30 10.21203/rs.3.rs-8224288/v1 PubMed ↗

Pathogenic XPO1 variants cause a dominant neurodevelopmental disorder

Amber S E van Oirsouw, Pavla Nedbalova, Miroslava Hancarova, Jan Prchal, Darina Prchalova, Marketa Vlckova, Sarka Bendova, Kristin G Monaghan, Lisa M Dyer, Yanmin Chen, Deanna Alexis Carere, Emma A M Te Bogt, Heather Fisher, Angela E Scheuerle, Stephanie Riley, Mahim Jain, Weiyi Mu, Joann N Bodurtha, Albertien M van Eerde, Marijn F Stokman, Nicola Longo, Meena Balasubramanian, Michael Spiller, Gregory Costain, Charlotte von der Lippe, Kristian Tveten, Marianne Jortveit, Øystein L Holla, Bertrand Isidor, Benjamin Cogné, Kevin E Glinton, Blake Vuocolo, Roberta Ann Sierra, Brad Angle, Kelly Bontempo, Klaas Koop, Rachel Rabin, John Pappas, David A Staffenberg, Pascal Joset, Peter Miny, Isabel Filges, Abdulrazak Alali, Kara Vitalone, Jill A Rosenfeld, Weimin Bi, Samuel Bradbrook, Renee Perrier, Subhadra Ramanathan, June-Anne Gold, María Palomares Bralo, María Ángeles Gómez-Cano, Ann Haskins Olney, Shelly Nielsen, Alban Ziegler, Dominique Bonneau, Clément Prouteau, Ange-Line Bruel, Charlotte Caille-Benigni, Laëtitia Lambert, Andrea C Yu, Nathaniel H Robin, Dana Goodloe, Jan Fischer, Joseph Porrmann, Yvonne D Hennig, Rami Abou Jamra, Isabella Herman, Ivy R Johnson, Lucas Hérissant, Guillaume Jouret, Koen L I van Gassen, Ellen van Binsbergen, Bert van der Zwaag, Alwin Kamermans, Renske Oegema, Zdenek Sedlacek, Michaela Fenckova, Richard H van Jaarsveld.

Genet Med 2025 Aug 13 10.1016/j.gim.2025.101555 PubMed ↗

2024

Upregulation vs. loss of function of NTRK2 in 44 affected individuals leads to two distinct neurodevelopmental disorders

Berger E, Jauss RT, Ranells JD, Zonic E, von Wintzingerode L, Wilson A, Wagner J, Tuttle A, Thomas-Wilson A, Schulte B, Rabin R, Pappas J, Odgis JA, Muthaffar O, Mendez-Fadol A, Lynch M, Levy J, Lehalle D, Lake NJ, Krey I, Kozenko M, Knierim E, Guillaume Jouret, Jobanputra V, Isidor B, Hunt D, Hsieh TC, Holtz AM, Haack TB, Gold NB, Dunstheimer D, Donge M, Deb W, De La Rosa Poueriet KA, Danyel M, Christodoulou J, Chopra S, Callewaert B, Busche A, Brick L, Bigay BG, Arlt M, Anikar SS, Almohammal MN, Almanza D, Alhashem A, Bertoli-Avella A, Sticht H, Jamra RA.

Genet Med 2024 Nov 11 10.1016/j.gim.2024.101326 PubMed ↗

Natural history of adults with KBG syndrome: A physician-reported experience

Bayat A, Grimes H, de Boer E, Herlin MK, Dahl RS, Lund ICB, Bayat M, Bolund ACS, Gjerulfsen CE, Gregersen PA, Zilmer M, Juhl S, Cebula K, Rahikkala E, Maystadt I, Peron A, Vignoli A, Alfano RM, Stanzial F, Benedicenti F, Currò A, Luk HM, Guillaume Jouret, Zurita E, Heuft L, Schnabel F, Busche A, Veenstra-Knol HE, Tkemaladze T, Vrielynck P, Lederer D, Platzer K, Ockeloen CW, Goel H, Low KJ.

2023

The neurodevelopmental and facial phenotype in individuals with a TRIP12 variant

Aerden M, Denommé-Pichon AS, Bonneau D, Bruel AL, Delanne J, Gérard B, Mazel B, Philippe C, Pinson L, Prouteau C, Putoux A, Tran Mau-Them F, Viora-Dupont É, Vitobello A, Ziegler A, Piton A, Isidor B, Francannet C, Maillard PY, Julia S, Philippe A, Schaefer E, Koene S, Ruivenkamp C, Hoffer M, Legius E, Theunis M, Keren B, Buratti J, Charles P, Courtin T, Misra-Isrie M, van Haelst M, Waisfisz Q, Wieczorek D, Schmetz A, Herget T, Kortüm F, Lisfeld J, Debray FG, Bramswig NC, Atallah I, Fodstad H, Guillaume Jouret, Almoguera B, Tahsin-Swafiri S, Santos-Simarro F, Palomares-Bralo M, López-González V, Kibaek M, Tørring PM, Renieri A, Bruno LP, Õunap K, Wojcik M, Hsieh TC, Krawitz P, Van Esch H.

Eur J Hum Genet 2023 Apr 10.1038/s41431-023-01307-x PubMed ↗

1p36 deletion syndrome: Review and mapping with further characterization of the phenotype, a new cohort of 86 patients

Jacquin C, Landais E, Poirsier C, Afenjar A, Akhavi A, Bednarek N, Bénech C, Bonnard A, Bosquet D, Burglen L, Callier P, Chantot-Bastaraud S, Coubes C, Coutton C, Delobel B, Descharmes M, Dupont JM, Gatinois V, Gruchy N, Guterman S, Heddar A, Herissant L, Heron D, Isidor B, Jaeger P, Guillaume Jouret, Keren B, Kuentz P, Le Caignec C, Levy J, Lopez N, Manssens Z, Martin-Coignard D, Marey I, Mignot C, Missirian C, Pebrel-Richard C, Pinson L, Puechberty J, Redon S, Sanlaville D, Spodenkiewicz M, Tabet AC, Verloes A, Vieville G, Yardin C, Vialard F, Doco-Fenzy M.

Am J Med Genet A 2023 Feb 10.1002/ajmg.a.63041 PubMed ↗

Clinical and genomic delineation of the new proximal 19p13.3 microduplication syndrome

Guillaume Jouret, Egloff M, Landais E, Tassy O, Giuliano F, Karmous-Benailly H, Coutton C, Satre V, Devillard F, Dieterich K, Vieville G, Kuentz P, le Caignec C, Beneteau C, Isidor B, Nizon M, Callier P, Marquet V, Bieth E, Lévy J, Tabet AC, Lyonnet S, Baujat G, Rio M, Cartault F, Scheidecker S, Gouronc A, Schalk A, Jacquin C, Spodenkiewicz M, Angélini C, Pennamen P, Rooryck C, Doco-Fenzy M, Poirsier C.

Am J Med Genet A 2023 Jan 10.1002/ajmg.a.62983 PubMed ↗

2022

FOSL2 truncating variants in the last exon cause a neurodevelopmental disorder with scalp and enamel defects

Cospain A, Rivera-Barahona A, Dumontet E, Gener B, Bailleul-Forestier I, Meyts I, Guillaume Jouret, Isidor B, Brewer C, Wuyts W, Moens L, Delafontaine S, Keung Lam WW, Van Den Bogaert K, Boogaerts A, Scalais E, Besnard T, Cogne B, Guissard C, Rollier P, Carre W, Bouvet R, Tarte K, Gómez-Carmona R, Lapunzina P, Odent S, Faoucher M, Dubourg C, Ruiz-Pérez VL, Devriendt K, Pasquier L, Pérez-Jurado LA.

Natural history of KBG syndrome in a large European cohort

Loberti L, Bruno LP, Granata S, Doddato G, Resciniti S, Fava F, Carullo M, Rahikkala E, Guillaume Jouret, Menke LA, Lederer D, Vrielynck P, Ryba L, Brunetti-Pierri N, Lasa-Aranzasti A, Cueto-González AM, Trujillano L, Valenzuela I, Tizzano EF, Spinelli AM, Bruno I, Currò A, Stanzial F, Benedicenti F, Lopergolo D, Santorelli FM, Aristidou C, Tanteles GA, Maystadt I, Tkemaladze T, Reimand T, Lokke H, Õunap K, Haanpää MK, Holubová A, Zoubková V, Schwarz M, Žordania R, Muru K, Roht L, Tihveräinen A, Teek R, Thomson U, Atallah I, Superti-Furga A, Buoni S, Canitano R, Scandurra V, Rossetti A, Grosso S, Battini R, Baldassarri M, Mencarelli MA, Rizzo CL, Bruttini M, Mari F, Ariani F, Renieri A, Pinto AM.

Hum Mol Genet 2022 Dec 16 10.1093/hmg/ddac167 PubMed ↗

Understanding the new BRD4-related syndrome: Clinical and genomic delineation with an international cohort study

Guillaume Jouret, Heide S, Sorlin A, Faivre L, Chantot-Bastaraud S, Beneteau C, Denis-Musquer M, Turnpenny PD, Coutton C, Vieville G, Thevenon J, Larson A, Petit F, Boudry E, Smol T, Delobel B, Duban-Bedu B, Fallerini C, Mari F, Lo Rizzo C, Renieri A, Caberg JH, Denommé-Pichon AS, Tran Mau-Them F, Maystadt I, Courtin T, Keren B, Mouthon L, Charles P, Cuinat S, Isidor B, Theis P, Müller C, Kulisic M, Türkmen S, Stieber D, Bourgeois D, Scalais E, Klink B.

Clin Genet 2022 Aug 10.1111/cge.14141 PubMed ↗

Compound genetic etiology in a patient with a syndrome including diabetes, intellectual deficiency and distichiasis

Le Collen L, Delemer B, Spodenkiewicz M, Cornillet Lefebvre P, Durand E, Vaillant E, Badreddine A, Derhourhi M, Mouhoub TA, Guillaume Jouret, Juttet P, Souchon PF, Vaxillaire M, Froguel P, Bonnefond A, Doco Fenzy M.

Orphanet J Rare Dis 2022 Feb 28 10.1186/s13023-022-02248-2 PubMed ↗

MYT1L-associated neurodevelopmental disorder: description of 40 new cases and literature review of clinical and molecular aspects

Coursimault J, Guerrot AM, Morrow MM, Schramm C, Zamora FM, Shanmugham A, Liu S, Zou F, Bilan F, Le Guyader G, Bruel AL, Denommé-Pichon AS, Faivre L, Tran Mau-Them F, Tessarech M, Colin E, El Chehadeh S, Gérard B, Schaefer E, Cogne B, Isidor B, Nizon M, Doummar D, Valence S, Héron D, Keren B, Mignot C, Coutton C, Devillard F, Alaix AS, Amiel J, Colleaux L, Munnich A, Poirier K, Rio M, Rondeau S, Barcia G, Callewaert B, Dheedene A, Kumps C, Vergult S, Menten B, Chung WK, Hernan R, Larson A, Nori K, Stewart S, Wheless J, Kresge C, Pletcher BA, Caumes R, Smol T, Sigaudy S, Coubes C, Helm M, Smith R, Morrison J, Wheeler PG, Kritzer A, Guillaume Jouret, Afenjar A, Deleuze JF, Olaso R, Boland A, Poitou C, Frebourg T, Houdayer C, Saugier-Veber P, Nicolas G, Lecoquierre F.

2020

Clinical Genetics of Prolidase Deficiency: An Updated Review

Spodenkiewicz M, Spodenkiewicz M, Cleary M, Massier M, Fitsialos G, Cottin V, Guillaume Jouret, Poirsier C, Doco-Fenzy M, Lèbre AS.

Biology (Basel) 2020 May 21 10.3390/biology9050108 PubMed ↗

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2016

Talks & recognition

Essays on Genes.media

Longer, sourced essays written for a general audience, in French — each one tied to an area of the clinical and research work above.

Two interactive timelines extend the same work: Deep Time, 4.54 billion years of Earth and life, and Sapiens, 300,000 years of us.

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